Songwriter / Guitarist / Composer available for collaboration
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 5:55 pm
Hello Taxi friends,
After returning from my first Road Rally, I thought I would start looking for some potential collaborators. I'm a songwriter, guitarist and performer in Denver, Colorado. My taste in music is pretty wide-- I like everything except Pop (the very thing that the music biz wants, lol). I'm mostly into various genres of rock, as well as acoustic music-- folk or singer-songwriter. But I like old country or alt-country, classical and other stuff too.
You can hear my songwriting and composing abilities here:
http://www.robroper.com for my singer-songwriter stuff. Also spoken word over rock and assorted things.
http://www.totalflowerchaos.com for my instrumental rock stuff
Here are things I'm good at:
1. Songwriting is my strength. People tell me that I'm a good lyricist, but... I'm a very SLOOOOW lyric writer. So for Taxi purposes, I'm probably not a good collaborator if you want something in a week... or even a month!
2. However, I'm a very good editor if you have a first draft of lyrics and want a critique, or a co-writer who might be able to improve on them. I can do that fast.
3. I can write music to someone else's lyrics pretty quickly.
4. I am a good rhythm guitar player, and also good at guitar noise or ambient creations. I have several electric guitars, several very good amps, and many effect pedals. I can close mic one of my amps at home and get very high quality tones. So if you want a real electric guitar tone on a track, instead of a software simulation of an amp, I can do that.
5. I can play fairly simple melodic lead guitar, but I'm no shredder.
6. I recently went back to school for music theory, and went through all 4 semesters of music theory. I also took Basic Techniques of Composition. I can compose melodies and/or chord progressions for small ensembles (string quartet, piano-flute-clarinet, etc.) or for piano. I'm still basically a beginner piano player, but I can compose things on staff paper (or software) even though I can't play them myself. I plan to use what I learned to compose music for instrumental cues.
My engineering skills are developing. I would rank them at this point as a good amateur. After the Road Rally, I am making it a priority to get better.
If any of these skills could be of use to you, send me a message on Taxi, or by email: rob@robroper.com
Happy music-making to everyone.
Rob Roper
After returning from my first Road Rally, I thought I would start looking for some potential collaborators. I'm a songwriter, guitarist and performer in Denver, Colorado. My taste in music is pretty wide-- I like everything except Pop (the very thing that the music biz wants, lol). I'm mostly into various genres of rock, as well as acoustic music-- folk or singer-songwriter. But I like old country or alt-country, classical and other stuff too.
You can hear my songwriting and composing abilities here:
http://www.robroper.com for my singer-songwriter stuff. Also spoken word over rock and assorted things.
http://www.totalflowerchaos.com for my instrumental rock stuff
Here are things I'm good at:
1. Songwriting is my strength. People tell me that I'm a good lyricist, but... I'm a very SLOOOOW lyric writer. So for Taxi purposes, I'm probably not a good collaborator if you want something in a week... or even a month!
2. However, I'm a very good editor if you have a first draft of lyrics and want a critique, or a co-writer who might be able to improve on them. I can do that fast.
3. I can write music to someone else's lyrics pretty quickly.
4. I am a good rhythm guitar player, and also good at guitar noise or ambient creations. I have several electric guitars, several very good amps, and many effect pedals. I can close mic one of my amps at home and get very high quality tones. So if you want a real electric guitar tone on a track, instead of a software simulation of an amp, I can do that.
5. I can play fairly simple melodic lead guitar, but I'm no shredder.
6. I recently went back to school for music theory, and went through all 4 semesters of music theory. I also took Basic Techniques of Composition. I can compose melodies and/or chord progressions for small ensembles (string quartet, piano-flute-clarinet, etc.) or for piano. I'm still basically a beginner piano player, but I can compose things on staff paper (or software) even though I can't play them myself. I plan to use what I learned to compose music for instrumental cues.
My engineering skills are developing. I would rank them at this point as a good amateur. After the Road Rally, I am making it a priority to get better.
If any of these skills could be of use to you, send me a message on Taxi, or by email: rob@robroper.com
Happy music-making to everyone.
Rob Roper