(very rough sketch) Ouch these hurt! Trying to refine probably 120 song threads across 5 multi hour long RPM February projects into anything valid to post is overwhelming!

(very rough sketch) Ouch these hurt! Trying to refine probably 120 song threads across 5 multi hour long RPM February ProTools project files into anything valid to post is overwhelming!

(very rough sketch) Ouch these hurt! Trying to refine probably 120 song threads across 5 multi hour long RPM February ProTools project files into anything valid to post is overwhelming!

(very rough sketch) Ouch these hurt! Trying to refine probably 120 song threads across 5 multi hour long RPM February ProTools project files into anything valid to post is overwhelming!

(very rough sketch) Ouch these hurt! Trying to refine probably 120 song threads across 5 multi hour long RPM February ProTools project files into anything valid to post is overwhelming!

(very rough sketch) Ouch these hurt! Trying to refine probably 120 song threads across 5 multi hour long RPM February ProTools project files into anything valid to post is overwhelming!

Another RPM Track to Enjoy

This will be my 2024 RPM Challenge Submission

Stomp your feet on the floor.

A true dream.

You greet the devil that you know.

I'm going off with my mind half-cocked.

Time is fuckin' short.

When did we all just decide?

It's what's gonna happen next.

I've been waiting for you.

A sea shanty that I wrote for the collaborative "Mayors" project. Featuring Jarrett Osborn on drums.

2024 RPM Challenge idea number 20 becomes finished song number 20. Fitting, eh? This one isn't going to make the final album. It's okay but I think there are at least 10 songs better this year. Oh well. I'm too tired to care. 2.5 hours…

2024 RPM Challenge idea number 14 becomes finished song number 19. Fmajor7 to Eminor7. I use that change a lot. I used it as the entire basis of this song. It didn't really work. This one doesn't do much for me. It's okay, but it's not…

Built an Omri Cohen patch idea in VCV Rack, recorded a couple of takes, then edited and arranged the results in Reaper.

VCV Rack patch reacting to an audio field recording. Cheers to Omri Cohen for the excellent patch walkthrough!

Messing with an audio field recording in VCV Rack.

VCV Rack patch reacting to an audio field recording. Cheers to Omri Cohen for the excellent patch walkthrough!

Various LABS instruments and a couple of Hainbach plugins in Reaper.

2024 RPM Challenge idea number 13 becomes finished song number 18. I like this one. It's kinda bouncy and fun. The melody is better than my usual crap too. A little bit better at least. Rhythm guitars are a Les Paul Custom. Leads are…

The mischievous hungry tech pirates at it again.

Louder is better, more better, best-est.

Sometimes ya gotta remember life is a verb.

Some memories of an easy sky and an easy day.

That satisfactory feeling after all the hard work is done.

Jus a little groove.

You know that road...

2024 RPM Challenge idea number 16 becomes finished song number 17. This one will make the album, I think. I kinda like it even though I am sure I have written this exact song about 100 times before. Oh well. It has a nice 6/8 groove…

A very dystopian track...

Toward the end of the month, I (Kevin) got a wild hair to try something silly with Robbie’s sweet little acoustic ditty about the cycle of the seasons, which lets us end the album on a sweet and hopeful note. Hope you like it! Robbie Robinson…

Everything was recorded live off the floor except the harmony vocal track, which was added a couple of weeks later. Margaret Bibb – lyrics, songwriting, vocals Robbie Robinson – guitar Kevin Craig – recording, bass, mixing These Old Boots…

Another lovely Monroe/Robinson collaboration. This one was recorded piecemeal across the whole month of February 2024, with Robbie adding the guitar lead on 2/29 while I (Kevin) was doing the final(-ish) mixes! Leum Monroe – lyrics Robbie…

This short track also spawned from Robbie’s “E Rock Jam”, though in a more roundabout way than Sugar Free Jam earlier on the album. On 2/17, we recorded John’s drum tracks for the full 5-minute song, then got a take of Cody playing keys along…