Rock + Ambient Music

Intro


I've been writing songs for fun since I was 16, but I've never played live or even been in a band.   My first stab at recording was for the 2007 RPM Challenge, which is the "Record-an-album-in-a-month" contest.   I've done RPM every year since then.   Participants record 10 songs or 35 minutes of original music in 28 days.   I couldn't get anyone to sing for me, so I had to do it myself.   My voice is just good enough for you to tell that I'm really trying but, just bad enough to be embarrassing.  

In 2007 I set out to make "techno-folk," combining synth-pop beats with indie-folk guitar strumming.   Many of the songs were too complicated for the simple equipment I was using, so in 2008 I stripped things down and made more of a Goth rock album.   I went in the opposite direction in 2009 by recording everything "live" using a video camera and only acoustic instruments.   In 2010 I got tired of listening to myself struggling to sing, so I went in the opposite-opposite direction and made an entirely electronic, instrumental album.

I don't think I'll ever do much with rock music, but it's been fun learning about songwriting, mixing, and recording techniques, and maybe someday I'll be in a real band, if I can find the time and people who can put up with me.   Below are many of the songs I've recorded over the years for RPM, plus some music I made as soundtracks for my own films, and some live recordings.

-Peter Kovic, July 2010

There should be a funny picture of me rocking here.



2010 RPM

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#1 "Bastardsword"

#2 "Drive"

#3 "Toms"

#5 "When did I know you"

#6 "Velvet Room"

#7 "Heart of Space"

#8 "Church"

#9 "Parlor Song"

Bonus "S.P."




2009 RPM

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#1 "Elemental"

Sheet Music + TAB:
Lyrics + Chords

#2 "The Great Big
Cosmic Comedown
(If I Can't Have You)"

Sheet Music + TAB:
Lyrics + Chords
Vox TC + Gtr Chords
Vox BC + Gtr Chords
Lead Gtr (no Capo)
Lead Gtr (Capo V)
Bass
Piano (optional)

#3 "A Tough Year"

#5 "Edge of the Stream"
(Rossetti poem)

Sheet Music + TAB:
Lyrics + Chords

#6 "I Could Never Do That"

Sheet Music + TAB:
Lyrics + Chords

#8 "Shall I Forget?"
(Rossetti poem)

Sheet Music + TAB:
Lyrics + Chords
Vox TC + Chords(no Capo)
Vox BC + Chords(no Capo)
Vox TC + Chords(Capo I)
Vox BC + Chords(Capo I)
Vox BC + Chords(detune step)
Lead Gtr (no capo)
Lead Gtr (Capo I)
"Lead" Bass (no Capo)
"Lead" Bass (detune 1/2 step)

#9 "Crossing the Bar"

Sheet Music + TAB:
Lyrics + Chords

#10 "The Last Song"

Sheet Music + TAB:
Lyrics + Chords
Lead Gtr (no Capo)
Lead Gtr (Capo V)
Bass
Keys (if no Gtr)

Bonus: "Good"
(Better Than Ezra cover)




2008 RPM

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#1 "The Rattle Bag"
(Marlowe / Raleigh poems)

#2 "Waiting for the New Wave"

#3 "The Protege"

#6 "Anniversary Song"
(instrumental)

#7 "My Own"

Sheet Music + TAB:
Lyrics + Gtr Chords
Simple Keyboards

#8 "Everybody's Girlfriend"

#9 "Book of Wisdom"
(from Old Testament)

#10 "SixEight"
"(When the Party's Over)"

Sheet Music + TAB:
Lyrics + Gtr Chords




2007 RPM

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#2 "Dead Roses"

Sheet Music + TAB:
Lyrics + Gtr Chords
Lead Gtr

#3 "Mood Music"

#5 "Butterflies"




Miscellaneous

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"30x23
(Birthday Song)"

"There is a Light That Never Goes Out"
(Smiths cover)

"Kissing Her Hair"
(Unplugged demo based on Swinburne poem)

Sheet Music + TAB:
Bass
Keyboards
Vox TC + Gtr Chords
Vox BC + Gtr Chords

"Wonderful Things"
(T. Esposito cover)

"Turn My Head"
(Unplugged demo)

"Dead Roses"
(Unplugged demo)

Sheet Music + TAB:
Lyrics + Gtr Chords
Lead Gtr

"Mood Music"
(Unplugged demo)

"My Own"
(Unplugged demo)

Sheet Music + TAB:
Lyrics + Gtr Chords
Simple Keyboards

"SixEight"
"(When the Party's Over)"

(Unplugged demo)

Sheet Music + TAB:
Lyrics + Gtr Chords

"Porphyria's Lover"
(Unplugged demo based on Browning poem)

"Pity"
(Unplugged demo)




Soundtracks

(Coming soon)

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