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Taken from the album ‘The Weight Of Water’, from 2007. (This is a new mix, for 2014.) Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. Sometimes I challenge myself to write and record a song from scratch in a single day. This is a story song which…
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A Beautiful Scene said

Just going through your tunes, you have a lot of good stuff in here. I look forward to hearing more of it!

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My 2016 Christmas Single! Written by Ernie Isley, Chris Jasper and Marvin Isley.
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Greg Connor said

Nice upbeat song for the holidays.

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An old favourite from a record I called 'The Great Erotic Novel'. I've put a new vocal on it (a bit loud I think now), at some point I'll do a fresh mix/master of the whole record.
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Phaedrus said

Nice :)

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A cover of the Laura Veirs song 'Jailhouse Fire', which originally appeared on her excellent album ' The Triumphs & Travails Of Orphan Mae'. I recorded this in 2008, around the time I started demoing songs for what became 'The Anxiety Bomb'.
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Greg Connor said

Great Song!

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My 2013 Christmas single! A bluesy reading of 'Santa Baby', written by Joan Javits, Philip Springer and Tony Springer in the early 1950s. I haven't changed the gender. That would be silly.
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Guest said

Excellent cover of Santa Baby Rog!

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Written by Shakira / J.Hill / S.Endicott. I recorded this cover for my Glastonbury 2010 montage video. I hope you like it. Catchy tune.
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The Old Grey Wolf Ltd Co said

:)

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Taken from the album 'Reverse The Sun', recorded in February 2013 for the RPM Challenge. Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. A long one, something of a centrepiece for the record. Open tuning and ebow fun.
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Gary Fox said

Great sound on that acoustic. It's fantastic. Cool chord prog and cool song all around. Nice...

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Taken from the album 'Reverse The Sun', recorded in February 2013 for the RPM Challenge. Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. A three-chord groove.
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Gary Fox said

Nice guitar work, Rog. Cool song.

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Taken from the album 'Reverse The Sun', recorded in February 2013 for the RPM Challenge. Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. Fancied trying some fast piano. This one sounds like the single to me.
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Gary Fox said

Great chorus...good movement on this.

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Taken from the album 'Reverse The Sun', recorded in February 2013 for the RPM Challenge. Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. This is an experimental one, I recorded it mostly using Android synth apps.
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Rob and Laura said

Great work on your RPM album this year!

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Taken from the album 'Reverse The Sun', recorded in February 2013 for the RPM Challenge. Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. This is an experimental one, I recorded it mostly using Android synth apps.
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albinoSQUIRREL (Todd Larsen) said

You Asked For an Encore, and You Got It - Lots of keys and synths here, tastefully played, very art-rockish. Would be great for a trip, if I did that anymore. Floydian, kind of Gentle Giant.......just lots of trippy goodness!

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Taken from the album 'Reverse The Sun', recorded in February 2013 for the RPM Challenge. Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. A little song about various superstitions. With an organ solo.
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albinoSQUIRREL (Todd Larsen) said

Starts out with another monotron line - and an acoustic guitar rhythm, and a sixties-style electric guitar makes it's way in too. This tune addresses the myth that a picture taken can steal your soul, but with a twist. A short, to the point tune that really sounds like it could have been written in the 1960's. Nicely done!

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Taken from the album 'Reverse The Sun', recorded in February 2013 for the RPM Challenge. Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. I guess this one is the ballad. Based on a very simple piano idea. Goes big at the end, so stick around.
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albinoSQUIRREL (Todd Larsen) said

Starts out with steady hi-hats and sustained piano chords, a cool and funky bass line and guitar line. "There is a love from which you never recover, spend the rest of our lives circling each other". yet another very well written line of lyric. I remember when I had a love like that, from which I thought I'd never recover, sooo many years ago! Thankfully I did, and much faster than I thought, but this really brought me back to those intense, young feelings I had, so I thank you for that. Great tune!

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Taken from the album 'Reverse The Sun', recorded in February 2013 for the RPM Challenge. Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. A short break between songs, with a Korg Monotron.
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albinoSQUIRREL (Todd Larsen) said

I'm going to assume that this was played on a Korg Monotron synth. This makes for a different feeling than the previous four tunes. It sounds very cool, very old-fashioned sci-fi like. I might have to buy one of these!

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Taken from the album 'Reverse The Sun', recorded in February 2013 for the RPM Challenge. Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. Synths. Ebow. Or course, a little piano too.
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albinoSQUIRREL (Todd Larsen) said

This starts with a very ambient, almost circus like organ sound. It's a very interesting sound, and really draws you in. The double tracked vocal adds a mysterious, pretty element to the tune. This is almost like a dream-state tune.....somewhat a Beatlesque quality. Lovely.

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Taken from the album 'Reverse The Sun', recorded in February 2013 for the RPM Challenge. Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. A three-chord groove.
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albinoSQUIRREL (Todd Larsen) said

Too Many Answers - Lovely, warm, funky LA sounding rhythm guitar groove here. Also, a very understated, melodic bass line going on. This is also a good time to mention that Rog's melodic ideas are very strong, in my opinion. Same with this song, which seems to be about someone that the singer is just about fed up with - did I get that right? Solid tune.

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Taken from the album 'Reverse The Sun', recorded in February 2013 for the RPM Challenge. Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. Fancied trying some fast piano. This one sounds like the single to me.
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albinoSQUIRREL (Todd Larsen) said

The Truth Game - Rog, THIS song bears lots of repeated listening! Excellent, excellent writing here. Reminds me of one of my faves, Supertramp, a little bit. Great lyrics, concise accompaniment. I love the insistent piano part. The drums are doing what they need to do for a good pop tune. Everything is in it's proper place. The only quibble I have is that the vocal is sounding really bassy on my speakers, and these are some fairly good quality Yorkvilles. The only reason I bring it up is because it makes some of the lyrics a little hard to make out. But you know what? This is one GREAT tune Rog!

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Taken from the album 'Reverse The Sun', recorded in February 2013 for the RPM Challenge. Written and performed by Rog Hildreth. This is the opening song and also my favourite on the record. Wrote it from scratch on Feb 20th, recorded entirely…
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albinoSQUIRREL (Todd Larsen) said

A song about infatuation and people who take advantage of it. Lovely guitar picking. Rog's voice is very suited to the subject here, sounding fragile and pleading with the subject of his infatuation. A lovely tune, a sad tune, but very well written and executed.

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A dark take on the Christmas classic, written by the Reverend John Henry Hopkins Jr. in 1857. Stick around for the synths. All instruments and voices: Rog. Recorded November 2012.
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Guest said

very good

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Another festive cover, this was recorded in December 2010. Written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan. (Please let me know if there is a copyright issue here and I will happily remove the track. Thanks.)
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith said

Well done, I know it's not an easy one to attack :)

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