Leum Monroe - Lyrics, songwriting, vocals, acoustic guitar Mike Anders - Vocals, acoustic guitar Matt Appleberry - Electric guitar Kenny Tannehill - Bass, background vocals Nick Peshman - Recording Kevin Craig - Drums, recording, mixing

June 17th, Leum brought to the studio a lovely, plaintive reflection on lost love. He recorded a solid first take, accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, then invited the rest of us to fill out the production as we saw fit. Margaret added some…

Leum dropped off these lyrics at the April REM Challenge recording session, to see what other folks would do with them. At the first May recording session, we scanned through the lyrics and decided to try to put them to music. Robbie had a couple…

When we assembled at the studio for our first REM Challenge 2023 recording session, Nick offered up a MIDI guitar piece he had been working on. Kevin, being chronically underprepared, did not have any decent sounding guitar VSTs installed on his…

This one started as a busier version of Leum’s song When Do You Show It. I added drums and a bass part to his vocals and acoustic guitar, and Hayden later pitched in with a distorted guitar part. I sent Leum mixes of three different versions…

Another of Leum’s lovely minor key odes to what goes on in our heads and hearts to make us who we are. Leum Monroe – Songwriting, lyrics, vocals, acoustic guitar Kevin Craig – Recording, mixing When Do You Show It What you think and…

After Robbie had played this one for us early on, and while we were waiting for everyone to assemble for a later Zoom call, Margaret bet me a drink that the perpetually optimistic Robbie had written this song unaware of the ambiguity of the main…

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…

Robbie wrote this one to entertain his granddaughters while visiting them up in Boston. So cute! 😊 Robbie Robinson – Songwriting, lyrics, vocals, guitars Kenny Tannehill – Bass, recording Kevin Craig – Drums, recording, mixing Momma Want…

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…