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80s pop and rock


By request, original song #1 from the Wayback Machine, more recent songs to follow.  

This was the first song I wrote that ultimately got a full studio treatment at Paramount Sound and Sunset Sound in L.A. in 1988.  It was written two years prior and originally performed with Prophetstownian [?] band Low Profile.  Been a long time since I rock and rolled, ahh those fabulous eighties...

Girl of My Fantasies

Excerpt from track 1 of 'Fate or Destiny' by Masterpeace, Dave Roman on keyboards

Exordium[excerpt] - keyboard strings

Excerpts from 'Soul Sacrifice' and 'Moonflower', songs by Santana, recorded by "Supernatural", Dave Roman on keys.

Rock and latin organ

DX7-ish electric piano, plus some sequenced atmospheric stuff thrown in

Electric piano, slow jam and groove

1.  Intro to "Kiss Kiss Goodbye" by Tick Tock Bang, keys by Dave Roman
2. "Stop It, You're Grusin Me Out" - excerpt from original track - sequenced background, but piano is freestyle, no dubs
3.  More improv jamming
4.  "Follow Through", from original song demo 

Piano work

Cover of Alicia Keys' amazing song, sung to the best of my abilities for my amazing wife Kristina on her birthday.   

If I Ain't Got You

Replaced earlier take with new one with added vibes and strings.  Such an odd little piece, thinking about swapping in a french horn for the vibes.  We'll see.

I'd Rather Be Wrong new version

A new original song as promised.  Notice that there is NO guitar yet?  So do I, hoping to make that change to the arrangement ASAP. Then perhaps a horn section, a gospel choir on backups?  For now, have a listen and enjoy.

Love Is A Simple Thing

Written for and dedicated to PHS class of '82.   Thanks to Adam Marsland and Karma Frog Studios for all your hard work in helping me bring this song from 'Demo' to 'Done'. 

Look At Us Now (Class Reunion)

8 snippets from various cover tunes, some rock, country and a little jazz/hip-hop at the end.

araoke

2019 Vocal Sampler

Is this where I put my babbliography?  Fine.  

Midwestern born and bred in a Mellencampian small town, learned to sing and play keys, rocked the cornfields with young, dedicated, but unintentionally-punk pop-metal band Low Profile, hightailed it to L.A. in '87, performed and recorded with original project [Rhombus], worked with a multitude of other live and recording bands in obscurity, did a tour of duty with monster local band Vertigo in Alaska ['89-'90], returned to L.A., achieved modest success with group 'Masterpeace' [aka Promises Promises, '90-'95] concurrent with other demo session, live backing gigs with: Tick Tock Bang, Romeo, Castle Blak/Blak/Monster Island, Rumbleseat, Miss Thing, Suicide Kings, Tori Tyson, Sean Wiggins.  Lead vocalist in short-lived blues/jump swing cover group 'Low Rent Orchestra', Santana tribute band 'Supernatural', keys/vox with East L.A. rock/funk/disco/espanol band 'Exposure', South Bay top 40 band 'Spank!'.  Have shared the stage with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Poncho Sanchez,  Tori Amos, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Great White and members of Kiss and The Knack, but not at the same time, as this would of course have led to the Apocalypse.

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