A little bit about myself . . .
My name is Roan, and I am a Vancouver musician, singer, composer, actor and visual artist. I sing both modern and classical songs, plus everything from jazz to opera, and I also play piano, ukulele and trombone.
My parents tell me I've been making music since I was about three years old, when they heard me creating a love song, while sitting on the garden swing. I've been playing piano for years, and I would always rather make up my own pieces than practice.
I have always enjoyed making music and I love classical music as well as opera. I have composed lots of songs before on piano, but now I am playing ukulele and really enjoying the freedom of expression and movement that it allows.
I busk regularly at Granville Island on the weekends, playing my ukulele and singing, under my Tiki umbrella. I play a lot of vintage songs, mainly from the 1920s to 1940s although I do have a few from the 1910s (plus one from the 1960s that I only play when it rains). I also perform at community events, and other gigs around town - once I even played on a farm! I’m still playing piano, singing opera and classical music, sometimes a little big band jazz trombone, and even violin from time to time!
Some of my muscial influences are,
Stephen Sondheim
Owen Pallett
Fred Astaire
The Decemberists
Sleaford Mods
The Killers
The Cats & the Fiddle
Flaming Lips
Philip Glass
Spoon
The Real Tuesday Weld
Annette Hanshaw
Sufjan Stevens
Paul K Joyce
Gorillaz
and many others . . .
