Chris Robley
@chrisrobley.com
🎸 Milltown Americana & Gothic Indie-Pop
🎶 “A giver of goosebumps” - The Associated Press
👇 Take a guided tour thru my music
🔗 https://chrisrobley.com/
I'm a cusp-of-Gen-Y Gemini.
Dad. Husband. Nilsson fanatic.
Cookie-eater. Award-winning poet.
🎶 “A giver of goosebumps” - The Associated Press
👇 Take a guided tour thru my music
🔗 https://chrisrobley.com/
I'm a cusp-of-Gen-Y Gemini.
Dad. Husband. Nilsson fanatic.
Cookie-eater. Award-winning poet.
There's gotta be a mathematical formula for my particular procrastinations.
Record an album. Release it 6 years later. Or don't.
Release a single. Drop the lyric-video 2 years later. Or shelve it.
Here's one "fresh" off that shelf.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pan...
Record an album. Release it 6 years later. Or don't.
Release a single. Drop the lyric-video 2 years later. Or shelve it.
Here's one "fresh" off that shelf.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pan...
"Go Ask Lazarus" (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Chris Robley
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July 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
There's gotta be a mathematical formula for my particular procrastinations.
Record an album. Release it 6 years later. Or don't.
Release a single. Drop the lyric-video 2 years later. Or shelve it.
Here's one "fresh" off that shelf.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pan...
Record an album. Release it 6 years later. Or don't.
Release a single. Drop the lyric-video 2 years later. Or shelve it.
Here's one "fresh" off that shelf.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pan...
Some days you feel patriotic.
Some days patriotic feels you.
Some days patriotic feels you.
July 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Some days you feel patriotic.
Some days patriotic feels you.
Some days patriotic feels you.
Miles Davis made 50+ albums, revolutionized a genre 3 times, launched the careers of many jazz giants,...
...and has 2.8million monthly listeners.
That guy in the SUMMER VIBES shirt & mustache who just put out his 1st canned-loop dance-jam probably has 3million.
Numbers are numbers. Art is art.
...and has 2.8million monthly listeners.
That guy in the SUMMER VIBES shirt & mustache who just put out his 1st canned-loop dance-jam probably has 3million.
Numbers are numbers. Art is art.
May 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Miles Davis made 50+ albums, revolutionized a genre 3 times, launched the careers of many jazz giants,...
...and has 2.8million monthly listeners.
That guy in the SUMMER VIBES shirt & mustache who just put out his 1st canned-loop dance-jam probably has 3million.
Numbers are numbers. Art is art.
...and has 2.8million monthly listeners.
That guy in the SUMMER VIBES shirt & mustache who just put out his 1st canned-loop dance-jam probably has 3million.
Numbers are numbers. Art is art.
TFW you prayed for painless, but the cosmic intern heard "growth."
May 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
TFW you prayed for painless, but the cosmic intern heard "growth."
There will be NO fur coat during this week's livestream.
There WILL be a livestream though.
And maybe a polar bear. If I can find one in the next couple days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBsZJAzVFqc
#americana #folkmusic #singersongwriter #livestream
There WILL be a livestream though.
And maybe a polar bear. If I can find one in the next couple days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBsZJAzVFqc
#americana #folkmusic #singersongwriter #livestream
Lunch Songs Live: Arctic Edition #singersongwriter #americana #folkmusic
The sun is finally shining in Maine, which means it's about to leap from frozen outside to frozen inside. Because once it's warm out there, the AC comes on i...
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April 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
There will be NO fur coat during this week's livestream.
There WILL be a livestream though.
And maybe a polar bear. If I can find one in the next couple days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBsZJAzVFqc
#americana #folkmusic #singersongwriter #livestream
There WILL be a livestream though.
And maybe a polar bear. If I can find one in the next couple days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBsZJAzVFqc
#americana #folkmusic #singersongwriter #livestream
What America needs right now more than anything is for everyone to drop everything and just listen to the piano in Ellington & Coltrane's "In a Sentimental Mood."
It's almost literally impossible to hate anyone while that piano is playing. Try it. Your country needs you to. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
It's almost literally impossible to hate anyone while that piano is playing. Try it. Your country needs you to. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
April 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
What America needs right now more than anything is for everyone to drop everything and just listen to the piano in Ellington & Coltrane's "In a Sentimental Mood."
It's almost literally impossible to hate anyone while that piano is playing. Try it. Your country needs you to. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
It's almost literally impossible to hate anyone while that piano is playing. Try it. Your country needs you to. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Remember when everyone was all like, oh gawd, bitcoin uses energy to secure a decentralized financial network that’s never been compromised in over 15 years? For shame! How dare it!
April 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Remember when everyone was all like, oh gawd, bitcoin uses energy to secure a decentralized financial network that’s never been compromised in over 15 years? For shame! How dare it!
Reposted by Chris Robley
Chris Robley - "Filament" (Official Lyrics Video)
YouTube video by Chris Robley
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March 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Introducing Fredo Baggins!
Half #Corleone, half #hobbit. Weakest of the family… bearer of the ring. (And we all know he wears it too).
Now I need your help:
Give me your best fake Fredo quote from The Don of the Rings: "__________"
Half #Corleone, half #hobbit. Weakest of the family… bearer of the ring. (And we all know he wears it too).
Now I need your help:
Give me your best fake Fredo quote from The Don of the Rings: "__________"
April 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Introducing Fredo Baggins!
Half #Corleone, half #hobbit. Weakest of the family… bearer of the ring. (And we all know he wears it too).
Now I need your help:
Give me your best fake Fredo quote from The Don of the Rings: "__________"
Half #Corleone, half #hobbit. Weakest of the family… bearer of the ring. (And we all know he wears it too).
Now I need your help:
Give me your best fake Fredo quote from The Don of the Rings: "__________"
Jeffrey Goldberg gets accidentally added to a group chat and the story of the year lands in his lap.
Paul McCartney goes to sleep and dreams "Yesterday," the most covered song in history.
I'm waiting, Lord.
Paul McCartney goes to sleep and dreams "Yesterday," the most covered song in history.
I'm waiting, Lord.
March 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Jeffrey Goldberg gets accidentally added to a group chat and the story of the year lands in his lap.
Paul McCartney goes to sleep and dreams "Yesterday," the most covered song in history.
I'm waiting, Lord.
Paul McCartney goes to sleep and dreams "Yesterday," the most covered song in history.
I'm waiting, Lord.
Don't care how big a music theory genius you are. If you think "Teenage Dream" ever hits the root chord, you're wrong.
It never hits a minor chord either. Never implies a fancy double extension whats-a-ma-who-lit.
It's just IV(maj7). Then V. Then IV. Then V. Then IV. And V. And then IV. And V...
It never hits a minor chord either. Never implies a fancy double extension whats-a-ma-who-lit.
It's just IV(maj7). Then V. Then IV. Then V. Then IV. And V. And then IV. And V...
March 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Don't care how big a music theory genius you are. If you think "Teenage Dream" ever hits the root chord, you're wrong.
It never hits a minor chord either. Never implies a fancy double extension whats-a-ma-who-lit.
It's just IV(maj7). Then V. Then IV. Then V. Then IV. And V. And then IV. And V...
It never hits a minor chord either. Never implies a fancy double extension whats-a-ma-who-lit.
It's just IV(maj7). Then V. Then IV. Then V. Then IV. And V. And then IV. And V...
Aging is weird.
I remember a show in 2017 when I sang Taylor Swift's SHAKE IT OFF and these college kids yelled "Oh, yay. A classic."
And I was like, "'Fly Me to the Moon' is a classic. This song came out 3 years ago."
Now those kids are nearly 30 and that song is still "new-ish" to me.
I remember a show in 2017 when I sang Taylor Swift's SHAKE IT OFF and these college kids yelled "Oh, yay. A classic."
And I was like, "'Fly Me to the Moon' is a classic. This song came out 3 years ago."
Now those kids are nearly 30 and that song is still "new-ish" to me.
March 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Aging is weird.
I remember a show in 2017 when I sang Taylor Swift's SHAKE IT OFF and these college kids yelled "Oh, yay. A classic."
And I was like, "'Fly Me to the Moon' is a classic. This song came out 3 years ago."
Now those kids are nearly 30 and that song is still "new-ish" to me.
I remember a show in 2017 when I sang Taylor Swift's SHAKE IT OFF and these college kids yelled "Oh, yay. A classic."
And I was like, "'Fly Me to the Moon' is a classic. This song came out 3 years ago."
Now those kids are nearly 30 and that song is still "new-ish" to me.
Heard an ad for a Black Crowes concert this AM. Someone said: "We're the last real rock band to not use in-ear monitors. We still use amps that push air."
And I wondered: Do audiences actually care about that?
Or is it inside-baseball for nostalgists?
Big overlap in their case?
Honest question.
And I wondered: Do audiences actually care about that?
Or is it inside-baseball for nostalgists?
Big overlap in their case?
Honest question.
March 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Heard an ad for a Black Crowes concert this AM. Someone said: "We're the last real rock band to not use in-ear monitors. We still use amps that push air."
And I wondered: Do audiences actually care about that?
Or is it inside-baseball for nostalgists?
Big overlap in their case?
Honest question.
And I wondered: Do audiences actually care about that?
Or is it inside-baseball for nostalgists?
Big overlap in their case?
Honest question.
What’s the title of their WORST song?
(Sometimes I like to make bad album covers for fake bands, and you’re welcome)
(Sometimes I like to make bad album covers for fake bands, and you’re welcome)
March 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
What’s the title of their WORST song?
(Sometimes I like to make bad album covers for fake bands, and you’re welcome)
(Sometimes I like to make bad album covers for fake bands, and you’re welcome)
Imagine thinking the internet is disruptive. Gutenberg walked so Twitter could run.
Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.
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March 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Imagine thinking the internet is disruptive. Gutenberg walked so Twitter could run.
What do YOU think is most missing in modern music? Drop your hot take in the comments!
Here's my theory: Mouth-trumpet 🎺
Yes, mouth-trumpet. Or... trombone?
Such as in Harry Nilsson' iconic vocal break from "Everybody’s Talkin’"...
Here's my theory: Mouth-trumpet 🎺
Yes, mouth-trumpet. Or... trombone?
Such as in Harry Nilsson' iconic vocal break from "Everybody’s Talkin’"...
March 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
What do YOU think is most missing in modern music? Drop your hot take in the comments!
Here's my theory: Mouth-trumpet 🎺
Yes, mouth-trumpet. Or... trombone?
Such as in Harry Nilsson' iconic vocal break from "Everybody’s Talkin’"...
Here's my theory: Mouth-trumpet 🎺
Yes, mouth-trumpet. Or... trombone?
Such as in Harry Nilsson' iconic vocal break from "Everybody’s Talkin’"...
🎸Count the awkward faces! 😂 This is what happens when I get lost in a solo… awkward face city. Watch the counter go up as I take a lead over "Everybody’s Talkin’."
What guitarist do you think makes the weirdest faces? Drop a comment and lemme know.
#GuitarSolo #AwkwardGuitarFaces
What guitarist do you think makes the weirdest faces? Drop a comment and lemme know.
#GuitarSolo #AwkwardGuitarFaces
March 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
🎸Count the awkward faces! 😂 This is what happens when I get lost in a solo… awkward face city. Watch the counter go up as I take a lead over "Everybody’s Talkin’."
What guitarist do you think makes the weirdest faces? Drop a comment and lemme know.
#GuitarSolo #AwkwardGuitarFaces
What guitarist do you think makes the weirdest faces? Drop a comment and lemme know.
#GuitarSolo #AwkwardGuitarFaces
a lil' nilsson for yr day
March 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
a lil' nilsson for yr day
Every concert of macabre folk-pop originals needs a good cover song. Here's one we practiced the other night, and we promise to know all the words in time for the show. 😉
#TomPetty #AmericanGirl
#TomPetty #AmericanGirl
March 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Every concert of macabre folk-pop originals needs a good cover song. Here's one we practiced the other night, and we promise to know all the words in time for the show. 😉
#TomPetty #AmericanGirl
#TomPetty #AmericanGirl
It's time, time, time for Lunch Songs Live.
Starting at noon EST / 9am PST.
Hop on and say hey, make a request, or comment with a strange-but-true fact and I'll spin it into an instant song!
Starting at noon EST / 9am PST.
Hop on and say hey, make a request, or comment with a strange-but-true fact and I'll spin it into an instant song!
"Let there be song!" (#americana #singersongwriter #folkmusic)
Hear ye, hear ye!By royal decree, I hereby set aside one hour each Thursday for song. Enthusiasts of various pop, folk, and rock formats shall gather and cha...
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March 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It's time, time, time for Lunch Songs Live.
Starting at noon EST / 9am PST.
Hop on and say hey, make a request, or comment with a strange-but-true fact and I'll spin it into an instant song!
Starting at noon EST / 9am PST.
Hop on and say hey, make a request, or comment with a strange-but-true fact and I'll spin it into an instant song!
Monty Python with the life advice.
March 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Monty Python with the life advice.
one of my favorite songs of the 21st century — recorded live — with an aching string quintet arrangement.
jesus, what a song. check it out on @markerelli's bandcamp. i think it just came out today.
jesus, what a song. check it out on @markerelli's bandcamp. i think it just came out today.
Live In Rockport: Mark Erelli + His String Quintet, by Mark Erelli
11 track album
markerelli.bandcamp.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
one of my favorite songs of the 21st century — recorded live — with an aching string quintet arrangement.
jesus, what a song. check it out on @markerelli's bandcamp. i think it just came out today.
jesus, what a song. check it out on @markerelli's bandcamp. i think it just came out today.
All this obsessive talk among the major labels about "superfans" over the past couple years like it's some hot new thing.
Turns out what they mean is "people who go to shows, buy stuff, check in with their favorite artists once in a while."
Oh, so, like, fans?
Turns out what they mean is "people who go to shows, buy stuff, check in with their favorite artists once in a while."
Oh, so, like, fans?
February 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
All this obsessive talk among the major labels about "superfans" over the past couple years like it's some hot new thing.
Turns out what they mean is "people who go to shows, buy stuff, check in with their favorite artists once in a while."
Oh, so, like, fans?
Turns out what they mean is "people who go to shows, buy stuff, check in with their favorite artists once in a while."
Oh, so, like, fans?
This is Jeff, me, and Sorcha...
February 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is Jeff, me, and Sorcha...
Ha. Favorite themed Spotify playlist placement in a while.
Thx to whoever made this list and put "1+1+1=3" on it.
I'm pretty confident my maths in the title checks out.
Thx to whoever made this list and put "1+1+1=3" on it.
I'm pretty confident my maths in the title checks out.
February 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Ha. Favorite themed Spotify playlist placement in a while.
Thx to whoever made this list and put "1+1+1=3" on it.
I'm pretty confident my maths in the title checks out.
Thx to whoever made this list and put "1+1+1=3" on it.
I'm pretty confident my maths in the title checks out.