Spice Rack Collective

Mike’s sweet meditation on the fleeting intersection of two phases of life. Mike Anders - songwriting, lyrics, vocals, guitar John “JD” Di Dio - harmonica Margaret Bibb - background vocals Kevin Craig - bass, recording, mixing Through…

Yet another casserole thrown together at the last minute! Added a homebrewed percussion loop and some Hainbach drum loops to the second half of a guitar and bass jam that Dan and Kevin had recorded previously, then ran all that through some AudioThing…

Some of the Collective got together at the studio on the last Saturday in April (the first chance we'd had that month!) to record some stuff. After putting down some tracks with the group for another song, Dan and I (Kevin) jammed to a click track…

Initial take for Mike's song. Not too bad for the first run-through. Mike Anders - songwriting, lyrics, vocals, guitar John "JD" Di Dio - harmonica Kevin Craig - bass, recording, mixing

Mike's sweet meditation on the fleeting intersection of two phases of life. Mike Anders - songwriting, lyrics, vocals, guitar John "JD" Di Dio - harmonica Margaret Bibb - background vocals Kevin Craig - bass, recording, mixing Through…

Plugged my Kaiser Electrical Instruments Drone Stack and Hypno-Drone into my interface, fired up Reaper, and hit Record. Decided to split the 2-minute Drone Stack track in two and pan it hard left and right, just to save the listener some time…

Once again, waited till the very last minute, played around with a couple of new-to-me apps on my iPad, and sent the resulting noises through some plugins in Reaper. Fun stuff!

Played around with a couple of new-to-me plugins on my equally new-to-me tablet, then connected a little USB interface to make sure the guitar signal would come through. Fun little 10-minute diversion that turned into a just-shy-of-2 minute "soundscape…

Yet another casserole thrown together at the last minute! Added a homebrewed percussion loop and some Hainbach drum loops to the second half of a guitar and bass jam that Dan and Kevin had recorded previously, then ran all that through some AudioThing…

Some of the Collective got together at the studio on the last Saturday in April (the first chance we'd had that month!) to record some stuff. After putting down some tracks with the group for another song, Dan and I (Kevin) jammed to a click track…

Mike's sweet meditation on the fleeting intersection of two phases of life. Mike Anders - songwriting, lyrics, vocals, guitar John "JD" Di Dio - harmonica Margaret Bibb - background vocals Kevin Craig - bass, recording, mixing Through…

The Sweepers joined us in the studio again to kindly bring some of their originals (and whiskey!) for the group RPM effort. Woohoo! Willis ??? - guitar Tommy U. - guitar Bob P. - bass Jonny P. - drums Kevin C. - recording and mixing

Maggie’s beautiful, heartbreaking hymn to loved ones lost too soon. The intense, somber feeling of loss, both individual and communal, and support in the room as the other 6 or 7 of us listened to Maggie and Sara Beth perform the first take…

Another Sweepers original. Thanks, guys! Willis ??? - vocals, guitar Tommy U. - guitar Bob P. - bass Jonny P. - drums Kevin C. - recording, mixing

Another Sweepers original. Thanks, guys! (Not sure where the occasional snare ring is coming from, but I didn't have time to track it down...) Willis ??? - vocals, guitar Tommy U. - guitar Bob P. - bass Jonny P. - drums Kevin C. - recording…

Mike’s sweet meditation on the fleeting intersection of two phases of life. Mike Anders - songwriting, lyrics, vocals, guitar John “JD” Di Dio - harmonica Margaret Bibb - background vocals Kevin Craig - bass, recording, mixing Through…

Mike's sweet meditation on the fleeting intersection of two phases of life. Mike Anders - songwriting, lyrics, vocals, guitar John "JD" Di Dio - harmonica Margaret Bibb - background vocals Kevin Craig - bass, recording, mixing Through…

Another lovely Monroe-Robinson collaboration. This one was originally titled "It's There For Us," but when Robbie's wife really liked the line "it's simple and easy to say the words that keep us alive" in a draft version, Leum was happy to retitle…

Mike's fun rockabilly follow-up to Scammers, Spammers, and Cons from a previous RPM Challenge. We recorded the drums, bass, one rhythm guitar track, and a scratch vocal take live off the floor, then added the other guitar tracks and a clean…

Another lovely song from Leum. He's prolific, that one is! It was fun to collaborate on lyrical tweaks for this one, working together to tighten up a solid draft into a rich, compact song. For recording, we used a couple of condenser mics…