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Rob Butler

About Me

BIOGRAPHY

Rob Butler is a songwriter and musician based in Sheffield, England. He wrote his first song at the tender age of seven and having rediscovered his love for making music in his mid-teens, he has written dozens of songs since the turn of the millennia. Rob's main instruments are guitar (acoustic, electric and classical) and vocal, though he has also been known to play bass, percussion, keyboard and harmonica, albeit to varying degrees of competence!

At present, Rob is currently writing material to establish a corpora of songs, mainly pop-rock in their nature whilst encompassing numerous other genres, with the intention of recording and publishing the songs in the near future. In line with this Rob also gigs prolifically around Sheffield as a solo artist.

Rob is also currently the guitarist, backing vocalist and one of the founding members of the newly-formed Sheffield rock band Miseria Lost. Their Myspace can be found at www.myspace.com/miserialost

If you would like to get in touch with Rob, whether it's booking him for a gig, as a session musician or for musical collaboration, or indeed just for a chat, feel free to get in touch via a Myspace message and he will be more than happy to reply. Cheers!

CURRENT MUSICAL PROJECTS

March 2009-Present - Miseria Lost

www.myspace.com/miserialost

Rob plays guitar and sings backing vocals for new Sheffield rock band Miseria Lost. While they are preparing for their debut gig, here's an acoustic recording of their song Jack for you to enjoy in the meantime, recorded at one of Rob's solo gigs.

September 2002-Present - Solo Material

www.myspace.com/robbutlermusic

Ode To A Friend (01/03/07)

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PREVIOUS MUSICAL PROJECTS

June 2008-Feb 2009 - Ten Foot Dolls

www.myspace.com/tenfootdolls

Rob played guitar and sang backing vocals in established Sheffield hard-rock band Ten Foot Dolls from June 2008 until their demise in early 2009. In their three years together, Ten Foot Dolls played numerous nationwide tours and gained rave reviews for their energetic live performances and catchy riffs. The video below features James Morwood on guitar.

August 2005-March 2008 - A Magic Bullet

www.myspace.com/magicbulletmusic

During his stint at university in Sheffield, Rob played guitar and sang in the "acoustic-folky-pop-rock" band A Magic Bullet, with a line-up which included violin and the occasional mandolin. Unfortunately due to post-university commitments the band decided to part, but fellow guitarist Sam Browse has since established himself as a name to watch on the acoustic folk scene.

Bristol Wreck (08-02-07)

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 14/08/2006
Band Website: www.myspace.com/robbutlermusic
Band Members: Rob Butler - Everything
Influences:

This band are the reason I'm songwriting

This band are the reason why widdly guitar solos are not always the answer, and catchy riffs are fundamentally more important

This band made me realise that honest musicianship is the key to a great performance

This man brought percussive acoustic to the mainstream, and rightly so

This band sum up my opinions on the world perfectly

This band help me focus my thoughts when I'm having writer's block, as well as giving me a good excuse to jump around my room

But this is my favourite band in the world ever, and probably the most misunderstood too...


Sounds Like: Whatever you think I sound like - Hopefully nobody, but we can't all sound individual!
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

What Have I Been Up To?

Hi EveryoneFirstly I wanted to say sorry for being rubbish at keeping in touch recently, but as I've moved house and stuff I haven't had the internet for a few weeks now so this is the first chance I'...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:40:00 GMT

Rob - The Next Few Months

Well, now I'm not a student (well, only for 2 more weeks but done all my work), you may ask what's happening in the world of Rob?Well, firstly I'm taking a year out to decide for definite what I want ...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:17:00 GMT

Where Do I Go Next? The Power of Convenient Timing

As the subject says, this started off as a rambling about apt songs, but turned into a blog. Anyway, here it is.It's really amazing how you can like a song for a while, just because you think it's dam...
Posted by on Fri, 16 May 2008 03:51:00 GMT

Musicians Wanted - Read On!

Hi everyone!Hope you all had a good easter. Basically I'm looking for musicians to rehearse in Sheffield City Centre (as I don't have a car to rehearse elsewhere!) for either the following:1) To play ...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:10:00 GMT

A Magic Bullet are no more

Hi everyoneAfter a good 26 months, A Magic Bullet have decided to call it a day. Our reasons for doing so are pretty simple; As we're all final-year students at university and will be going off to do ...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:33:00 GMT

General News Update for August-October 2007!

Hi everyoneThought I'd try this with titles, let's see how it goes...GIGSFirstly I've got a few gigs lined up over the coming weeks, so here they are!Band Gigs19 Aug 2007      Cart...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:51:00 GMT

About The Songs

UPDATE 07/02/07 Have included the new songs which are now on my Myspace, but kept the old ones for you to read in case you hear them at open mic nights or whatever. All the best Rob Hey guys, just tho...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:33:00 GMT