BoB Grubel

Well here i am on my space and living the elemental dream through cyber space.. check out www.bgrubel.com for more songs and info on my life and music, also available on cdbaby and itunes...my dream day to day is to be happy,relaxed, healthy, creative, thoroughly enjoying my body experience for as long as it lasts, prosperous, and engaged in a proper way with all beings. I want to thank Goenka-ji, Maharaji, Don Miguel Ruiz, Buddha, Jesus, my mom,my daughters,my grandfather Guy, Flo,my sisters (yes that includes all you female types) Warner Erhard, and well everyone who has ever laid eyes on me.. happiness grows in a circular motion!!you make my life complete.. love is!!! Then there's this music thing i have always been attracted to.. I remember singing as a kid and enjoying it immensly and then learning to play the piano.. That had it's ups and downs. Fun to hear but i (being a bit of a rebel) did not want to practice when the mode became resembling "homework". I persevered til basketball took over and i was left with little time to devote except for choir! Then rock and roll hit and i was hooked like bread to butter! My first band when i was 17 was pretty bad. but hey we didn't know and had great fun! Then after 2 years of college i hit the road with 4 other searching souls and made some music in the Boston area.. I think our claim to fame may have been when Aerosmith borrowed our bus for a gig! Then the wandering years ensued. Being a piano player has it's limitations when your lifestyle resembles one of a hobo. They just are not so readily portable. It's been a complaint of mine for years which i tried to remedy by taking up the guitar (so so results and a few good songs) and the harmonica which is a great road companion. This era lasted for a few years ending when i spent 6 months in San Francisco learning how to become a half way decent massage therapist. I got hugely lucky and studied with the best available which i am grateful for to this day! And in the background there remained this urge to play music.. Then the family thing ensued which yielded two amazing children (check out my first two friends) and years of self questing and finally the remergence of music.. I started writing my own stuff and lo and behold discovered the studio experience and i could be intimate friends. i loved developing material and inviting musical friends to particpate! And the first of many recordings ensued which was Treasures in the Stream. This was followed by Circles Returning ( i dreamt the title track while sleeping in a tent outside the studio) Light in the Wind acappella chants and circle songs which were a direct result of my "hippie lifestyle" at the time and my first cd Lifetimes and Ages which is still available! About this time Martin Scudder and Tom Williams (who i had been playing music with already for many years) combined with me to make up Grace Note. We released two cd's (for which i wrote most of the material) I Always Dreamed of Flying in 94 and Fragrance of the Rose in 01 and played many many gigs in the mid-atlantic area. we had a great 3 part harmony thing and the instrumentation of electric violin, keyboards and acoustic guitar was distinct and well recieved. The band returned to a two man format in 05 when martin left the group. I continued to record releasing Keep the light Burning in 97 and Rivers from the Sun in 2005. This cd has had a great reception and is a bit of a departure for me as it is instrumental.. i performed all the music except one song done by Grace Note and well if you are a massage therapist, into Yoga or looking for music to inspire this is a great cd to assist in your healing adventures. My latest recording Dance When Your Soul Brings You near is an upbeat selection of songs i have written in the past few years. With the help from some great area musicians this cd has something for everyone as it touches blues, rock, folk and jazz in texture and feel. So what's next? Been thinking about another instrumental cd and have to aim myself for the keyboard and my little studio arrangement. By the way i play a Yamaha P80 which i love as it is so lightweigt to transport to gigs and has a totally adequate soundbank which i add to thru midi with JUNO 1010 and an Alesis nano-synth.. there's enough there to keep me occupied for a long time. Well maybe see you down the road of life somewhere.. Live your dreams and sing the song you feel the best in. Choose to meditate, do yoga,practice a form of inner awareness and have fun!! One of my favorite quick reminders is from Lao-Tzu: Be Content with what you have, Rejoice in the way things are, When you realize there is nothing missing, The whole world belongs to you........ Be happy ..... BoB G.