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About Me

You're listening to songs written and performed by Rob D
What I Do:
Singer
keyboard player
composer
music producer
voice-over artist
broadcast radio producer (voice overs, audio editor, etc)
production manager
(live performances, music and theatrical)
Special Events Producer/Director
You can contact me at : [email protected]
Vocalists who have influenced my singing:
Stevie Wonder
Marvin Gaye
Al Green
Robert Palmer
D'Angelo
Don Henley
Influences of my piano playing style
and keyboard playing:
Leon Russell, Billy Preston, Ramsey Lewis, Herbie Hancock, George Duke, and Jon Cleary
I got my R&B roots from being born and raised in the south
Played keyboards and sang back-up with Arista recording artist Paul Davis ( "When I Look In Your Eyes I Go Crazy," "Cool Night," etc).
Toured with Paul Davis, we appeared on American Bandstand with Dick Clark, and also Solid Gold
Moved to New York City in '89
Wrote and produced music for Sesame Street, launched my first music publishing company, Lovelight Music, Inc.
Moved to Boston, MASS,worked as a Special Events Director and managed an independent record company, DMI
Produced events and concerts throughout New England as well as NYC, Paris France, Albania, Belgrade Yugoslavia, Manila Philippines, Johannesburg South Africa, and Budapest Hungary.
Moved back to NYC after 9/11
Worked as a radio and television jingle singer
Worked as a radio producer for Dick Clark's radio network, United Stations Radio Network.
Currently producing an African music CD with my good friend Tom Foote
I also co-write and produce children's music with children's music artist KIMMY SCHWIMMY
Visit these links to find out more:
Kimmy Schwimmy MySpace Music Page
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My Interests

My Tribe

I'd like to meet:

people who are unpretentious
people who are real
people who, when they say they are your friend, they really are
people who understand and practice mindfulness
people who don't act cool
but instead are just naturally cool
because they are cool with themselves
without constantly having to make an effort at it
people who choose to be more interested in others than themselves, because it really is a choice
people who are not attached
to what they have acquired
or how they are percieved
people who are willing to let go of it all -
if by letting go of everything, it will make you more human.....

We really have to understand the person we want to love.
If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love.
If we only think of ourselves
if we know only our own needs
and ignore the needs of the other person
we cannot love.
Thich Nhat Hanh

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Music:

Stevie Wonder

Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye, Keb Mo, Jon Cleary, Herbie Hancock, India.Arie
The amazing African musician, singer, songwriter Issa Bagayogo

Zero 7, Thievery Corporation, Alejandro Escovedo.
the incredible music of Chris Whitley

The old school soul music of Anthony Hamilton and Calvin Richardson
The one and only Leon Russell
Beck, Chocolate Butterfly, Prince ...
The eclectic, poetic rock of Chocolate Genius

The beautiful voice of Sevara Nazarkhan

Erykah Badu, Jens Buchert, Shawn Colvin, Alana Davis, Richard Thompson
Todd Rundgren, Jeff Buckley, Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn, Nina Simone, Weather Report
Stephen Stills, Jimi Hendrix, Sam Cooke, D'Angelo, Neil Young, Steely Dan
Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Van hunt, Leela James, Bill Withers, Corinne Bailey Rae
and the poet, artist, singer, songwriter, and incredibly gifted musician JONI MITCHELL
Joni Mitchell Live on BBC in 1970

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Movies:

Television:

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Books:

"Hubris" by David Corn
"Malcolm X" by Alez Haley
"Good To Great" by Jim Collins
"Letting Go" by Lama Surya Das
"The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins
"The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
"The Gospel of Inclusion" by Carlton Pearson
"How Life Imitates Chess" by Garry Kasparov
"James Baldwin: Artist on Fire" by W.J. Weatherby
"Living Buddha, Living Christ" by Thich Nhat Hanh
"Selected Poems of Langston Hughes" by Vintage Classics
"Mindfulness in Plain English" by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

Heroes:

The Dali Lama

Muhammad Ali

Clint Eastwood

My Blog

My Appearance on American Bandstand with Paul Davis (Video Clips)

Once upon a time, many moons ago, in a land called Los Angeles, I toured with Arista recording artist Paul Davis as his pianist and backup singer. The following video clips are our appearances on Amer...
Posted by RoB DuNcaN on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:50:00 PST

Being Emotionally Dependent (On Leaders, Groups, People, etc)

I've thought many times of writing a blog on this subject. In the same way that someone who was abused as a child would be hesitant to publicly post a blog about it, or a victim of domestic violence, ...
Posted by RoB DuNcaN on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:26:00 PST

Lets Write Some Music About Whats Really Going On

I remember many things about growing up. I remember being in the 3rd grade and my older sister Becky bursting into my classroom screaming "President Kennedy's been shot!"...my teacher immediately turn...
Posted by RoB DuNcaN on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:14:00 PST