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About my songs; Remember you can click on "Comments to leave me a comment about my songs, you can also click on "Lyrics" to view the lyrics to my songs, don't forget to comment, that is most important, there you can also rate my song, how is any artist to grow if the fans or people in general never rate or comment. So Please do me a favor and comment and rate my songs............Thank you so very kindly!..............Acoustic Phases............
I grew up in a little town called Annandale in the state of Minnesota. I was born in St. Cloud, Mn in the year of 1957 to a Mr and Mrs Charles Rode; my father is now deceased, God rest his soul.
For the first year of my life along with my two older brothers, Mark and Curt; we all lived in a Railroad Box car, yes you heard that correctly, a railroad box car, in the town of South Haven, MN, it is about 6 miles due west on Hwy 55 of Annandale, MN. We moved to Annandale, MN when I was 1 into a big double story house just behind the United Methadist Church off of Main St. in Annandale. We all lived there till my father and a friend of his who was in the construction business built a house on the North shore of Lake John, just about 3 miles west on Hwy 55, in 1967. It was a double story house with a walk out basement, a walk out second story porch, that spanned the length of the house. It was an awesome home. My parents then divorced when I was in 10 grade so they sold the house and I moved into a apt with my mom and my younger sisiter. We lived in that Apt for two years in Annandale, MN till I went off a joined the US Navy in 1976. I Learned how to repair typewriters and Copiers while in the Navy and I served 4 years abaord the USS America, CV-66. Aircraft Carrier, which now lies off the coast of Norfolk, VA as she was decommissioned and scuttled a few years back.
I continued to repaire Office machines with a few different companies for several years after I was Honerably discharged from the US Navy in 1980. I worked at a St Cloud shop called A-1 Typewriters for 2 years. That was short lived as they laid me off due to no business so I moved to Colorado in 1982 for 2 years and worked at another repair shop called Acme Typewritters just inside of downtown Denver, Co. From there I moved back to Annandale, MN to work for A-1 Typewriters again in 1984 til 1989 then in 1989 I went to a trade school to learn to be a Medical Laboratory Technician and interned at Bloomington Lake Clinic from 1990 till 1993. Which is were I met my future wife Bridgett. The two of us got married in 1991 and we now have 2 boys; Alex and Brandon. Bridgett brought 2 children into our marriage, Mike and Nicole. Then in 1993 I went back to office repair and worked for BMS out of Eden Prairie, MN. From there I got a job with Target in 1997, working downtown Mpls, MN at the Target Headquarters installing the operating system and client based software onto 10 to 15 computers a day and tranporting those computers to the Target employee's desk and getting them setup on the network and ready for the new employee. I worked at Target for 7 years and from there I went to HOM Furniture as a Sales Consultant in 2004. Enough about me and my past lets get to the present.
I titled my Album "Emotions at Play" My album consists of music that I have written, composed and recorded over the years. More recently though I have re recorded my music using updated technology to give my music a better overall sound and quality, still not perfect yet, in time though. Granted when you listen to some of the songs you will hear that they still need work, and I'm still in the process of making every song sound it's best. Reworking the words and re arranging the chords I play on my guitar, some going from straight pickin to upbeat rythems. I purchased a new Micrphone by Sennheiser, model Evolution e815 s, the M-Audio MobilePre USB Portable Audio Interface along with my new guitar the Takamine EG530SSC acoustic 6 string with the TK-40 electronic pick-up. All these put together will greatly enhance my music for a richer cleaner sound. The guitar is probably the best guitar I have ever played. I like the way it sounds as an acoustic as well as how it sounds via recording or amplified. So sit back, click on my songs and give a listen and enjoy. Let me know what you think of my songs and my site. Thank you for stopping by and if you know someone who would also like to listen to my music, send to my site or better yet post my widget's in your blogs. Thanks and may my music move your soul. Scott Rode
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Hi Scott! Happy beginnings of the Holidays! God bless! I listened to the new mix of Seasons of Life A+ for sure your voice and even the whistle are as clear as if you were here in the living room. Love the song and your Minnesota accent. I know, I sing Southern. Very nice imagery as I could picture myself seeing the images traversing my thoughts, . .how cool is that? and the smile, well you have to know that is priceless. I listened to your song Lord's of Light too. Once again I was transported to that Holy Night depicted through History and your eyes. Very nice in minors, gives it that feeling of such a monumental birth. Thanks Scott! Wonderful from me!
THANK YOU SO MUCH MY GOOD MAN~ You Are A Huge Inspiration To Not Only Music, But Life As Well.. If Everyone In The World Had A Similar Outlook On The World, It Would Be A Much Easier Place For Everyone To Live Without Bitching About Everything That They Don't Have When Meanwhile Children Are Dying From Starvation or Drinking Contaminated Water Every 3-8 Seconds~ Anyways.. Thank You Very Much For The Kind Words.. As I Work On New Material, I Find Myself Hating Almost Every Second Of Noise I Create, Especially All Of The Songs I Have Already Recorded.. Something About That Bizarre Dance Tune Is Kind Of Cool Because It Is Most Recent And Most Unique, But It Is Literally The Very Tip Of The Iceberg As Far As What I Am Picturing For A Whole Album.. I Am Going To Put Everything I Have, Mentally & Physically Into This And Just Hope That All Those Things That The Grammy Winners Say Is True ("If I Can Do It, Anyone Can!" - "NEVER Give Up On Your Dreams!!") I know you have heard all of them.. I guess time will tell, but as I get older, I realize that Time isn't a very good friend and he or she is a sneaky bugger. Cheers~ Much Respect As Always A.C
Busy huh. Yeah, I know I hadn't written for a while there. It's hard to want to do anything when life craps out from underneath you. I just wanted to stop in and say that I have been periodically stoppin by to see hear the music. Still love it. Still sounds great. Keep it up. Hasta
Hey boss, just me. I saw that video that you put up recently, Phantoms,... pretty good Scott. And keep it up. Has been slow here. Building my recording studio finally.
Welcome my friend, Please excuse us if we already sent this to you, we are getting ready for something HUGE! So stay tuned. The more people coming together and helping spread awareness is more powerful. I started writing Just over FOUR Months ago and it is already a huge success! People from all around the world sending there success story’s to me how I have inspired them in so many ways! It is so wonderful! I am moving forward in telling my story, spreading awareness. Thank you for joining me! You must be a wonderful person to care enough to take your time to spread awareness. I look forward to knowing you. I have triumphed over Domestic Violence. My horrific story is in my blog. Please read and feel free to post it on your website. To help spread awareness. I am almost finished with my book of my life and how I overcame DV thru practicing what I know about the law of attraction. My passion is to teach others how they can do it as well. I have written most of it in my blog on an almost daily basis for the past FOUR months!!! There is a pest that is trying to stop me, and he is a politician Named Bart Mulvihill! Check it out! I suggest starting on the oldest blog so it makes sense and you know who the people are. To find the story of how I came to start writing, look for “THE BIG BANG, My husband tried to kill us both then when he failed, he killed Himself” Or “My Story” It will blow you away! You will find that on my main page. There is a lot more to the story than that. I was abused as a child then it followed me into my relationships as an adult. I HAVE TRIUMPHED OVER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. In Love & Light,M
Hey Scott! Things are going well with the new CD. Like all new things, it just takes time, patience and dedication. Wish you would consider coming back to Moiko Records. Someone with your talent and devotion is always welcome. Thanks for listening and enjoying my tunes. I feel the same toward yours!
thank's Acou, the lyrics are not yet mastered and will be added to the final mix on the album. these are just the raw recordings so far and the complete album with lyrics is due febuary 2010.
HOLY-COW, WOW MAN!! I haven't been around her for a while. Sounding very good man. A lot better recording quality than myself that's for damn sure. I really like all that you have going on boss. Wyatt-Alan PER DIEM
Thank you so much for your interest in what I have going on in my head, it is newborn & only a day old at this point, but I am going to dedicate the next few months into getting the idea out there and hopefully getting more people like yourself involved~ If we built a small army and everyone released their projects on the same day, it could get a lot of attention if done correctly~ You are one of the coolest people I have ever met and your a badass musician on top of that~ Thanks again for supporting my crazy mind, it means a lot to me. Cheers towards the future my friend~ KNiFA
Hey brother that sounds great, thank you!! Yes, I agree, Reverbnation is a pretty cool site. I have a new CD that will be coming out in a about a month, so, I may need your help getting the word out. Thanks again for helping me out, I really appreciate it.
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