Higher Than Pope
 
Location: United States
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Member Since: 10/24/2007
Last Login: 10/11/2009
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Language: 
English
Record Label: 
unsigned
Type of Music: 
Rock, Alternative, Indie, Electronica, Dance,Techno, Jazz, Classical
E-mail: 
pope@semanticrecords.com
Personal Tags: 
alternative, classical, electronica, guitar, indie, jazz, pop, progressive, retro, rock
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Continuities of time and space are disrupted in a heart beat by the weight of a Higher Than Pope composition. One second you are late 60's retro and then next avant-garde progressive rock. There appears to be a genre warp as the HTP black hole collapses genre after genre, with none appear to escape unscathed. Fans say: "wow you are really interesting and original sounding. I am listening. you are whacked in a good way....I am listening." "I think your song "new beast" is some kind of masterpiece. I like the raw attitude in your sound." "I think you have the leading edge in music..very captivating...even more awesome through the phones took me to a higher plane!" "'Wow!' I just had my ears assaulted and my mind fried simply by listening to a few tracks of this aural crack. Thank god a soft guitar jumped from the speakers just in time to let me sop up the blood dripping from my brain - very Hitchcockian! Then back into the hunt! Good to find a soul behind the sonic mayhem! And a lovely one at that." Although primarily a guitar band, HTP have no qualms about snipping bits from multiple genres and splicing the results together. HTP are not big on songs that evolve so slowly you fall asleep between intro and verse. Instead they practice revolution and from one moment to the next you have no idea what may transpire next as you are catapulted from one sonic event to another.
I am Here for: 
Music. Fans and Artists. Go sign up at http://reverbanation.com/higherthanpope

Hobbies: 
I write (mostly) love poetry. You can read some at http://soundclick.com/higherthanpope if you look at my blog. A book is currently in progress and will come out probably mid 2009.

Favorite Movies: 
Too many to list.

Favorite TV Shows: 
What's a TV?

Favorite Music: 
Higher Than Pope, Tori Amos, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Stone Temple Pilots, Pink, Nine Inch Nails, Bush, Foo Fighters, Fiona Apple, Alice in Chains, Shakira, Black-Eyed Peas, B-52's, Alicia Keys, Grover Washington Jr., Matchbox 20, Sex Pistols, Portishead, Eric Johnson, Death in Vegas, Prodigy, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Nina Simone, Nirvana, Jane's Addiction, Greta Keller, Carlos Santana, Billie Holiday, Led Zeppelin, Ben Webster, The Beatles, The Doors, Bach, Eric Clapton, Beethoven, Mahler, Mozart, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Coleman Hawkins, Bobby Short, Phillip Glass, Coldplay, Kurt Weill, Lotte Lenya, U2, Fleetwood Mac, Cheryl Crow, CSN&Y, Moody Blues, The Hollies, Howling Wolf, Robert Johnson, Canned Heat, Neil Young, Lenny Kravitz, Cream, and on and on and on....

Favorite Books: 
Genuine book-a-holic here. I read mostly non-fiction but sometimes read detective/mystery/thriller/spy novels and sf.

I Love: 
Lots

I Hate: 
Nothing
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You may already be familiar with the Higher Than Pope blog at http://www.soundclick.com/higherthanpope and are aware that I presume to write poetry. I have sent the poems off to a trusted editorial board, letting them select what shall be included. I will, in the very near future, also send a manuscript of lyrics for review and possible inclusion (their idea). Preparation will no doubt take awhile (looking back at the time it took for my last book).

My thinking right now is to make only a paperback available and keep the cost down. If you are interested in a hard cover, let me know. I'll see if it becomes practical.

If you want to hear about the book's availability, sign up on the Higher Than Pope mailing list on http://soundclick.com/higherthanpope (see below). My intent is to allow folk to order copies direct from me if they would like me to write a note and sign their copies. Those copies will be available prior to public sale. Don't worry about lots of emails on the mailing list...I seldom use it (once or twice during the last year?) Anyone is welcome to send me an email for any type of inquiry. pope at semanticrecords dot com


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SoundClick blogs by Higher Than Pope (Higher Than)
The Gamut
Fri Oct 30 04:17:11 GMT 2009
is now available. And it appears as if I may have overlooked telling you about Palantir...have you missed it? Peace

60 Seconds Long (and Longer)
Sat Sep 26 17:04:27 GMT 2009
A new track is available: 60 Seconds Long. The 4X and 12X versions are currently exclusive to The Local Landing (thelocallanding.net) and may be found on their home page as Song of the Day. After today, you can find them at: http://bit.ly/Nd8Vx Peace Out! Higher Than Pope

If you can spare the time...
Fri Sep 18 18:24:37 GMT 2009
We'd love for you to go to The Local Landing (Music in Utah) and rate some or all of the following HTP pages: http://www.thelocallanding.net/artists/bands/higher-than-pope/ http://www.thelocallanding.net/2009/09/06/zorro/ http://www.thelocallanding.net/2009/09/09/triumph/ http://www.thelocallanding.net/2009/09/12/some-people/ http://www.thelocallanding.net/2009/09/05/new-beast/ http://www.thelocallanding.net/2009/09/11/in-gemachlicher-bewegung-ohne-hast/ http://www.thelocallanding.net/2...

Gold Coast Music Review of Tracks from EO (Instrumental Version)
Fri Aug 21 17:51:45 GMT 2009
There is a recent review of a couple of HTP Tracks at Gulf Coast Music Review ( Gulf Coast Music Review). It is a good place to get your music reviewed and you can Rate the HTP review/tracks while you are there. One Love!

Game or Music
Sun Aug 02 04:28:35 GMT 2009
Come Play at Stereo Fame! Stereofame

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