I appreciate Robbie’s knack for almost offering solace and hope amid the uncertainties we all face. :) Production note – the “cello” sound was from Dan’s guitar synth pedal. Thanks, Dan! Robbie Robinson – lyrics, songwriting, vocals, guitars…

Stacked some of Dan’s guitar/synth improvisation over an unused synth take from Kevyspice’s RPM 2026 album. That percussive bit sounds kinda like a percolator, plus Kevin is a big Twin Peaks/David Lynch fan, so... Dan Hollands – guitar Kevin…

This time around, Rebecca wrote another lovely poem to share with the group, then went a step further to the vocal mic to perform the piece. She requested the natural sounds of wind and waves as accompaniment, so Kevin sourced some samples from…

After he changed a dying battery in his compressor/sustainer pedal, Dan treated us to some improvisation. Kevin later stacked a couple of those parts and tweaked the results into this pleasant interlude. Dan Hollands – guitar/synth Kevin Craig…

Robbie’s reflection on how hard it can be to talk to each other rather than around each other. Robbie Robinson – lyrics, songwriting, lead and background vocals, guitars, bass, recording David Nolin – mandolin Dan Hollands – guitar synth…

While Dan was tuning and warming up, Kevin messed with the knobs on Dan’s delay pedal, then cobbled together this little vignette from the resulting noises. Dan Hollands – guitar/synth Kevin Craig – knob twisting, mixing

Of all this year’s RPM Challenge tunes, this one’s got the most involved creation story! Kenny invited David to come join us in the studio for the RPM recording sessions, so on 2/14, David brought his banjo, mandolin, and a fondness for Travis…

Robbie had recorded most parts to a song and asked Kenny to come up with some lyrics. Robbie Robinson – songwriting, guitars, background vocals Kenny Tannehill – lyrics, lead vocals Margaret Bibb – background vocals Kevin Craig – drums…

Robbie’s thoughts on ways to spend a Saturday. Robbie Robinson – songwriting, lyrics, vocals, guitars, recording Kenny Tannehill – bass Kevin Craig – drums, recording, mixing When the rain is coming down On a cold and dreary Saturday…

Robbie’s ode to Date Night. Robbie Robinson – lyrics, songwriting, lead vocals, background vocals, guitars, bass, recording Kevin Craig – drums, recording, mixing Just For Two I wanna get close to you, I do. When I come home to you, it…

Y’all know Judy, right? Robbie Robinson – lyrics, songwriting, lead vocals, guitar, bass, recording Margaret Bibb – vocals Kenny Tannehill – background vocals Kevin Craig – recording, drums, mixing Red Headed Judy Red Headed Judy coming…

A big fan of Frank Zappa and his notion of "xenochrony," Kevin indulged in a fun, hamfisted version of that process by taking some alternate/unused vocal takes from a couple of our RPM Challenge 2025 songs and adding them to the unused first take…

A dump cake is made by literally dumping all the ingredients into a baking pan, mixing them, and popping the pan into the oven. This aural dump cake was made by taking a bunch of alternate/unused vocal and instrumental takes from several of the…

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…

At the first group recording session, I (Kevin) mentioned “Foggier By the Day” as a potential working title for this year’s RPM Challenge album, as that’s kind of how everything feels, and we’d all taken a few dramatic pictures over a couple of…

This one started out with me (Kevin) recording some drum parts to a click track after the group wrapped up a Saturday recording session. I took the drum parts home and threw some MIDI keyboard loops over them, consciously trying for a Boards of…