"New Wave EP" in Progress
I have finished recording a new 5-track EP, and it is in the mixing stage now. This EP will be under the Rob Roper name, and will contain three original songs and two original instrumentals. The music is influenced by the 1980's New Wave era. Recording and mixing are being handled by engineer Jeff Kanan at The Keep Recording in Denver, where I recorded the last two albums..
--Rob Roper, June 20, 2025
New EP Released!
Today I released a new 3-song EP by Total Flower Chaos, Dandelions. These songs are the result of collaborative songwriting by Connor Gibson (drums, vocals), Ryan Watts (bass) and myself (guitars, synthesizers, vocals). You can hear them on the Total Flower Chaos Bandcamp site.
--Rob Roper, December 3, 2025
New Recording Project, Rob Fest 2025
I plan to record 3 or 4 EPs over the next year. The first of those is in progress now. It is with my former bandmates in Total Flower Chaos, Ryan Watts and Connor Gibson. We took 3 jams from our old practice sessions and gave them some structure. One will be a song, with lyrics by Connor, and the other two will be instrumentals. That should be finished in September and released in the fall.
The annual Rob Fest will be held at the Englewood Tavern in Englewood, Colorado, on August 22 at 8pm. It's always been at Gennaro's in the past, but Gennaro's closed in February and has not re-opened. I will play an acoustic set, as usual, and then Connor and Ryan will join me to play the songs we are recording for the new EP, as well as a couple of older Total Flower Chaos songs. Denver psychedelic rock band, Moonlight Bloom, will close the show.
--Rob Roper, August 6, 2025
Rob Fest 2024!
For the past several years, I've been playing shows around the time of my birthday, August 31, at my neighborhood bar, Gennaro's in Denver. I invite other musical artists-- both solo performers and bands-- to join me. I call it the Rob Fest. This year, it will happen again on August 24. And this is a special Rob Fest because I am celebrating my 70th birthday!
I've invitted Laura Akers, a high school classmate of mine, from Austin, Texas, to play instrumental piano music. I invited Denver punk rocker Luke Schmaltz to his punk rock songs solo acoustic. (Luke has played Gennaro's with me before.) Then I will take the stage, accompanied by a few friends, and play some of my original songs acoustic, as well as some covers I like. Denver Psych-rock band Yard Art will close the show with their beautiful hypnotic music. It will be a fun night! And to make it even better, admission at Gennaro's is always free!
Then it's back to songwriting. I have a lot of ideas started. I intend to write lyrics for some, and leave others as instrumentals.
--Rob Roper, August 2, 2024
I am currently into songwriting mode. I am not actively booking gigs, either solo or for my band. I have collected a ton of musical and lyrical ideas over the past several years when I was gigging heavily, and hope to put some of those into songs and instrumentals. I don't know how long this will take, but I'm confident some good stuff with come out of it.
In the last year I've been dealing with a few medical issues that has been costing me time and money, not to mention aggravation, but they all to be on the way to being resolved now. So things are looking up for me. I turned 69 on August 31, and I'm optimistic that my 69th year will be a very creative and productive year.
--Rob Roper, September 3, 2023