This one was the most collaborative effort this time around. Leum laid down the acoustic guitar and vocals in the studio on the afternoon of 2/12, then Margaret, Kenny, and I added drums, bass, organ, background vocals, and an unused djembe take…

Leum’s concerns over cloning, set to a bluegrass beat. Leum Monroe – Songwriting, lyrics, vocals, guitar, banjo Margaret Bibb – Vocals Kenny Tannehill - Recording Kevin Craig – Upright bass, recording, mixing God’s Tools Well, I heard…

When Kenny first sang this one over a Zoom call, I immediately thought of “Singapore” by Tom Waits, and said, “Hell yes!” 😊 I’m not sure I made the chaos part sufficiently chaotic, but it was a lot of fun to put together. Special thanks to Rebecca…

RPM 2022 happened to coincide with a week where Mike got dozens of scam calls, so this idea popped into his head as a middle finger to the purveyors of said calls. We tightened up the lyrics in the studio and encouraged Mike to express his *real…

Robbie’s ode to procrastination. Robbie Robinson – Songwriting, lyrics, vocals, guitars, bass Margaret Bibb – Background vocals Kenny Tannehill - Recording Kevin Craig – Drums, recording, mixing How Many Ways How many ways can I put…

I wrote and recorded the rhythm guitars and bass over some canned drums, with the initial intention of using the track on my solo EP. When it looked like that one was going to be more of a collection of electronic textures, I opted to record some…

The original notional theme for this album was "We Don't Talk About That". Hayden took that notion and ran with it. :) This was an especially gratifying bit of collaboration and coordination. On the last day of recording, Hayden (in North Carolina…

Created for the November 2024 REM (record every month)

Yet again with the Petrushka chord... Maybe one day I'll learn another one! This time, I threw those notes into some plugins in Reaper.

As has become a habit, I threw together a VCV Rack patch at the last minute based on a couple of YouTube tutorials.