My Music
Timeline
Singer / Songwriter / Guitarist / Artist / Producer Ross G. B. was the key founding member of the Mariposa, California high school garage band Asopriam and former contributing guitarist / engineer for Moon in Leo. In addition to his work with various bands and projects, Ross has released several solo albums including FEAR FOR SALE (2005) and DOORS AND MORNINGS (2009) and BEFORE THERE WAS MUSIC THERE WAS SOUND (2013). There are other projects such as Brusworn, Free Air & Water, The International Evangelism Outreach Chior, Sammy Terry Loves You and projects and interactions with countless individual artists over the years that may be found on the great Internet but they are not covered here…
Asopriam – Faith Hope Love and Sun Tea – 1996
Asopriam was a high school indie/alternative rock band from the small mountain town of Mariposa, California, near Yosemite National Park. The band grew out of a high school English AP project and turned into college summer and winter affairs. The core members were Ross, Bret Wice, Brock Redding, and Jeremy Clark.
Asopriam – Drive – 1998
Early Asopriam release continuing the raw energy from the high school days in Mariposa. Recorded at Don Barker’s Studio in Cathey’s Valley, California.
Ross G. B. – The Winter Sessions – 1999
First full 7-song album put out to the world. Recorded on Tascam 4-track in the old Stevens barracks, Romeo Company, 4th Division, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina in the Fall of 1999.
Asopriam – Neusongus – 2000
Asopriam released Neusongus in 2000 as the band kept evolving. Some of these songs were recorded with friends in Las Vegas.
Asopriam – Christmas Single – 2000
A home made fan club limited seasonal CD run by Asopriam in 2000.
Asopriam – Beth Manor Sessions Parts 1, 2 & 3 – 2002
A three-part series recorded at Beth Manor in 2002. Bret took the bus across the country to lay down tracks in Montgomery, Alabama.
Asopriam – Plasticine & Passover – 2002
The last album before Ross leaving the United States to Europe in 2002.
Asopriam – Warnings – 2004
Warnings was the last official Asopriam record. Bret, Brock and Jeremy all flew out to Stuttgart to record and play shows. It was the greatest of times; the friends, the youth, the energy of Europe. A Forever Memory. Contextually, Bret Wice returned to lead the project and brought a harder, punchier sound while Ross’s “Drop”, “Dollars” and “Warning in Love” are peak songwriting and emotional capture. The album was recorded in an old German barracks in Stuttgart while stationed there with the United States Air Force.
Ross G. B. – Fear for Sale – 2005
Fear for Sale was written and recorded in Manama, The Kingdom of Bahrain, during the height of the Second Iraq War. It’s a raw painting of a heart ravaged by war, media, and displacement. The original acoustic version was recorded on a Tascam 4-track in 2004; the full-band version was done in Stuttgart, Germany.
Doors and Mornings – 2009
This was my departure album — a collection of intimate and personal songs. Released after leading some of Bret Wice’s Moon in Leo bandmates on an Armed Forces Entertainment Tour of Europe in 2007. Written between 2005 and 2007 during a time of great personal struggle and changing relationships.
Before There Was Music There Was Sound – 2013
In late 2012 I was playing small acoustic open mics around the San Francisco Bay Area and felt the itch to make a new record. I threw out all previous material and started from scratch. All songs were written and produced between February 1st and 28th, 2013. Poetry, interesting arrangements, sonic approaches and keyboard experiments. Paintings from the backyard in San Leandro under the 238.
The Time Between You and I (The Great Distraction) – 2014
This album is a spiritual document of 2013. Written and recorded in one marathon session on December 28th, 2013 — five hours total, mostly first takes. Mixed in Cathey’s Valley, California, then finished in Shanghai after I moved to Bangkok in January of 2014. Simple, raw, and honest.
Boxes of Clothes and Love Letters – Casual Collection of the Rare and Unreleased – 2019
A collection of songs recorded over 20 years — some solo demos, some with friends. Unpolished, honest, and full of heart. These are the tracks that never quite fit anywhere else but still meant something to me.
Fear is Sold Out – 2019 (original Manama demos recorded 2004)
Fear is Sold Out is the raw original demo material that became Fear for Sale. One song per day, written in the middle of the Persian Gulf during the second Iraq War. These are the first takes from a single soul. Re-recorded with a full band in Stuttgart the next year, but these demos are the real heart of it.
All Asopraim music and lyrics by Ross G.B. and Bret Wice except where indicated.
All Ross G.B. music and lyrics written by Ross G.B.
Except for drums and percussion where noted above, all material performed by Ross G. B.
All album artwork designed, photographed, painted and/or physically arranged by Ross. G.B.
Produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Ross G.B.