Jesse Roper is everything youB次元官网网址檇 expect a West Coast songwriter-musician-farmer to be. HeB次元官网网址檚 got the long hair, the en vogue moustache, the shell bracelet that jingles musically as he talks with his hands. HeB次元官网网址檚 serious about music, jazzed by life, deeply satisfied by growing way too many cucumbers and always coming back to what excites him.
Such as the music heB次元官网网址檚 been writing over the pandemic.
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Unfortunately, that particular song isnB次元官网网址檛 ready for the stage yet, but he still has a whole album of songs already produced and mastered, yet to be released. Does Anybody Know and Horizons were some of the first singles he released from that set, and there are several more he might preview at the All Ways Home festival heB次元官网网址檚 headlining on Sept. 4 and 5 at Starlight Stadium.
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ItB次元官网网址檒l be the first time he performs those songs live which is really when you find out if a song is a hit. ItB次元官网网址檚 not the Spotify numbers, impressive though they are, itB次元官网网址檚 the cheer when the first notes ring out.
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The new music he wrote, produced by Gus Van Go, is a departure from his 2015 album, Red Bird, a bluesy rock Jimi Hendrix-esque vibe that made him a name in these parts, and he couldnB次元官网网址檛 be happier.
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He recounted the studio experience saying, B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 hearing like a bing bong! What is that a bell? Maybe a synth sound. And Gus would go, like biing boung! No. Beeiar beier. Nah. Brrawm brawp. Mmm well, thatB次元官网网址檚 kind of getting there. A little more brawp with the beier. Brawp and beier together. Layer them on top, squish them down into one sound, and there you go! It was so fun, it was like being a kid dumping all the toys out all over the floor and getting into it.B次元官网网址�
Even though he misses live performances fiercely B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址淥h my god, I need that high so bad. ThatB次元官网网址檚 what I do it for, you get up there you get the energy exchange, you see all those happy, smiling faces, you rock out. ItB次元官网网址檚 the best thing in the world,B次元官网网址� he said about the upcoming show B次元官网网址� Roper says the pandemic has been really good for his songwriting.
HeB次元官网网址檚 been able to clear his mind of other peopleB次元官网网址檚 opinions and ideas and explore the magical rabbit holes of playing with sounds, rhythms and melodies. Songwriting at its best takes him to a different place, akin to meditating.
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