How do you write? What keeps you going?
Well, just make some sound! If you love music you know how you've done it in the past. Pick up your guitar, or your choice of instrument and make some sound. That's what I'm going to do, this April. I'm just going to open up and sing. Whatever comes out, comes out, and I can edit it later, preferably, right then and there. But you can be sure I'm going to be making some noise this Spring.

I'm wishing everyone a happy Easter and a warm and welcoming Spring. 

This week I will be working on some covers of my favorite new artists as well as my favorite old artists. I plan on stopping by at some local open mics as well as posting some upcoming shows. New shows are on the horizon and music is in the air. I can't wait to get out there and jam like you only can in the warmer weather.

But for now, put your voice to work and sing out whatever comes to mind. Strum some chords, sing some notes and make some noise. Don't over analyze it, just write it. If you write it, they will love it. I will love it. It came from you. It's unique, it's one of a kind, and it's yours. Write it, leave it, and it will form itself. Start writing something new today!

Peace

















and love



-Zach

Hey, y'all! My website is back up and running. It feels like it's been forever. So what is new?
Well...

Lots of stuff...

What Can Love Do (The Demos) was recently released to both noisetrade.com and archive.org. For a link to the music visit my blog at www.zrobb50.blogspot.com. Also we have a new album we are releasing within months titled The Drake. I did an interview with a dear friend of mine this past winter and the interview will surface shortly. There have been bits of pieces of the interview that have been surfacing but we will talk about that later. 

I have been working with covers lately. I think the reason, is because inspiration has taken it's course and people have inspired me to bring back old covers and also to start working on new covers. Some of my latest Brett Dennen and Beatles covers are available on my YouTube channel.

When I first came up with the idea to start releasing more covers, I immediately thought of the covers I did when I was younger. Covers that have posted in the past include covers by artists Jason Mraz, Allen Stone, Ben Harper, and Brand New. I remember listing a few covers over at my other blog and listing artists such as John Mayer, Rob Thomas, Fleetwood Mac, and more. Those covers never got posted as videos though. Anyway, I began to rack my brain of who I have been covering lately. You know, new music! I know that some artists that I have covered lately include Twenty One Pilots, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Shawn Mendes, Jason Mraz, Kesha, and more. A lot of that music is pop. But I really like to test the waters of alternative and country too. Music is great, and one awesome suggestion I gave to listeners in my latest YouTube video of me covering Because by The Beatles was to press play on The Beatles album titled Love. Love is an experience and a great way to open your mind and focuso on the love that's all around us.

​[Verse 1)

Em7
I walk into a scene and I see a chevy and a plot.
                     Am7
I ask ask is this reality or is this just the start?
        Bm7
The checker board it cracks 1,2,3. 
      Em7                                                                B7
A director waits at the corner of the room so patiently. 

Em7
Flowers and roses line the sidewalk fervently.
  Am7
Music city is lit up in nashville tennessee.
  Bm7
An artist that plays circus tunes above me.
  Em7                                                            B7
The ring of fire is burning extrociatingly, what a dream.

[Chorus]

                  Am
Because it's love.
C
It is.
G
This love.
C         B     Am      G         Am
It comes to us in love.
C
It is.
G
This love.

[Verse 2}

    Em7
So when love comes to you you gotta be all about it.
  Em7
And the music that you make has got to be magic.
  Am7
Innovating and creating all for the sake of love.
  Am7
Living each day to the highest power. 
  Bm7
Because love is rare and love is unique.
  Bm7
They say love is blind, I think love is sleak. 
  Em7
Love is lucrative and loves a dream.
  B7
This is how I got my start in the music scene.

Em7
Mixing and morphing and bending the rules. 
  Em7
Loving and Laughing through all of the drools.
  Am7
Inspiration that creates the tune.
  Am7
Power of affection that affects me and you.
  Bm7
The more love you spread the more love you recieve.
  Bm7
The more you think of love the more love comes to me.
  Em7
Conquering the world through the power of love.
  B7
Asking what's next while inspiration pours.

[Chorus]

                  Am
Because it's love.
C
It is
G
This love.
C         B     Am      G         Am
It comes to us in love.
C
It is.
G
This love.

[Verse 3]
Em7
Motivation can be a strength.
 Em7
It's realizing your goals and your weaknesses.
Am7
Spread peace and love and do the best you can do.
  Am7
Walk the line with me in my new suede shoes.
  Bm7
When something good comes to you be your own best friend.
  Bm7
Realize your dreams may be right around the bend.
  Em7
When each day is simply a reinvention,
  B7
stretch yourself to add something new and creative.

Em7
Ask yourself where God comes into play.
  Em7
Be a part of the world in this brand new day.
  Am7
Never underestimate the power of yourself.
  Am7
Overcome any thoughts that tell you otherwise.
  Bm7
Never stop to forgive and don't question nor doubt.
  Bm7
Understand the power of forgiveness and the rest will play out.
  Em7
Love yourself. Live each moment like it's your last
  B7
and the world will thank you for being love will Zach.

[Chorus]

                  Am
Because it's love.
C
It is.
G
This love.
C         B     Am      G         Am
It comes to us in love.
C
It is
G
This love.

Capo 4

Em7   
A tidal wave. A drifting scent.
    C
The moonlight in the distance.
   B7                         
A lit up fence. Lights in a branch.

Em7
A silver pen. A diamond canvas.
   C
A brush of paint. A twisting stanza.
B7                                      Em7
Water flows beneath feet that are dancing.

                   Am
I want to get it untangled.
                  AmM7
Lead me to your stereo.
                    D        E7
Take me into your zone.


C            G               D
I don't want to fight. I want to be there.
C              G          D                                                                Am
I want to hold you all night. Til the sun comes up.
           C           B7
And then we start our day
                   Em7
Take away my pain

   Em7
My thoughts your thoughts, I'm tangled in.
   C
Subtracting and dividing this love i'm in.
    B7
I watch a show brand a spectaular show

  Em7
I write and write. The pen spills ink.
   C
Get lost in the movement, be content within.
   B7
A dog howls while stars are romancing  

[Instrumental Break]

Em7
A end so dear. A perfect face.
   C
A magazine. The human race.
   B7
A tragedy. A win, first place.

Em7
A melody melting space.
 C
Gravity, measuring pace.
  B7
Monopoly. A verse that stays



C              G             D
I don't want to fight. I want to be there.
C              G          D                           Am
I want to hold you all night. Til the sun comes up.
           C           B7
And then we start our day
                   Em7
Take away my pain

[Outro]

Em C       G
I just want to spend time with you
Em      C             G
I just want to spend time
Em      C             G
I just want to spend time with you
Em      C             G
I just want to spend time

Verse 1

Chords: D F#m Bm A

i walk towards you, sit on the ground.
Heavy thoughts and stormy clouds.
I think i'll write it down.
The pen spills ink as we move out.
The fog rolls in the fog rolls out.
The sound of love.

Pre Chorus
Em
i feel i'm moving
G
i feel i'm spinning, yeah.

Chorus

Chords:    D Bm Em G A
If i live on just your time, let me know your love is mine. 
And i'll open up my heart.
Tell me more about you now.
Bring me up and take me out.
And I'll live, on just your time.

Verse 2

Chords:    D F#m Bm A
I've always known what you're about, standing in this pouring rain now.
I've got nothing left to shout.
My mouth drops down your tounge rolls out, 
Can I dive in a  jump on down?
Where our story becomes the ground.

Pre Chorus
G A
And I'd like to prove
D A G
that my love for you is true.
A
So I won't worry, I won't worry, I won't worry.

Chorus

Chords:    D Bm Em G A
If i live on just your time, let me know your love is mine. 
And i'll open up my heart.
Tell me more about you now.
Bring me up and take me out.
And I'll live, on just your time.

Bridge

Chords:   G D A x 2
It's nights like these we remenisce.
I remember the clock that used to hit
Em A x2
at the right time.
At the right time.

Chorus

Key Change
Chorus: E C#m G#m A B
If i live on just your time, let me know your love is mine. 
And i'll open up my heart.
Let me feel you upside down.
Take me up and take me out.
And I'll live, on just your time.
Oh.
And I'll live on just your time.
And I'll live on just your time.

Climbing a Mountain
​
Bm A6 GMaj7 Em7 F#m 

They say if you want peace, all you have to do is plant a tree. 
It shows a world that's not so bad, and love is only a matter of time
And all the mountains lead me to your door
So I climb with ruffled shoes upon this loving mothers floor

The secret lies in the music
Where every dream, every footprint, paves a path to travel on
But if love, if love is all there ever was
Why am I still so alone in a world that may seem so small
We fall away

So I walk and climb a mountain
I release myself from worry that would otherwise hold me back.
And the explanation, lies in the silence. 
Where it's you I fall in love with. 

 Chorus


Music can be a lover
a guide that guides us on the path we're traveling on
If I had a story, well I'd tell it,
And it would be about how you've got it all
So I walk down the path I'm traveling on
And at the end, all that surrounds me are thoughts of you. 
And so I cherish, and bow down. 
Because the essence of life, is that you said we're eternal now. 
So why not write. Just write it all down. 
Cuz you said, if life is forever, than I'll be with you when you fall. 
Where there are pictures, 
That hold the best of washed away memories. 
But the spirit, the spirit lives on. 
And at the bottom of a tree, you'll find a crumbling song. 
You see the rocks. You see the paint. 
You feel that who you once lost. Is still with you along the way.
You see I tried. I sweat out the love. 
Because now, a tree is planted, And your memory lives on. 

​When coming across a great book of love, I realized the power of not only motivation, but also meditaion that this grand book helped me to see. 
In this speach here, I want to not only discuss the power of overcoming your own thoughts, but just how powerful it can be when you reach for a dream. 
This speach here, is written to not just push you to your goals but to see the light as invincible. 
Through great wisdom and listening ears, I have developed a taste for many of todays most lucrative artists. 
Artists that have a passion for helping and a passion for coming together to create great experiences. 
These artists have not only shown me the power of love, but they have shown me where it starts.
Care. 
With love and compassion, we may see our dreams as in reach and realize that the more love we spread, the more love we recieve. 
I recently wrote a poem that turned into a melody through time titled my Love Rap. In it, I expressed the great power of reinvention and forgiveness.
Together these motivating icons may be of help in our daily struggle. 
When reinventing ourselves, try and seek what you already know and stretch yourself further to start something new. 
Use these methods as a tool to become something new. 
For example, it dawned on me today while writing a relaxing poem, that I wanted to start to make a movie. 
I often fall back onto meditation as a way to just escape and relax. 
I once wrote a song, Just Breathe about this great idea. 
Just Breathe. 
Relax, take a deep breathe, and let it all fall away. 
Understand the power of forgiveness and love yourself.
Stretch and reach at a love that is possible. 
Use your voice and your talents as a way to work hard and accelerate the pace in which you write and create. 
Music is best to be made in an atmosphere of mutual feelings and love, which is why I am grateful to  be writing at such a high speed lately. 
I have found your work to not only be inspiring but uplifting. 
I've been working around the clock to develop new ideas, poetry, and melodies to create a sensation and something that we all get. 
Love. 
Take this moment to realize just how powerful love can be. 
Music, motivation, wisdom, strength, these are all characteristics in a great movement I am trying to create. 
Through peace and relaxation I have found ways in which dialogue can sort of add to a story or spice it up. 
An example would be rhythm and time. 
When combining these aspects into a poem, you may find that your wordplay and your play on words simplifies things and helps to create a relaxing atmospher. 
Metastopholies. 
Relaxing poetry and new waves of creation.
Love and light. 
See the future as inevitable. 
Progress, view it as now. 
Don't stress, relax. 
And when trying to write something new,
intertwine those shapes and colors you once may have fixated upon.
Those fascinating thoughts of 18th century composers and vibrations of love. 
Shapes, colors, waves, chord structures, rhythm ,space and time.
These are all ways you help you jump into a succesfull atmosphere, or at least to help excite the mind and create something tangible. 
Wordplay.
I love when writing songs about love, and yada yada
when I stumble upon a set of words that makes the audience react. 
For example, if somebody was singing about a water fountain, you may feel yourself in the fountain. 
Or if someone were singing about chocolate, you may taste the chocolate from here. 
I think often times people will write songs using tangible ideas such as Novocaine, Sleeping Pill, or Legal Cannabis as a way to help you recieve your fix right there on the spot. 
Theraputic music that helps you through each day.
Which is why I am excited to present to you a new song that I wote today called, Medicine Ball. 

​Hey guys, I just wanna promote some music from the one and only, legend, most amazing singer songwriter I know!

I feel so lucky to have met Jennifer Sullivan, as she is not only a legend but pure genius. Her two albums and two singles for sale on iTunes, Somethin' New, The Extended Play EP, Black Cat, and My Boyfriend is Pretend are incredible! Not only are they amazing, but they are unique in there own way. I personally LOVE the Extended Play EP because it is very relaxing and soothing. If I were you, I would go ahead and buy the tracks Scatterbrain, Make Up, Crook, and Nostalgic, for, literally, nothing out there compares. 
The music video for My Boyfriend is Pretend is sensational too. Jennifer's ability to draw the listener in with impecible style and extraordinary compassion has had me feeling uplifted since we met. I have found Jennifer has a passion for love as well as just great music and comedy. I fell in love with Jennifer immediately. I was turned on by her sound, her outgoing personality, and her loving charisma. Having music that some could compare to the best geniuses that have walked our planet such as Janis Joplin and Beethoven, not yet for sale, this musical icon has music and sounds that have not yet made there way to our ears that put goosebumps on every inch of our skin and could even move us.  I remember falling in love with some of those freshly written tracks such as Freedom and Beehive. Songs that are so good, you couldn't even believe it. Jennifer is a legend!
Having worked with other artists in collaboration as well as thoroughly during college and more, I became very inspired by her ability to convert chords in E such as A and B and play them uniquely through chords such as F#, C#, and G# on one of her first acoustic albums, Earth Heart. The album streams flawlessly from the gripping and almost haunting Black Cat, to the friendly and chilling Sleeping Pill. Everything about Earth Heart is flawless in every way, from tracks such as Put My Fire Out to even, the crazy Oh Rain. I still remember driving home from the on ramp, with Oh Rain playing, and feeling feelings for it because every inch of my skin had goosebumps, I think even the car that was 20 feet in front of me had chills, and almost missed their turn. I love Jennifer's focus on good music. Earth Heart is so good. Tracks such as French Kiss will leave you wanting more and cozyng up to her adoreable sound. Check it out. My favorite track is I've Been Dreaming. She has a way with the backwards beat. It is mega cool. I think that the bridge in I've been dreaming, is one of my favorite Jennifer Sullivan quotes. It will go down in history as one of those awesome and entertaining quotes that you cherish when you love someone. The way she mensions baby genius would have guys like me nearly losing conciousness when she is around. She is a role model. 
Jennifer has inspired the way I view brands such as converse and has provided a since of love and good vibes when I'm getting ready to put on an old Johnny Cash record or just chillax to some Hendrix. She even has beautiful photography skills that are off the chain too. Some of her photagraphs with records and artists such as The Doors, The Beatles, Bob Marley, Eminem, Sheryl Crow, Prince, lol, are some of my favorites. I even love the way she sits indian style with a musical mind, like only an incredible genius can do. I have felt at times that that is like a perfect Jennifer Sullivan logo, or something. She's that good! 
Jennifer's Nashville sound, is exploding on every level. I have yet to meet anybody with a friendly sound that helps guide and conduct todays society through podcasts, shows, side projects and more. Her podcasts provide a wonderful insight into the far beyond her years mind that is Jennifer Sullivan. With an intelligence for motivational speaking and music, her podcast had me smiling and feeling ready for the day when I listened to it. Her passion and work ethic is astonishing and I have found that people gravitate to her hard word and devine intervention. She's so good that she speaks with excitement and generosity. WIth all of the music events going on in Nashville, I loved the way she lets you know what's going on where, and does it with such knowledge that she is already ready for her next line and question. Her outgoing personality and friendly love has me so excited to share an EP with you guys this month. I could not see my music excelling if it were not for her. I mean, sure my music would slowly progress and would build each day, but I feel like since I met her, I can press play on my music and really bring it somewhere that helps us all and makes us feel something. I love Jennifer, and I want you guys to buy her music and support her music career. There is a bookstore here in Bangor that would probably sell out, given they just offered us a show. But that's something we'll talk about later. 
If you guys have not checked out Somethin' New yet please do. The mix of sax's, bass, vocals, and the whole band is just entirely relaxing. I am so in love with those tracks. She is a sweetheart. 
It sounds so good and still gives me goosebumps to this day. It just couldn't get better, with the way she thinks up these really up beat and curing songs. All of Somethin New is very catchy. Each track slides gracefully into one another from Hill Country all the way to Michael. The up beat tempo's in I'll Never Know, Somethin New, The Beach, and Nothing Left are so much fun to listen too. Nothing Left, being one of my favorites. Soon after that she slides into Autumn Moon, taking the tempo down a notch but still keeping that catchy melody that reminds me of Lucky. As Leo's Raggae Rhythm sends chills down our arms, she remains one of the best song writers I met in New York as she drifts into the upbeat Urban Cowgirl. Out With A Bang, is one of the best songs,in my opinion it says, because it connects the other tracks perfectly in this sort of 4 song unbelievable jam packed 12 minutes of music. The song in my opinion sort of says, look at how much work we've done, now let's go out with a bang. From the lyrics to it's Key Change, I think it is one of the best songs on the album. She is everything I love, and I can not express how grateful I am to have met her. It is funny, because I have always dreamt of actually a meeting a girl like her, and finally it actually happened. I love Jennifer's style and friendly conductions. I think she is a role model and I can't wait to deepen our friendship as it always brings new light and hope into each moment. I love you!

Thanks for reading my blog guys!
Check out Jennifer Sullivan's music and spread it. Her music has helped me in so many ways and it is my wish that it does the same for you. I know she would appreciate some love and shout outs y'all. Keep the momentum up and keep spreading love!

Love,
Zach

Hey you guys! I am so excited to share with you my latest album. I have put it together after many months of listening to your music and writing new songs for the world to hear. I felt so grateful that I recently acquired a Taylor guitar, and it sort of dawned on me that I should get an audio interface so that I can start to make the sound, sound more professional, and kind of like that in the room sound.

​So, thank you for reading. Here is the track list... Stay tuned for more updates, music, and blog posts!

1.) Due Time
2.) Taxidermy
3.) Seal My Fate
4.) Love Rap
​5.) Something in the Way You Move
6.) Climbing a Mountain
7.) Take it Off

​Coming soon!