Stephen Roper
Guitarist/ Singer/ Songwriter/ Performer/ Music Tutor
Stephen Roper is a professional musician with over fifteen years of experience performing, composing and tutoring. The guitar is where his musical journey began at the age of thirteen. This quickly followed by discovering he could sing and the rest is rock 'n' roll history!
Since finishing a popular and contemporary music course at Watford College, Stephen has built up a wealth of knowledge and experience with his guitar playing, singing and performing at various venues around the UK.
In December 2019 Stephen, his wife and his Yamaha travel guitar went on a six month trip to New Zealand and Australia. This was the perfect opportunity for Stephen to focus fully on his solo performing.
Stephen took every opportunity to perform at open mic nights, jam with other musicians and hone his skills busking. All this experience allowed Stephen to expand his repertoire and enhanced his skills playing guitar, singing solo and performing as part of a band.
Stephen continues to expand his repertoire, performing at venues around the UK. He also writes his own music and is currently working on an album due for release in 2021.
Stephen is the former lead singer and guitarist in the band Zipper Tongue. Their album 'Above All Noise' was released in January 2014 and is available for download.
Zipper Tongue performing Simply Red's 'Something Got Me Started'.
From the album 'Above All Noise'.
Available for download and on CD right now!
Lyrics
Heard You Calling
It's been a day full of regret
With every moment I just want to forget
I'm counting the seconds I have left to the start of a brand new day
Can I talk to you
That's all I really want to do
How did we start off so well in the beginning, but ended in such a bad way
Woh ho ho... I thought I heard you calling
I wait for you to call but nothing comes my way
Woh ho ho... I thought I heard you calling
I think about you every single passing day
I suffer a long, sleepless night
Thinking through all the wrongs I would put right
All these feelings and doubts I have I struggle to fight
Should I give up on us now
I'm not sure if I really know how
I shold just walk away, forget you and never return
Woh ho ho... I thought I heard you calling
I wait for you to call but nothing comes my way
Woh ho ho... I thought I heard you calling
I think about you every single passing day
As the night turns into day
I'm feeling better in every single way
For once in my life I feel free, I don't need you anymore, I've moved on
There's more to life than what we had
And things can easily change from good to bad
I'm making the most of the time I have left and I will never look back
Woh ho ho... I thought I heard you calling
I wait for you to call but nothing comes my way
Woh ho ho... I thought I heard you calling
I think about you every single passing day
I heard you calling... I heard you calling
I heard you call...
Best Night Of Our Lives
When I'm with you I know I'll always be
The best I've ever felt in your company
'Cause I feel so alive when I'm standing by you side
And tonight will be the best night of our lives
I look into your eyes and hope you feel the same way as I do
I hope it's not too much to ask of you
'Cause I know this is right when I look at you and I
And tonight will be the best night of our lives
I know I will be... Waiting impatiently
From the last time I'll have seen you, 'til the next time I'll be near you
That would be the worst night of my life
I feel so empty without you
When I'm with you I'm full of life it's true
Now you've opened my eyes and turned my darkness into light
And tonight will be the best night of our lives
'Cause tonight is our night, it's a night that feels so right
And tonight will be the best night of our live's
Waiting For Tomorrow
It started off so promising for most of us this year
We had our share of problems, but we didn't live in fear
Now our lives have changed and our future is unclear
We're just waiting for tomorrow to come
Nothing is as simple as it used to be
Isolated from the world, friends and family
At least one thing is clear; we're all together in this mess
We're just waiting for tomorrow to come
Just waiting for answer, A way to leave all this behind
Just waiting for an answer, Waiting for the time
When this is all a memory
I am hopeful for the future, that's the only way to be
An end to all these problems is the only path I see
Moving on and getting through the day is what we need
We're just waiting for tomorrow to come
Waiting for tomorrow to come
I don't care how long it takes
Until then we'll carry on
We're just waiting for tomorrow to come