Roop's music
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Topic: Roop's music
Posted By: rupert
Subject: Roop's music
Date Posted: February 11 2012 at 17:27
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Dear Prog-Fans & Lovers, I'm a singer/songwriter who's mostly playing the streets ( guitar & voice ), doing a lot of cover-versions as well. Since 2011 I've got my own site on www.reverbnation.com/rupertlenz and it may be of interest for you if you like not only singer/songwriter-stuff but also are a fan of BJH ( the whole of my instrumental "BJH-Suite" is on there as well as my coverversions of "Mockingbird", "One Night", "The World goes on", "Berlin", "The Iron Maiden", "Life is for Living" - if you don't like that song, give it one more chance, I think my version is a good one -, "Hymn" ) or Marillion ( "Estonia" ). Most of the songs have been recorded live in concert ( acoustic guitar & voice only ) and all the songs with a *behind them have been overdubbed by myself ( using my Roland Keyboard ) at home later. Perhaps you like some although I'm surely not "prog" in the end and it may come to surprise you how I have handled "Mockingbird" f.e. ( no keyboards on that one, only bass added in order to give it an "unplugged"-character distinctively different to the Original ). Woolly Wolstenholme himself liked the "guitar & voice only" Version - the other one wasn't ready when I gifted him some CDs in 2009 - and said he quite liked my voice as well as what I'm doing "to other people's songs" when we met for the 2nd ( and, sadly, last ) time. Concerning my Original songs I needed to ask Woolly if he liked them as well, and he may have said "yes" in order to not hurt me ( ? ) then, I don't know. My personal Faves being "The straight Way" and "Beautiful Thing". "The Iron Maiden" got especially rehearsed in 2010 in memory of him, a last minute inclusion for the gig during it was being recorded, cause he felt disappointed when I said I couldn't do his compositions in Concert all by myself for they are "too complicated" - I tried to make up for it with this one cause it's one of his more easier compositions ! If you like Elton John or Cat Stevens or anything going there and don't mind Roop being rather "schmaltzy", even lethargic at times  ( a friend of mine called me "Valium" once )this site may offer something for you although I'm closer to Chris de Burgh than to Genesis or Yes in any way. My versions of "Berlin" & "Estonia" got aired on "thedividingline" radio, though, which is a Canadian Indie-Radio-Station for Prog - I have told them but they didn't mind. It's all free streaming with 10 songs ( including the 7 BJH-Covers ) for free download right now. If you like any other of the 125 tracks and want to download it just tell me and I will change the setting for you ( short time only, of course ). For sure I'm glad for anybody telling me if they like it and what. Love Roop ------------- ...I'm a musician/singer/songwriter, visit me on www.reverbnation.com/rupertlenz and there you can choose from 125 recordings you can listen to ( for free ) if you're not limited to prog-rock ! |