Rob Cooke (@boyatheart)

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progress: 15 winner!
joined: February 3 2008
location: Thailand
website: www.karonasound.com
influences: Neil Young/Crazy Horse, David Bowie,Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Curtis Mayfield, Bob Dylan, CSN & CSNY, Bob Marley, Beach Boys, Led Zep, James Brown, Funkadelic, Link Wray, The Who, The Kinks, The Stones, Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Nile Rodgers, Sound Garden, Pistols, Pixies

Bio

FAWM no.5 for me.

I run my own online recording studio, which provides mixing, mastering, programming and tracking services, so anyone who is planning to release their own record and you want it professionally mastered - I offer a special FAWMers rate. Very affordable

http://www.karonasound.com

I also work freelance locally for a recording studio, the owner of which I co-write with too. That's resulted in me actually being paid to write songs and mostly outside of the genre I write as Boy at Heart.

My latest 8-track album was born totally from last year's FAWM output and I hope to be able to do something similar again this year. Either 3x5-track mini albums or 2x8-track albums.

I'm also extremely honoured to be on the latest FAWMpilation release: Vol1, track 1 no less!
http://fawm.bandcamp.com/album/14-songs-in-28-days-vol-71

My officially released music can be heard here:

http://music.boyatheart.com - My Solo Stuff
http://darkfiber.bandcamp.com - My Disco/Rock collab!

Good luck to all FAWMers and thanks in advance for the inspiration!

Rob Cooke

2012 Songs

1 Not on Your Life 18 comments // 3 months ago
2 Don't Go Thinking (a love song) 15 comments // 3 months ago
3 What to Do with Your Moves 6 comments // 3 months ago
4 Unstuck 9 comments // 3 months ago
5 F.I.N.E 6 comments // 3 months ago
6 Make Your Own Luck 3 comments // 2 months ago
7 I Like it Anyway 2 comments // 2 months ago
8 Obstacle 2 comments // 2 months ago
9 Waking Up 3 comments // 2 months ago
10 Any Other Way 3 comments // 2 months ago
11 Full Circle 3 comments // 2 months ago
12 Beside Myself 3 comments // 2 months ago
13 One Afternoon (with  dreamscuba) 2 comments // 2 months ago
14 Clearing Space 4 comments // 2 months ago
15 Because They Said So 4 comments // 2 months ago

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  •  headfirstonly 2 months ago
    Thanks for your very kind words - glad you liked my stuff!
  • thevelvetdrone 2 months ago
    Thanks for the nice comments and congrats on getting your 15!!!!!
  • loljosh0106 2 months ago
    Thanks so much!!
  • jayafrica 2 months ago
    Hi, Rob, and thanks for the comments you left on my songs. I'm finally getting the opportunity to listen to your tunes and am enjoying them thoroughly!
  •  dreamscuba 2 months ago
    Hi Rob, no worries...Understood....I will get round to listening to more of your songs soon...Thanks.
  •  dreamscuba 2 months ago
    Hey Rob, I don't think I will get much more of a chance before Sunday/Monday to work on the collab...will chat later....I guess we can post the "space" and work on it....
  •  jsini 2 months ago
    Thank you very much for your comment! Greatly appreciated.
  •  gordon 2 months ago
    Thanks for your comment. My songs are mostly a mixture of sweet harmony type songs and dark distorted ones. I'm certainly having a lot of fun doing FAWM for the first time and just hope the songs keep coming.:)
  •  zecoop 2 months ago
    Hey thanks for checking out my song. Looking forward to hearing yours... there is a lot of excellent influence up there in your profile. smile
  •  wyatt 2 months ago
    Thanks for the thoughts on "Ridge"
    I'll take another look at what you have a bit later
  • the3queens 2 months ago
    You went Thailand and never came back? How is that?
  •  heuristicsinc 2 months ago
    Thanks for the review. That bass is getting good marks! smile
  •  dreamscuba 2 months ago
    Hi Rob, thanks very much for your comments on "Ain't nobody home but me and my blues". Very much appreciated. I reckon it may be interesting to put a horn section on this at some point....
  •  oneslowtyper 2 months ago
    Hi Rob, thanks for the kind words. I like your list of musical influences in your Bio. That's awesome that you're having success in what you love to do... yet you still join us fools in this huge music-fest that draws us all in, to share and encourage each other.

    Cheers,
    John
  •  stevenwesleyguiles 3 months ago
    Thanks Rob! smile I appreciate your comments as someone I know to be a serious musician. smile
  •  dragondreams 3 months ago
    You've got LOADS of time! lol

    Seriously, I hope you achieve whatever goal you set for yourself - and have fun doing it. smile
  •  musicsongwriter 3 months ago
    Thank you Rob, yes, I know what you mean, so much easier to listen to the songs which are playing here smile Enjoy FAWM, it's great fun!
  • susyblue 3 months ago
    Hey Robs thanks! your songs sound amazing, flawless production and great singing!
  •  dreamscuba 3 months ago
    Thanks Rob for listening to yet more of my songs and for the great comments.
  •  dragondreams 3 months ago
    Hi Rob. smile

    Many, many thanks for taking the time to listen and comment. It's very much appreciated.
  •  tjod 3 months ago
    Thanks for the comment! Maybe someday I'll have a chateau where I can stay up late, playing music with my pals, too ; )
  • jessicagraae 3 months ago
    Thanks for your kind words, Rob! smile
  •  musicsongwriter 3 months ago
    Hello Rob. Thank you very much for your nice comment on my music and collaboration with John on one chord song. I've enjoyed doing the challenge and felt very inspired smile It was wonderful to collaborate with John on the song. Happy FAWMing smile
  •  toms 3 months ago
    Thank you for the kind comment & for the listen!
  • ladyvinyl 3 months ago
    Thanks for the comment on my Fluttershy song! Glad to hear it got stuck in your head and that your daughter loved it! big_smile
  •  dreamscuba 3 months ago
    Hi Rob, back now...I SMSd you my temporary number as my number was terminated thanks to lovely actions by a the focus of "Satan's Den"!!!...hehehe. smile take care.
  • arthurrossi 3 months ago
    Thank you very much for your nice comment!
  •  dreamscuba 3 months ago
    Hi Rob, wow, thanks for all that time listening to all my songs and for your wonderful comments on them all. I have found the writing very therapeutic with the passing of my mum. She actually said to me one week before she was admitted to hospital, "you are still writing and playing aren't you."... I owe it to her... I have also found that writing with the iPad has helped me with keeping things simple, so a very useful tool to get the ideas out, that clatter be shaped. I must admit, with all my life changing events, I am keen to really get more into all this stuff and do some work with you and Gary.
  •  downburst 3 months ago
    Thanks for the comment... Boy. smile I look forward to hearing your songs.
  •  dreamscuba 3 months ago
    Hi Rob, thanks very much for your comments on 2 songs. "Something's Gotta Give" started life as a guitar riff song...I plan to rework it later as there are bits I like in it...Thanks for the feedback on the lead breaks...was trying to sound Angus like..
    Thanks for your feedback on my singing....It does feel to be coming more easily and I don't feel so self conscious when recording vocals. I quite enjoy playing with backing vocals even if I have no idea what to do. I think the iPad mic is quite kind to my voice too....I cannot lay claim on the drums track (I wish I could)...it was a loop in GarageBand.
  •  caterwauler 3 months ago
    Hey there!
    Thanks, good to see you smile
  • ankara 3 months ago
    thanks for your comment, good to hear nice words. only loop in there was the record crackling, everything else was either me playing bass or using VSTs using the keyboard.
    cheers
  • arealhope 3 months ago
    If I can figure out how to make a demo and put it on here, I'll do that!! smile
  • arealhope 3 months ago
    Posted a song!!
  •  dreamscuba 3 months ago
    Thanks for your comments on Satan's Den. Yes, very therapeutic for sure. I can't really sing metal but I gave it a go. It all came from the riff I was messing with in GarageBand.
  •  dreamscuba 3 months ago
    Hi Rob, thanks very much for your comments on "where the sun is shining"...Very much appreciated. I did change the lyrics after gslade's comments. I changed the last line of the chorus from "in my heart" to "where I am free"...I think this works quite well. Although, I may do a version with the original to compare. The second song was messing with the guitar in GarageBand and I ended up with the metal like riff...of course, I can't sing metal but I gave it a whiz.
  •  billysea 3 months ago
    Hello Mr. Cooke smile just like always, my goal is 14 (more or less) big_smile Looking forward to another great FAWM with you!
  • mikeskliar 3 months ago
    great to see ya back!
  •  devin 3 months ago
    Sir yes sir! Let's rock this long month Rob!!
  •  stevenwesleyguiles 3 months ago
    Rob. So sorry you're dealing with the gall stones, but glad that it's not something you have to do surgically. smile
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