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
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 !
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