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Raphael Koster.
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I play guitar in a folk/singer-songwriter style. When I was a kid I grew up with this sort of stuff, and after wandering through jazz, art rock, and blues infatuations as a listener, I eventually returned to it (though I still enjoy the others, of course).
As a kid I had recorder lessons, and I sang in school things as a choir leader. But it never really felt like a passion until I hit high school and started listening to music in earnest. I was always attracted to good lyrics, and singer-songwriter stuff is one of the few places to find them. Once I got to college, I took up the acoustic guitar and taught myself how to play.
I also got into the folk scene, made friends there, attended Kerrville Folk Festivals, and wrote my own material. Once of these days (soon) I will actually do some professional-level recording. A lot of friends and acquaintances of mine are professional singer-songwriters, several of them on the national circuit.
My greatest regret about my job is that it doesn't leave me enough time for my music. But I do regularly post new stuff up on the blog in the Music category.
From After the Flood
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"After the Flood" -- an acoustic solo guitar piece.
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"Maybe Free"
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"Full of Dreams"
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"December"
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"My Neighborhood"
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"Share Some Secrets"
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"Unicorn"
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"Bicycles in January"
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"The Knyghte's Daliaunce"
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"May"
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"Memorial"
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"November"
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"October"
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"Pick 'Em All Up"
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"Son De Don Con"
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"Spring Break"
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"The March of the Elephants"
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"This Don't Groove"
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"Longitude"
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"Feel the Slide"
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"Variations on Longitude"
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"Carry the Message"
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"Up Near Witch Creek"
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"Market" -- an orchestral piece
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"She Walked"
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"Piano Sonata in F Maj." -- done as a college composition piece
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"Gloria" -- from The Land of Red Barns
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