BIO

Hi! I’m Robert. Nice to meet you. I was born in Chicagoland to British parents, and I’ve lived in the deep south, Berkeley, and the Los Angeles area. I now live in Hollywood.

A MIDI editor program, discovered at age 14, launched a lifelong obsession with dissecting and understanding music. I used the editor to open MIDI files of my favorite songs, studying the mechanics of the melodies, rhythms, and chords. Since then, I’ve become a self-taught composer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, singer, and recording engineer, all in the pursuit of bringing bigger musical ideas to life.

My obsession is exploring new melodies, learning new playing styles that span decades and continents, and creating expressive music with atmosphere. I want to create music that looks forward and backward- music that is reverent of tradition and of all the teaching of the past, while combining ideas and moving them forward.

I studied Cognitive Science at UC Berkeley., with a minor in music. But music defined my college experience. I studied classical, jazz, and pop theory in class; studied music in Ghana, West Africa for a semester; and played in jazz bands and musical theatre productions throughout college.

I’m lucky to have had rich and varied musical opportunities since college. I have fulfilled my childhood dream of creating music for game soundtracks, I’ve composed showtunes for musicals, and produced songs and albums for really inspiring and talented songwriters. I’ve also performed my original songs at bars and venues around LA.

I’m always trying to push myself to perfect new techniques, explore new production styles, and see where I can take things next! I have my dream job and I’m grateful every day.