RVJR — Real Songs. Real Stories. Real Life.

the whole catalogue, so far…

27 Singles & Counting

Every one of these went out through DistroKid to the streaming services. Search the stack — the Christmas ones, the road ones, the ones about love, coffee, and getting through the day.

Nothing by that name in the stack — try another word.

Detail from the Maple Porch artwork — purple shoes, the RR2 cane, and Teddy the Shih Tzu lying on the porch boards by the Rvjr Music doormat — The dream version, close up: purple suit, RR2 cane, and Teddy holding down the porch. The suit is real in spirit, if not in the closet.

same old man… new dreams

The Story

RVJR is Rob — a Canadian songwriter who came to releasing music the honest way: one song at a time, all his own. He writes every word and creates all of the music and vocals himself with software, and he owns all the rights to every part of it. He’s a member of SOCAN, and his singles go out to streaming through DistroKid.

The songs are the life: love and loss, Santa and jailhouse, tequila and travelling, a little green friend and a daughter. Nothing polished into someone else — just real stories, told straight.

Good music
Good coffee
Good people
Better days

the alter ego

Mr. RVJR Squared — A.K.A. RR2

✓ Older
✓ Wiser
✓ Achier
✓ Funnier
✓ Still dreaming

Every artist needs a larger-than-life version of himself. RR2 is RVJR turned up: royal purple suit, gold-topped cane, and OMC — Old Man Coin — minted for every ache, pain & living the working dream. Same old man, different blockchain.

Age is just another block. Still here. Still creating. RR2.

Mr. RVJR Squared poster — RR2 in a royal purple suit with his RR2 cane, guitar and OMC Old Man Coin artwork — The official RR2 poster — purple suit, OMC chain, and a bulldog standing in for Teddy, who was busy.

Canada tattoo artwork — the word CANADA in Canadian flag colours above the Rocky Mountains, a beaver gnawing a log beside a river and pine forest, red maple leaves all around, and a banner reading ‘The Flag, The Beaver!! What else is there to be proud of?’ — The Canada artwork — the flag, the beaver, the mountains and the maple leaves, all in one piece.

Hear it in the song — Not For Sale

“Not for sale, did you not hear we stand on guard for thee?”

proudly Canadian

Canada — The Flag, The Beaver!!

Some pride you say out loud — and some you wear. This piece says it all at once: CANADA spelled out in the colours of the flag, the beaver hard at work on a log, red maple leaves all around, and the Rocky Mountains, pine forest and river behind it all.

It’s the country behind the songs — home, worn loud and proud.

“What else is there to be proud of?”

Teddy the Shih Tzu lying on the porch boards beside the RR2 cane

Teddy — the buddy

Teddy is Rob’s real Shih Tzu and constant companion. He appears on the porch, in the photos, and in spirit on every record — usually from exactly where he is in this picture: right at Rob’s feet, holding the whole operation together.

good boy, obviously