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Rob Scallon and Andrew Huang start an album with nothing written

Their eighth First of October session brings a twelve-hour deadline to Chicago's Electrical Audio studio.

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Album in a Day 2026 (w/ Andrew Huang)

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0:00Rob and Andrew begin their annual album challenge with no music prepared and twelve hours available.
2:34Rock-paper-scissors decides who starts on drums, with Rob heading to the kit.
9:12Song two takes shape through synth, bass, acoustic guitar and rotary-bowed textures.
12:20They record vocals through an old telephone receiver as time alerts sound.
17:15Chord cards at the grand piano help them find a progression for song three.

Rock-paper-scissors settles the first musical decision: Rob Scallon wins, so he starts on drums. The countdown begins with no songs prepared, leaving him and Andrew Huang to turn an empty slate into a complete album before their studio time runs out.

"Album in a Day 2026 (w/ Andrew Huang)" was the biggest of Rob's two new uploads, reaching roughly 452,000 views. It documents the annual First of October session behind Future Without You, with "We Made an Album in ONE DAY" following later in the week.

The pleasure is in watching decisions become recordings. A synth pattern, acoustic guitar and rotary-bowed textures build up one song; an old telephone receiver becomes a vocal microphone. For another, chord cards at the grand piano help establish the progression for a ballad. There isn't much room for waiting around for inspiration.

Viewers are paying particular attention to the work around the musicians. Several comments single out engineer Rob Ruccia's workload and the pressure of keeping the session moving. Others trace Scallon's development as a singer across the annual recordings, or propose swapping the musicians' and engineer's jobs for a future edition.

Away from the deadline, "The Quietest Room On Earth" remains the channel's strongest daily draw, followed by the musical-saw encounter with Natalia "The Saw Lady" Paruz. Daily channel views are running at more than twice their usual level, although subscribers were unchanged over the week. Rob also had the largest weekly views gain among the nearby instrument channels with weekly totals available: the studio sprint arrived while the wider catalog was already busy.

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Also in Music lessons and instrumentsVideo taking off 6.4x its usual first daySina brings George Harrison's singalong to the drum kitA steady groove, well-placed fills and a familiar chorus give her latest cover an unusually fast start.Channel: sina-drums · Story of October 31, 2026

A different discovery todayVideo taking off 47x its usual first dayDiane Sawyer's Patrick Stewart interview closes World News TonightThe October 29 edition also covers Alaska's Senate probes and a Pentagon firing, but its comment section belongs largely to the actor.Channel: ABC News · Story of October 31, 2026

What viewers say

you guys don't understand how much this is my most important holiday of the year
@pepsicorp-seSee it on YouTube
Something I think that goes unnoticed is how much Rob has progressed as a singer since year 1, and I’m here for it
@Dxl5150See it on YouTube
Ruccia being so vocal about the stress and work he's doing feels kinda cool, it really makes you appreciate the hard work he's been putting on to this all this years
@UncleAfro411See it on YouTube

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Album in a day but Rob and Andrew are the mixers and the other Rob has to play all the instruments.
@HandsomeEliSee it on YouTube
For the 10th album, you guys should re record one track from each of the previous nine albums FROM MEMORY, plus one new song 😂
@DoinstuffmanSee it on YouTube
Congrats on your band now officially being over a week old!
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