ROGER SELDON: The Beast Within

Roger Seldon

The Beast Within

© 2004 Roger Seldon (778224184928)

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ROGER SELDON. South African/Canadian indie songwriter. Intelligent, lyrical, harmonious and delicately crafted songs.

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UPDATED 23 JAN 2008.

ROGER SELDON. South African-Canadian indie songwriter.

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AWARDS:

CLEO nominated finalist in Cape Town's Barleycorn Music Club's 2003 Song Competition.
This occurred during the recording of THE BEAST WITHIN and was based on an unmastered copy of track 10, CLEO (Dan's Version) with a live performance following the initial entry. It was the 1st time I'd had to do that falsetto live. I had hoped they would choose DREAMCHAIN instead! Anyway, I'm glad. Everyone seems to like CLEO whenever I've played it since then and I would probably never have added it to my live sets if I hadn't been "forced" to play it live that night.

ANGELICA GOES TO #1!!!
In May 2005 the unlikely hit song Angelica , Track 9 of "THE BEAST WITHIN" , reached #1 on a top ten recommended list on European podcast THE NEXT BIG THING.
This song, with lyrics by poet Mark Meyer, is an obscure, light ditty which has been picked up and played by more radio and cyber stations than the more obvious "hits". One never knows which songs will take on a life of their own. (And Meyer still refuses to explain the poem to me.)


BURDSONG nominated "the lovesong of the decade" as judged by lovers around the world. (Private Joke).

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BIOGRAPHY:

Born and raised in South Africa and travelling the globe now for over 15 years, I finally managed to stop in one place long enough to record my 1st album "THE BEAST WITHIN" in Fishhoek , Cape Town late 2003. Mastered and manufactured in Vancouver , Canada , the album was officially and globally released September 2004.
With over 20 years of songwriting this tip of the iceberg represents the 1st unleashing of my beast within.  This album is made up of an eclectic mix of  songstyles with some of  the earliest tunes mixed up with the new.

Being a gypsy for a lot of years many of the songs seem have become popular at my regular low key appearances around the world. The Hibiscus Coast (see www.southernexplorer.co.za) , Plett , Cape Town; all in South Africa; and Vancouver , Nelson , Northern Vancouver Island and Kitimat in the Wild Northwest of British Columbia have been my regular stomping grounds. More recently Campbell River, Comox, Courtenay and Cumberland, all on vancouver Island, have born the brunt of my stomping. A few of my songs (HEAVY RAIN , DREAMCHAIN , BURDSONG , SAME GAME) have been covered by artists in some of these  places (Aden Hinds {http://www.myspace.com/adensounds} Johannesburg , Sean Germond - Cape Town , Barbie Meyer - Margate).
I enjoyed a long and fruitful development period through the 90's playing as a duo with accomplished cellist Christie Staudhammer, initially touring beaches , forests , houses & lakes about Northern Vancouver Island and later the coffeehouses of Vancouver City. We also played around Plettenberg Bay South Africa towards the end of the last Millenium. Sadly , no formal recordings of those years exist , BUT*******SEE END!! IT'S HERE!!!

In late 1996/7 I joined bandmembers Liz Adams , Scott Blackley (Muzzy Pep, The Great Dividing Range {http://www.myspace.com/thegreatdividingrange}) and Patrick Singh in the Whitehorse-based Yukon altpoprock band "HOOP" as bassist for their  tour of the East Coast of Australia in early 1997. In mid 1997 we all hitch-hiked off in different directions. Luckily no blood had yet been spilled and all was good.
2004 saw me collaborating with songwriter/slide guitarist Malachi Greenidge in the duo Holy Joe & The sKeptiK. (http://www.myspace.com/malachigreenidge).
Since Malachi moved back to Ontario I've been concentrating on my solo performance, playing venues on Vancouver Island and in Vancouver when I'm in Canada and off shift, and migrating annually to the Kwazulu-Natal south coast in South Africa each year for the surf season and an intense music experience.

Mostly I have been writing and jamming with any inspiring  talent I intercept in my wanderings to the abovementioned locales.

The last 10 years have seen me splitting my time between the southern tip of Africa (music & surfing) and the Canadian West Coast (music , snowboarding and , most unfortunately , work). The next album is on the way!! I promise!
In the meantime:

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4-SONGS Roger & Christie
A mini-album featuring Christie Staudhammer on cello.
The songs are now digitally released and available through iTunes and other digital sites.

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FOR RINGTONES FROM “The Beast Within” ALBUM:

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  • clear & concious
    author: Swervin'Mervin

    Cool and quirky. Power-pop to beautiful love-songs. Trippy club to metal ballads. Well-fused and a good listen end-to-end. Plus a hidden gem that startles you awake if you drifted off with the tranquility of the last song.

  • GET IT!!
    author: Barbie

    ...ROGER SELDON played to a packed and eager audience last Saturday night @ Rooks in Shelly Beach...this is an incredibly versatile musician, playing everything from sensitive classical pieces to raunchy poetry with a twist... His 'Beast Within' album is a must-have..." don't miss his last gigs before he heads off back to Canada for the winter.... (like a swallow in reverse?)

  • This is amazing, Roger is surpisingly great
    author: Debbie

    I have never heard a Cd so well put together, i found it to be upbeat and fun, a pure pleasure to listen to. Thanks Roger for your hard work that you put in.

  • The Greatest Hits of.......
    author: Aubrey

    1st album? This is more like a greatest hits album. In the right hands any of these songs could be huge. And there's plenty more where these came from. I saw this guy live recently while travelling through South Africa. He was jamming his songs unrehearsed with a bunch of locals. 4 HOURS of original material!! So relaxed and natural. And a great party all the way. Those people love this guy! (I bought his cd at the gig-sorry CDBaby!)

  • This disc is incredible
    author: Celeste

    One of the reasons I love this collection of songs, it is the feelings you get while listening to thi music. I felt like I should have been in a cave,the Grand Canyon, on a boat,in a hot spring or watching the Northern Lights while hearing these sounds

  • Awesome, album- can't wait for the new one too
    author: Bull

    Every song on this album is amazing. If you like this CD the new onw will rock your world. Go Stauhamm go.

  • What D' #@!* is in this guy's Head?!!
    author: Beastie Girl

    I got to this place by mistake. The Beast Within sounds like...heavy...maybe goth metal. But I'm thankful I came and persisted. There is something for everyone. The anthemic Wrong Way and scary ballad Undeserving are excellent moody rock songs. He's right, PLAY THEM LOUD!! His head must be a dark and murky place scattered with pools of splendid clarity. Trying to figure him out is a twister. What the Hell is Angelica all about? Go listen, then go figure.

  • psycho tension love bliss and the moment of truth
    author: mo wendall

    what drugs is this madman on.here seldon lets fly with a therapy session that spans the globe,geographically ,spiritually,emotionally ,sonicly,and most importantly nervously.seldon braids the frayed nerve endings of a man possessed with all the carefree daydreaminess of a schoolgirl in bobbysox doing her girlfriends hair.effortless and complex ,do yourself a favour and listen to a man untangle the beast within

  • Perfect Listen
    author: Ryan Z

    The Beast Within is the perfect listen from start to finish. With excellent vocals and stellar guitar playing. Definetly worth the purchase.

  • innocence , the sweetness of love , confused in a crazy world.
    author: THE ISLAND WORD-Danny Zanbilowicz

    there is a rich , full sound here , with interesting instrumentation , lively grooves and satisfying textures. the songs can take off in unusual directions. there is a kind of exuberance , a joy in the sound - SELDON is not afraid to go out on a musical limb , without cracking. styles are liberally borrowed from and blended - DREAMCHAIN is a humourous , spacey , flamenco stream of conciousness apocalyptic techno rap. HEAVY RAIN may or may not be a disguised karma sutra , but it does rock. the long version of CLEO is lovely.

  • author: VRay

    This CD is a great listen. Excellent songs, good feel. Highly recommended.

  • great lyrics, melodies and arrangements.
    author: Rick Bateman

    ...Also added three new songs from Roger Seldon's "The Beast Within" CD. A really interesting CD with great lyrics, melodies and arrangements. posted by Rick

  • A CD which definitely works on you as you listen to it... very enjoyable.
    author: LAD

    Review of: The Beast Within Review date: 21/10/2004 Reviewed by: LAD Review: Roger Seldon`s CD `The Beast Within` is a very original melodic pop CD which is easy listening with clear and good vocals. A total of 10 songs are on the CD. The opening track `Same Game` has a nice piano backing to it (as do several of the tracks). `Burdsong` is a wonderful duet between Roger and Greer -- very peaceful and calm. The CD follows on the slow dreamy melodies. `Undeserving` features a poem called Dark Fate which is read to open and close the track. After listening to the track several times I think that I could say that `Cleo`, `Wrong Way` and `Dreamchain` are my favourite tracks on the CD. The songs were written and recorded at various stages in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Canada, but the CD is still mastered and put together very well. The CD artwork is very interesting, with hand drawn images. The inner cover folds out exposing the lyrics. A CD which definitely works on you as you listen to it... very enjoyable.

  • you will be surprised everytime; who it tickles- and where!
    author: colaborart international

    play it in your car with your kids, play it at your next dinner party, play it cleaning the house, play it as artistic inspiration,...and you will be surprised everytime; who it tickles- and where!

  • Every song is a classic!
    author: Bill Vollrath

    If Roger Seldon gets the break he deserves in the music industry, he will make it big! This CD has become one of my standard plays right beside Fleetwood Mac Rumours. I could listen over and over and not grow tired of the tunes. Really...check this music out. Buy the CD, put it on and escape into it's hypnotic groovyness!

  • Totally Groovy
    author: Malachi

    This CD is awesome! I listen to it a lot. It has totally rockin tunes and some awesome ballads as well. Very eclectic. If you are a fan of true musical artistry, you'll love this CD!

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