THE SOLO STUFF

Greetings, this is the landing page for music I release as a solo artist. There have been a few singles lately along with a full length record back in 2008. Here’s more info if you can endure it!

The latest singles are from 2024 and 2025. They include:

4 Apps Girl – about a friend of mine who loves her appetizers. To be fair, she loves entrees with equal ferver and a followup song it probably warrented.

She Won’t Pray for Me – about another friend who claimed that she was coming to pray for me while I was in the hospital and then later when I got home. She did not.

In the Shadow of the Chosen – A song that should have been an Ishur Ninku release. It features the drone vocals of Jon Cheatwood.

Wallpaper Sky

Rick Mester - Wallpaper Sky

Many years back I wrote and recorded a bunch of songs.  They were happy pop songs for the most part.  I proudly brought them to Sombrance rehearsals thinking that maybe we could incorporate some of them.  However, the guys in the band at that time rejected them as not dark enough for Sombrance.

So I released them as a solo record called Wallpaper Sky (WS).  WS is a pop record with various styles on it including electronic and acoustic sounds.

I roped a few of my friends like Rob Williams and Jimmy P Brown II into playing parts on songs (thanks guys!)  An interesting note is that Sombrance wound up playing the song “Elegy” from this record.  My number one streaming and downloaded song from any project I’ve been a part of comes from this record…  It is the first track called “Iliana”.

WS was originally released in 2008.  In 2010, I added two bonus songs that were recorded with the others but not included on the record.  Those two tracks are available only on the CD version of the record.  You can check out the album info below if you wish.  Maybe you can buy a few hundred copies!

RICK MESTER – Wallpaper Sky

Release Date: 2010

Personnel:

Rick Mester – Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Synths, Programming
Rob Williams – Guitars, Bass, Mandolin
Jimmy P Brown II – Guitars

Tracks:

  1. Iliana (lyrics)
  2. Waceke (lyrics)
  3. Take Me Home (lyrics)
  4. Resonance (lyrics)
  5. Colours of Life (lyrics)
  6. Elegy (lyrics)
  7. Sarlage (lyrics)
  8. Shooby Shiver (lyrics)
  9. Slow Moan Sunday (CD only bonus track) (lyrics)
  10. Squat and Rub (CD only bonus track) (lyrics)

Available at a Streaming service near you.  CDs are available at the Zophim Records CD Store.