The American song tradition
Direct melodies, narrative instinct and songs built to travel beyond the room they were written in.
Cinematic Americana · Alternative Rock
R.G. DeGuire
Exploring distance, memory, movement and imagined places.
Songs rooted in American songwriting, carried by guitars, melody and atmosphere.
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Songs shaped by distance, memory, movement and imagined placesMusic
01 / EP
The Way It Goes
A five-song EP shaped by open space, guitar, movement and the feeling of places that may be remembered, imagined, or never reached. Warm, restless, melodic and cinematic, The Way It Goes moves between American songwriting, alternative rock and a world shaped by distance, memory and movement.
The thread running through the recordGuitars at the heart
of the journey.
of the journey.
Lyrics
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The Sound
02 / IdentityNot a genre.
A place.
A place.
R.G. DeGuire sits at the meeting point of American songwriting, alternative rock and cinematic atmosphere. The songs are melodic and organic, with guitars at the heart of the journey — cinematic without becoming a soundtrack, rooted without becoming traditional.
Guitars, melody and atmosphere move together. The result is music that can feel warm and restless, reflective and quietly optimistic — songs that leave a little room for the listener to bring their own memories with them.
Guitars at the heart of the journey.
Six strings, open space, a little distance. The guitar is woven into the songs as melody, texture and feeling.
Music with a landscape
Distance, haze, roads, lights and imagined places turn each track into a different entry point into the same world.
About
03 / ArtistR.G. DeGuire is a French songwriter, guitarist and producer creating cinematic, guitar-led songs rooted in American songwriting, alternative rock and stories of distance, memory and movement.
The project is less interested in fitting a strict genre than in creating a feeling. The American influence is musical, visual and emotional — a way of writing about distance, memory, movement and places that can exist as much in the imagination as on a map.
“Exploring distance, memory, movement and imagined places.”
The listening experienceSomewhere out there.
The visual language
Blue-hour skies, distant lights, weathered asphalt, soft haze, warm traces of light and the grain of an old photograph.
Press / Bio
04 / ArtistA little
distance.
A lot of song.
distance.
A lot of song.
R.G. DeGuire is a French songwriter, guitarist and producer whose music looks toward an imagined America — not as a place to reproduce, but as a feeling to inhabit.
Across The Way It Goes, melody, guitars and atmosphere shape five songs about movement, memory, change and the places we carry with us. The record moves between Americana, alternative rock, melodic rock and classic American songwriting, while keeping the focus where it belongs: on the song.
The result is warm, restless and cinematic — music for open roads, distant lights and the quiet moments in between.
SHORT BIO
R.G. DeGuire is a French songwriter, guitarist and producer creating cinematic songs rooted in American songwriting and alternative rock. His debut EP, The Way It Goes, explores distance, memory, movement and imagined places through melody, guitars and atmosphere.
PRESS PITCH
“The Way It Goes” is a five-song journey through American songwriting, alternative rock and cinematic atmosphere — a record where guitars sit at the heart of the journey, while the songs travel through memory, distance and imagined places.
Credits
05 / The Way It GoesComposed & arrangedR.G. DeGuire & Alan Roy Scott
LyricsAlan Roy Scott
“Here Today Gone Tomorrow” lyricsAlan Roy Scott & Whitney Lyman
Produced byR.G. DeGuire
Guitars primarily performed byR.G. DeGuire
Mixed byTodd Bergman · Didier Théry
Mastered byJustin Perkins · Mystery Room
Artwork & designZhan Karpovich
PublishingSACEM · BMI
Format45 RPM · Stereo
ReleaseIndependent