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| Last year I wrote 28 songs in February. This year I thought it would be fun to do it again and invite a bunch of my friends to help pace me through the month. So 32 amazing songwriters are writing a song each through February (and a little beyond). For every song they write, I'm writing one too. The full list of participants is here. |
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Day 9: February 7th, 2010
Rob Roper
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Rob Roper writes songs that could be equally at home in the catalog of either Bob Dylan or Randy Newman. His songs are deceptively simple, often with a wry sense of humor, but that’s all a head fake. He’s setting you up for a twist of phrase that without any fanfare leaves you startled and wounded like a bull that’s charged a red cape. Not to make it sound all serious, he’s just as likely to invite you into his song for a beer and a laugh. Just don’t be surprised when you occasionally find yourself heartbroken on the other side of a good laugh after listening to a Rob Roper song. Rob keeps a blog at http://robroper.blogspot.com/ and his most recent EP "Me" was released in fall 2009.
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Timmy Riordan
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Timmy has been called ‘the hidden gem” of the Somerville/Cambridge music scene. In February 2009 he wrote and posted 28 songs on his website. This year he’s doing it again. He has also decided there should be 8 day in a week (in honor of the Beatles of course) and has invited 32 of his songwriting friends to support him through the month by each writing a song themselves. Over the last summer he recorded 8 of those songs on a CD entitled “Peter Let Me In.” Each CD includes an original cover, hand-drawn just for you in Sharpie by Timmy. Proceeds from this hand-crafted album are all going directed to the making of “New York’s Ignoring Me” his next studio album to be released in summer of 2010. |
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