Wrote and recorded this song c2007 for a group of songs I titled "Live In Syndication. It's about being a teenager, basically.

Seventeen

Wrote and recorded this c2007. Live acoustic guitar/vox, with a backup vox track added later. From my perspective, the song is about getting someone you're interested in to settle down.

Line Up

Wrote and recorded this song c2009 and it's one of my personal favorites, and it definitely paints a picture. You can download this one along with more tracks from "Bad Reputation" on iTunes, Spotify, CD Baby and more. Thanks!

Car Crash

Live rendition of "Hey Ya!" by Outkast, covered by Bobby Doran
Original music available for download and stream: Soundcloud.com/bobbydoranmusic

Outkast "Hey Ya!" cover

Rendition of "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails, by Bobby Doran. This was a super-fun show. Thanks for listening.
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Nine Inch Nails "Closer" acoustic cover

Girl In A Black Dress

A Perfect Sky

Stop the World

Bad Reputation available on ITunes
Copyright 2012 Bobby Doran Music
Written by Robert J. Doran (BMI)

Recorded at Monument Sound (Monument, CO)
Engineered by Chris Andrews

Bad Reputation

Found this buried on my hard drive and I really enjoyed listening and reminiscing. This song was captured in an early full band rehearsal in 2009 before we ever played out. Great memories and great sounds! 

PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE rehearsal clip from BD & The Satellite Disco

Written in 2010, here's a rough home demo recording. Drums/Percussion, Bass, Acoustic & Elec Guitars, Vocals. No computers. 

My Heart Belongs To Someone Else

In the Eyes of A Hurricane - live 2007
Words & Music by Robert J. Doran (BMI)
Copyright 2013. Bobby Doran Music. All Rights Reserved

LYRICS:
Pain comes easy, and so colorful
Cold like the winds roll over me
Say you need me, I'm so gullible to think
That you really care of how I breathe
Out of the dark, I'm dancing around this maze of pulsing light
In the eyes of an endless hurricane
Tossing me around, only to bring me down again

Don't look down, I've got so much time to fall
But there's not enough for these wounded wings to mend
Flying blind, a broken mirror-ball in the sky
I’m screaming: 'these days can never end'
Out of the dark, I'm dancing around this maze of
Airplanes crashing the smiles and cries of another hopeless phase
Tossing me around, only to bring me down again

Never too late, I couldn't break apart again
Scraping the stars, back to the start
Inside, all the memories come alive
Falling apart, I'm still shining

Take my chances, I can't chance it
I'm still bleeding, waiting, reeling
Could I let my heart decide?
 The sun is shining, but our worlds colliding
To the dark, dull light. Revive my life
The sun still shining, and our worlds colliding
To the dark, dull light. Revive my life
 
Out of the dark, I'm dancing around this maze of suicide
See how many times I can die away, I can die away
And now falling apart, scraping the stars
Never too late, never too far
To toss me around, only to bring me down again 

In the Eyes of A Hurricane

ARTIST: Bobby Doran (Singer-songwriter)
GENRE: Indie / Pop / Acoustic

Born in Providence, RI, U.S.A., and calling Denver, Colorado home, Bobby Doran is an old soul with a story to tell. His music transmits a dark, lyrical romanticism; Anti-pop angst set to music that is not only abstract, but a sonic proclamation of hope, life, love, pain and the search for solace.

“I was very shy, growing up. I was just a 'quiet one'. I think that's why I was drawn to guitar and writing songs. Music has always been the one thing that will help me decompress, whether it be listening, playing, or just banging away on a drum set. As a kid, I grew up with mostly car-ride radio, and MTV, with the exception of dipping into a friend or family member's album collection. It's safe to say I'm a product of 90's rock/grunge, with whatever other phases I went through." The Beatles, to John Mayer, Pearl Jam, Chris Cornell, Trent Reznor, Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters), Metallica, Offspring, Green Day, Weezer, and even Dave Matthews.

"I don't really consciously set out to get any sort of point across through my music, I just work here!... The songs themselves usually end up taking over and telling the story. Half the time it takes playing them a few times before I really get what a song really came from. I may add little secret, Easter eggs for my own amusement, but the listener can interpret them however they want." 

Doran has traveled across the U. S. taking part in concerts, large and small, college events and benefits including Cancer Research Foundation, Rhett Syndrome, Denver Homeless Mission and more. When he is not promoting his own music, he considers himself a jack-of-all-trades. "I'm always finding myself a new hobby. After so many days and nights on a computer, or driving, or in loud places, I like the peace and quiet. I'll find myself cooking, sight-seeing, watching new movies, and even tinkering with electronics, or guitar effect pedals to add to my show. I'd like to say I'm a nerd at heart." 

His new album was written mostly in the home he grew up in over a 5 month period, and now in post-production in Colorado. “I had set out to write music that was me, and left with something that helped me figure out who I am, haha. As scripted as that sounds, that's absolutely what happend... the songs are from a chapter of my life, and to me it's the most human, and natural I've ever allowed myself to be on record."

Bobby Doran Music

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