Written for http://fawm.org
date: 2011-02-12 (Boss BR-600)
remastered: 2018-01-10 (Cubase)

You don’t have to watch TV
To have an opinion
To hear good music
To understand politics
To hear the news

It’s meaningless
Degrading
Dumbing down
Home invading

Our view of the world
Is mutilated
Shallow entertainment
God knows who made it

(anti) TV-song

date: 2010-11-25 (Boss BR-600)
remastered: 2018-01-17 (Cubase)

You see what you want to see
Who made you the queen bee

Believe it or not
The world does not
Revolve around you

We are here to serve you
Majesty tells us what to do

You see what you want to see
When you’re thinking me me me me me

You’re mean

The World Does Not Revolve Around You

When your feeling lonely
Nowhere to go
Close your eyes
And erase the lies

Make your soul grow
Make your soul grow

Like a mountain
Like a fountain
Of love

When your heartbroken
Nobody understands you
Take a deep breath
And forget the stress

Sooner or later
You will feel better
It needs some time
To heal 

Make Your Soul Grow

Hello!

Give Me Your Love

Recorded during FAWM and 50/90 2012 during Barack Obama's reelection.

He nice to meet you
I'm your man
Tell me what you want
And I do what I can

I can lower taxes 
Decrease the deficit
Banish unemployment
And defeat that mormon Mitt

I'm a 
3x Second Term President

I'll end all wars
And close GBay
I'll fix global warming
Osama won't get away

of wait, we already got him

I'm a 
3x Second Term President

vote!
vote!
vote!
vote!
vote for me.

I'll never tell a lie
I'm the man with the plan
And when I die 
I'll rise again

I'm a 
3x Second Term President

And with a bit of luck
I won't be a lame duck

(this message was not approved by president Obama)

Second Term President

Recorded during 50/90 2013 (a challenge to write 50 songs in 90 days).

Why Do You Treat Me So Bad

Recorded during the FAWM.org challenge February 2014.

When Will You Be Mine?

Recorded during FAWM.org 2016. Lyrics by wyatt & plainwhitetoast.

Trepidatious Struggle

recorded for the 50/90 song challenge in the summer of 2011.
date: 2011-09-30 (Zoom R24)
remastered: 2018-01-11 (Cubase)

I need one more song
A waltz or a sing-a-long
It can’t go wrong
Just one more song

I need one more song
Punk or a sing-a-long
It can’t go wrong
With one more song

One More Song

Week 3 50/90 challenge; write a song using arpeggios.

Recorded in the summer of 2017.

Feel free to correct me 
If I had to do it all over again 
I would change everything 

I'm happy without you 
Now where are all my friends 
Lost in the world 

We're ... alone 
We're ... alone 

I can’t cry anymore 
We're in this together 
One day we’ll all be gone 
Take me home

We're Alone (Take Me Home)

5090 week 9 challenge: Write a song based on historical events.

project: 50/90 2017
recorded: 2017-09-11

where is the kaiser, we need some guidance
large empires tend to vanish away
the schönen Donau under clouds
Austria-Hungary where are you now

where is the exit, where is the sea
falling apart, where can it be
the waltz is dying out
Austria-Hungary where are you now

we can live together
(we're not happy together)

we can all live together in peace
when we respect  our minorities
new nations need to break out
Austria-Hungary where are you now

Sissi Sissi don't get killed
but the emperor must be derailed

The Decline Of The Austro-Hungarian Empire

The challenge was to transform a classical piece. I selected Beethoven's Allegretto from his Symphony No 7. 

(https://www.hooktheory.com/theorytab/view/beethoven/symphony-no-7---allegretto)

I'm not sure Ludwig would recognize my piece :-).

Recorded February 2017.

A Fable (About A Cat, Fish And Dog)

project: 50/90 2011
date: 2011-09-29 (Zoom R24)
remastered: 2018-01-10 (Cubase)

I’ve got pictures on the wall
Some large some small
They don’t live anymore
Old movie stars I adore

They live on the screen
All these brilliant movies to be seen

Silent movies speak so well
The women look so swell
Old movie stars I adore
I’m not alone anymore

They live on the screen
All these brilliant movies to be seen

Big Leap

project: Fawm 2012
date: 2012-02-08 (Zoom R24)
remastered: 2018-01-20

I like to take long walks
Through the wavy hills
Seeing cows grazing grass
Four stomachs to fill
I feel it in my bones
I am no longer alone
Trees are moving
Wind is grooving
Fresh like it's just begun
Fresh like a summer's sun 

I like to sit
Near the fire place
Reading books on the couch
No more pain to face
I feel it in my bones
I am finally alone
Flames are moving
Warmth is soothing
Fresh coals are fighting to glow
Fresh like the winter's snow

The Summer's Sun

project: 50/90 2012
date: 2012-09-15 (Cubase)
remastered: 2018-01-25 (Cubase)

verse
every night the same whining
I don’t listen anymore
I am bored when we’re dining
because you always end up crying

chorus
every room has a door
I can’t help you anymore
you seem to be forgetting
I’m letting you goooo

verse
u preach with your hand
u fall on your knees
the rock beneath the sand
is unable to bend

chorus
I can’t help you anymore
every room has a door
you seem to be forgetting
I’m letting you goooo

Letting You Go

project: 50/90 2011
date: 2011-09-21 (Zoom R24)
remastered: 2018-01-25 (Cubase)

My car brings me everywhere
With no delays
On the highways
I feel like a billionaire

Stranded halfway
Call the AA
My car is a nightmare

My Car

No, not the band.

project: 50/90 2013
date: 2013-08-11 (Cubase)
remastered: 2018-01-25 (Cubase)

Birds in the air
Fish in the sea
The greatest gift in life
Is liberty

Locked up in Seaworld
Jailed in a zoo
That is not
A humane thing to do

We've got the let them out
Free the monkeys
We've got the let them out
Free the monkeys

How would you like
To be locked up in a cage
Testing fragrances
To die at a young age

We've got the let them out
Free the monkeys
We've got the let them out
Free the monkeys

Free the dolphins

Free The Monkeys

project: 50/90 2013
date: 2013-02-21 / 2013-09-29 (Cubase)
remastered: 2018-01-25 (Cubase)

This is what you wanted
This is the end
You've been excluded from everything, my friend

You Don't Need To Do Anything Anymore
You Don't Need To Do Anything Anymore
You Don't Need To Do Anything Anymore

What you're gonna do now
With all your free time
Nothing to do
Sit back and whine

You Don't Need To Do Anything Anymore
You Don't Need To Do Anything Anymore
You Don't Need To Do Anything Anymore

You Don't Need To Do Anything Anymore

project: 50/90 2017
date: 2017-07-13 (Cubase)

I
am not your father
I 
don't want to preach
I 
don't write columns
in fancy magazines

still I need to get
something off my chest

let it go
let it go
put it behind you
break free and
move on move on

I
am not your teacher
I
don't write self-help books
I 
am not a politician 
campaigning for votes

still I need
something to say

let it go
put it behind you
break free and
move on move on

what is done is done
look to the future
you got to make do with what you got

don’t worry
it will be better soon
but don't expect
miracles

Advice

project: 50/90 2017
date: 2017-07-31 (Cubase)

Don't criticize yourself
Each day so much
You do what you can
Forget the golden touch

Don't underestimate yourself
You can do more than you think
You can lead a horse to water
But you cannot make him drink.

But there is

Room for improvement
Room for improvement
There is always
Room for improvement

You can tweet it or say it
Write it or play it
Mail it or shout it
Most will ignore it

Room for improvement
Room for improvement
There is always
Room for improvement

Room For Improvement

A challenge on https://www.facebook.com/groups/thesongwriteinn: 'Collaboration Station Round 4' the prompt is the word 'MOTHER'. I collaborated with Georgie! (https://soundcloud.com/georgieonline)

(c) 2018 Cooper/Stevens

v1
Sometimes I’ll start speaking
But it’s your words that I hear
Sometimes when I see myself
It’s you that’s in the mirror 

v2
Sometimes I’ll do a silly thing
and I feel you disapproving
Sometimes I will catch myself
Realise just what I’m doing

CHORUS
I didn’t mean to turn out like you
I didn’t wanna walk one mile in your shoes 
But now I know, it was meant to be
Coz I get to keep a part of you with me

v3
Sometimes I need some good advice
And I know what you would say 
Sometimes I find it hard to choose
So I’ll do it in your way

v4
Sometimes I get all flustered
But I can hear you talk me down
When I laugh, it’s your laugh too
I take comfort in the sound

CHORUS
I didn’t mean to turn out like you
I didn’t wanna walk one mile in your shoes 
But now I know, it was meant to be
Coz I get to keep a part of you with me

BRIDGE
I fought so hard to be different
Somehow I could not avoid it
I am, who I am because you were who you were
And I’m so lucky
I am your legacy

You are my origin

CHORUS
I didn’t mean to turn out like you
I didn’t wanna walk one mile in your shoes 
But now I know, all along, it was meant to be
Coz I get to keep a part of you with me

Georgie & Rob From Amersfoort - Turn Out Like You

Inspired by the movie eXistenZ (1999). 

Recorded for the 50/90 song challenge in the summer of 2011.
date: 2011-08-30 (Zoom R24)
remastered: 2018-01-17 (Cubase)

Why lead a mediocre life
Don’t conform to normality
Live your dream
In a better reality

A virtual world
Always online
Multiplayer games
A moment to shine

Death to the demoness Allegra Geller!

Liberate yourself
And feel free
Escape your life
Be who you want to be

Death to the Demoness Allegra Geller!

I'm Rob From Amersfoort. Although born one year after they split up I grew up listening to The Beatles and I wanted to record music myself. First I used multitrack devices, but the modern DAWs provide much more possibilities. I like to be creative, that's why I write and record music. I call my music PRIP (post-retro indie-pop); catchy, acoustic-electric slightly psycho/experimental songs with personal lyrics and a lot of lead and backing vocals.

http://robfromamersfoort.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/robfromamersfoort
http://www.reverbnation.com/robfromamersfoort

Rob From Amersfoort

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