Spice Rack Collective

Robbie (or I guess Danny) is really ready to go to the beach! (Also, when I read the title, I thought of a hurricane warning... It’s been a long couple of years!) Robbie Robinson – lyrics, songwriting, vocals, guitars, bass, recording Daniel…

After we’d recorded some tracks for “Fog” at the first Saturday session of the month, I (Kevin) asked if we could just jam for a few minutes. Kenny came up with the chords, then played bass and sang, while Matt and Robbie played guitar and I bashed…

Robbie and his buddy Danny came up with the words for this one, and Robbie recorded most of the instruments on his own. I (Kevin) just added MIDI drums. Robbie Robinson - lyrics, vocals, songwriting, guitars, bass, recording Daniel Shea…

Rebecca wrote a sweet poem and we put it to music! Rebecca Tannehill – lyrics Kenny Tannehill – vocals, songwriting, acoustic guitar, recording Robbie Robinson – lead guitar, background vocals Margaret Bibb – background vocals Kevin Craig…

Robbie and his buddy Danny came up with the words for this one, then Robbie brought the guitar parts and we added the rest. Robbie Robinson – lyrics, songwriting, lead and background vocals, guitars, piano, recording Daniel Shea – lyrics…

VCV Rack patch with LABS instruments.

This December was more somber and complicated than usual, so just I threw some ambiguous chords into an old VCV Rack patch and didn't bother trying to track down or fix the discordant foghorn tone that crops up a couple of times. I wish I could…

It finally dawned on me that I could use the faders and knobs on my MIDI controller to control channel volumes and plugin settings in Reaper while recording live, so I fired up a bunch of instances of Hainbach's excellent Noises plugin, tweaked…

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.

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…