I can't stop writing songs. I go through these periods where I'm working on multiple new tracks in various stages of production, and I recently realized I had an obscene number of pending tracks in various stages of completion. 

Now, most of these songs are fresh originals, but a number of them were originally recorded as Applesauce Project songs (my Beatles pastiche project), but since I've decided to scale that project back, a number of my favorite ASP tunes are getting completely reworked to become Cupcake Parade songs -- a number of which I've released on iComp, MacJams, and/or Soundcloud.

But for the most part, I have a bunch of new tunes in various stages of composition, recording, and mixing. I thought it might be both fun and motivational to list what I've got in the pipeline and the songs that I'm listening to for arrangement inspiration for each of those compositions. I figured I would revisit this post as songs move from one stage of completion to another, and also maybe get feedback from y'all to see what people are interested in.

So, with that in mind:

Don't Waste My Time — "Him Or Me – What's It Gonna Be" by Paul Revere and the Raiders, "Friday On My Mind" by the Easybeats
Magical Miss Millicent — "All of Your Toys" and "Cuddy Toy" by the Monkees
Clotted Cream And Lemon Curd — "Greene Tambourine" by the Lemon Pipers, "Hooked On A Feeling" by B.J. Thomas
Good Morning Beautiful Morning — "Morning Girl" by the Neon Philharmonic, "Itchycoo Park" by the Small Faces
The Creamery — "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" by Edison Lighthouse, "My Baby Loves Lovin'" by White Plains
The Mermaid's Purse — "Everything's Alright" by the Archies, "Time To Change" by the Brady Kids
Tales From The Cosmic Oyster — "Senses Of Our World" by the Bugaloos, "Lonely Days" by the Bee Gees
Sweet Mary Jane — "Theme From Nanny And The Professor" by the Addrisi Brothers, "Windy" by the Association, "The Rain, The Park & Other Things" by the Cowsills, "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys

Oh Dear Penelope — "Tracy" by the Cufflinks
The King Of Never Mind — "Nowhere Man" by the Beatles, "Jennifer Juniper" by Donovan
Lady Lavender — "Different Drum" by Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys, "(You And Me And) Rain On The Roof" by the Lovin' Spoonful
Lost Valley Of The Dinosaurs — "Little Willy" and "Wig Wam Bam" by the Sweet, "Sweet And Innocent" by Donny Osmond
Whisker Biscuit — "Chewy Chewy" and "Yummy Yummy Yummy" by the Ohio Express
Princess Mufflepuff — "Early In The Morning" by Vanity Fare, "Along Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan
The Raspberry Cave — "1,2,3 Red Light" and "Simon Says" by the 1910 Fruitgum Company
Same As It Ever Once — "I Think I Love You" by the Partridge Family, "Our Own World" by the Monkees, "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" by the Beatles
Beware The Grundle — "Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)" by Daddy Dewdrop, "Wowie Zowie" by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
Tea Cake — "Cherish" and "Never My Love" by the Association

Take Me To The Time Of My Life — "The Things We Do For Love" by 10cc, "Killer Queen" by Queen (This is the song I am actively recording right now -- finishing up the backing vocals and the guitars)
Your Love (Is Slowly Killing Me) — "The Air That I Breathe" by the Hollies, "Reflections of My Life" by the Marmalade (entirely recorded, I just need to mix it)
Maximillian The Talking Lizard — "My Little Sweetpea" and "Feels So Good" by the Hardy Boys (This one is arguably finished, but I want to add some keyboards and maybe some background vocals)
(Gimme All Of Your) Sweet, Sweet Lovin' — "Two Divided By Love" by the Grass Roots, "Don't Pull Your Love" by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds (Pretty much done, just needs remixing and maybe some background vocals need tweaking)
Dandelion Dream — "Sunshine Superman" and "Mellow Yellow" by Donovan (This one is also mostly done, I just need to record harmony vocals)
Your Sunshine Smile — "Happy Together" and "Elenore" by the Turtles (WIP was posted, but I need to rerecord some of the vocals and it needs to be remixed)

Your Candy-Coated Kisses — "Sugar Sugar" by the Archies, "Namby-Pamby" by the Hardy Boys, "Remember You're A Womble" by the Wombles (Mostly recorded. Needs more backing vocals and some additional instrumentation)
Mount Pleasant — "I Would Have Loved You Anyway" and "Summer Days" by The Partridge Family (I still need to record the backing vocals, all the guitars, and the orchestral instruments)

Now And Then — "If" and "Everything I Own" by Bread
All I Need Is The Girl — "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" by Louis Jordan & His Timpani Five, "When I'm Sixty-Four" by the Beatles, "Winchester Cathedral" by the New Vaudeville Band
You And I** — "The Porpoise Song" by the Monkees, "Blue Jay Way" by the Beatles, "It's A Sin To Go Away" by We All Together
Orange And Purple Sunsets — "The Court Of The Crimson King" by King Crimson, "I'd Love To Change The World" by Ten Years After, "I Love You" by the Zombies
You Could Be The One** — "Love The One You're With" by Stephen Stills, "Suite - Judy Blue Eyes" by Crosby, Stills & Nash
It's All About Love — "Get Together" by the Youngbloods, "Love (Can Make You Happy)" by Mercy
There Are Seven Levels — "Om" and "Tuesday Afternoon" by the Moody Blues, "Tomorrow Never Knows" by the Beatles
Tomorrow Is On Its Way — "Because" by the Dave Clark Five, "I Would Be Happy" by the Beau Brummels
Feelin' Good Lookin' — "Go Back" by Crabby Appleton, "Journey To The Center Of The Mind" by the Amboy Dukes
Put Me Down Dog — "(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet" by the Blue Magoos, "Psychotic Reaction" by the Count Five
On The Inside — "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature" and "Hand Me Down World" by the Guess Who
My Precious Jewel — "She's A Rainbow" by the Rolling Stones, "My World Fell Down" by Saggitarius

Helen Of Troy — "No Matter What" and "Baby Blue" by Badfinger
Petticoat Lane — "Walk Away Renée" by the Left Banke, "Smile A Little Smile For Me" by the Flying Machine
The Wizard's Sleeve — "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" by Harper's Bizarre, "At The Zoo" by Simon & Garfunkel
I'm Not A Muffin — "Pictures Of Matchstick Men" by Status Quo,
The Curious Medicine Cabinet of the Astounding Dr. Quimby — "Heartbeat - It's A Lovebeat" by the DeFranco Family, "A Beautiful Morning" by the Rascals
Praline Porcupine — "Red Rubber Ball" and "Turn Down Day" by the Cyrkle
How Far Out Can You Get? (So Far Out) — "Put The Clock Back On The Wall" by the E-Types, "Crimson And Clover" by Tommy James and the Shondells, "No Time" by the Guess Who
Take All My Love Tonight — "Go All The Way" and "I Wanna Be With You" by the Raspberries
But What Do I Know — "Good Morning Starshine" by Oliver, "Day By Day" by the Cast of Godspell, "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison

The Werewolves of Saturn — "Incense And Peppermints" by the Strawberry Alarm Clock, "Liar Liar" by the Castaways
Not If Tomorrow Sees You First — "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night" by the Electric Prunes, "In The Land Of The Few" by  Love Sculpture
The Faerie Queen's Garden Party — "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" and "I Feel Free" by Cream
Disco Love Explosion — "Get Down Tonight" and "(Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Booty" by KC and the Sunshine Band (I have serious doubts whether I ever get around to recording this)
Silly — "Spooky" and "Stormy" by Classics IV
On The Occasion Of Her Royal Highness’s Twenty-First Birthday — "Hot Smoke And Sassafras" by Bubblepuppy, "Are You Gonna Be There (At The Love In)?" by the Chocolate Watch Band
Your Love Overwhelms — "Within You Without You" by the Beatles, "Nights In White Satin" by the Moody Blues
The Big Blue Light — "Magic Bus" and "My Generation" by the Who
You're A Far Out Chick (And It's Blowing My Mind) — "Groovy Kind Of Love" by the Mindbenders, "Cry Like A Baby" by the Box Tops
Unidentified Fabulous Object — "Space Oddity" and "Changes" by David Bowie

*Some of these were posted on iComp or MacJams, and many are still posted on Soundcloud
**The original Beatle pastiche version is posted on Soundcloud