Description Finger-picked acoustic guitar, no edits, single take. Song Details Listen Now Skygazing by Roger L. Smith Rights & Ownership Music composed, arranged & performed by Roger L. SmithMixing & mastering by Roger L. Smith© 2026 Roger L. Smith. All rights reserved.…
New Song – “America’s Pawns (No Kings)”
A blues banger for 2025 and beyond About a week ago I started writing a song lyric with the No Kings rallies in mind. I haven’t written a new lyric in almost 25 years and my rhyming chops started out a little…
Introducing “Senile Felines” – My Latest Track as Water for Otters
My latest song has dropped today and I’m pretty excited about it. Not only is this the first song I’ve completed this year, it’s also the first release since I adopted my new musical persona, Water for Otters. This marks a fresh chapter…
Water for Otters
In the bend of a forgotten valley, where the wind combed tall reeds and the mountains cradled the sky, there flowed a once-lively stream called Calder Run. It had long been the lifeblood of the valley—feeding the roots of willows, shaping stones…
Autumn Lullaby
Autumn Lullaby holds a special place in my heart. It was one of the very first songs I ever wrote and recorded, born out of quiet moments spent noodling on my guitar, just exploring where the melodies wanted to go. There was…
Sodium Sea
This is that feeling you have when you’re a little lost and you don’t really care. Whether you’re exploring a foreign land or a new chapter in your life, most of us have been there at one point or another.
Discovering Neon
Discovering Neon is an techno, deep house experiment. The ever-present bass line is a delve into sound design while the entire song expands on several different synth voices. The over arching theme is exploration chock full of sciencey goodness.
Cooking With Fluorine
Musical theme – a silky sax percolates through a simmering vibe of congas loaded with fresh piano and keys. This is the ninth element in Roger’s album titled “Elements”. On a technical note, the element fluorine is highly reactive and toxic. This…
Pocketful Of Oxygen
Classical guitar is the core of this stringed piece. Bass, cello, viola & violin also meld together for a smooth melancholy journey.
Blue Carbon
Through the support of our oceans, aquatic plant-life help clean carbon from the air we breathe. This carbon is a primary cause of Global Climate Change. This song is dedicated to this natural process which is working overtime.
