David Creese of the University of Newcastle plays an ancient Greek song taken from stone inscriptions constructed on an eight-string "canon" (a zither-like instrument) with movable bridges. (Audio file is ©BBC)

What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like

1st single and video from my 2021 album, "The Way."  Music and Lyrics Copyright 2021 by Rob Roper.  All Rights Reserved.
For the video, see https://vimeo.com/629726960

The Way

Metadata (We're Watching You)

Solo tenor guitar demo of a song for my "Songs of Oceans and Angels" album

Angel Bird
by Kurt L.

do you remember how it goes
do you remember swimming
while you danced to Peter Gabriel

swimming in the sea
the love you felt from me 
was something you could know

an angel bird born without her wings
speaking languages that the mortals only sing
how can I keep the world at bay
I’m just a mortal man 
who must one day fade away

and what else can I do
what else can I do

so we remember how it goes
they said there were things 
that you would never know

and whatever that would be
this world was never pure enough
for you my love

an angel bird born without her wings
speaking languages that the mortals only sing
how can I keep the world at bay
when I’m just a mortal man 
who must one day fade away

and what else can I do
what else can I do
what can I do

you’re such a fragile butterfly
trapped in the world that’s not for you

you speak in riddles and in rhyme
as you masquerade as a human passing through

an angel bird born without her wings
speaking languages that the mortals only sing
how can I keep the world at bay
when I’m a mortal man 
who must one day fade away

and what else can I do
and what else can I do

Angel Bird

the Empires we build on the bones of our ancestors....progress waits for no one......

ThE AsSoCIaTIoN - EmPiRes BUiLt On ThE BonEs Of OuR AnCesToRs

This is a song in development for the forthcoming album "Songs of Oceans and Angels."  

Jonathon Chaffee of The Weeds plays the drums on this track.

Tonight

Marsh

Second track on "Roses", the Total Flower Chaos EP, released June 7, 2016.  

Ben Waligoske:  electric rhythm guitar, pedal steel guitar, classical guitar
Rob Roper:  rhythm and lead electric guitars
Cameron Hays:  Bass
Jon Cox:  Drums

Recorded at Evergroove Studio, Evergreen Colorado by Brad Smalling.  Some guitar overdubs recorded by Rob Roper at his home.

Compare to my home demo recordings on the Demo Playlist.


Roses

Schizophrenia

I wrote this song after a recent trip to Asia.  I saw a young lady begging for money on the street in Bangkok.  She had her baby on the ground in front of her like an offering for mercy.
The video is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE1N-rnsRUE&t=7s

A Drop In The Ocean

Minnesota Classics

The Wreck of the Edmund_Fitzge

Demo of a new tune.  Word and music by Kurt L.   Inspiration for the tune came from losing my father and the ancient Greek Seikilos Epitaph.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seikilos_epitaph

Photographs and Memories

NIHT is Kurt L: Bass, tenor guitar, vocals, and other noises.

Angel Bird

NIHT

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