Hello and welcome to PhillipRogers.com, the online information portal for all things pertaining to the music of me...Phillip Rogers.
After following my life long desire to write, produce, record and sing my own music (as well as a few others) I figured what the heck? Why not host and edit my own website as well. So please pardon the lack of a third person narrative as I tell you a little about who I am and what I do.
Solo Acoustic Entertaintainment
It seems that the only thing harder than making a decent living as an independent performing/recording artist is to find a group of like minded individuals who are professional, talented and willing enough to put the time and effort it requires to stand out from the unbelievable number of those who are willing to do it for nothing. For that reason, some time ago I decided that I would strive to become totally self sufficient and not be forced to rely on anyone else as far as being a performing artist is concerned.
However, since the thought of playing and singing to those pesky karaoke tracks that a lot of solo artist are willing to buy and play along with appeals to me even less than I can imagine kissing my sister would, Some time back, I set out to build a compact pedal board with a series of live audio recorders (loop stations to you musicians) that allow me to, on-the-fly record my guitar while singing the verse of a song, then at the appropriate time, punch in the the guitar accompaniment I recorded seconds earlier and then solo over it giving the illusion of two guitars. I use a separate machine to record my voice while singing the first chorus of a song, then sing my own live harmonies while playing it back when the chorus repeats.
Anyone that has been involved in audio recording of any kind can attest to the stigma that a functioning recorder's little red light produces resulting in train wrecks even in the most pre-rehearesed performances but I've learned to roll with the train wrecks and most audiences find them as entertaining as their absence.
After years of living in as well as commuting to Nashville, I've had the opportunity to write with as well as borrow from some of the best songwriters in the world and I'm proud to be able to say that my repertoire does not include the typical "Brown Eyed Girl" or "Mary Jane's Last Dance" that you'll most likely hear on any other night in the intimate venues where I love to perform but I am very proud of the standards that cover that most world class performers of the highest caliber and name recognition would dare to perform without the accompaniment of a pre-recorded track or better yet, a band.
Please forgive the pretentious tone these past few paragraphs have undoubtedly produced. I assure you that this auto-biographic material was not my first choice of copy. I imagine this is what selling Amway must feel like. But I'm pretty sure that if you will take a few moments to browse the VIDEOS page, I'm pretty sure you'll see what I mean and agree that the live performances that you will see and hear are solo performances, they are anything but a solo performer sound.