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About Me

FUNK UPON A TIME...in ASTORIA, QUEENS a cosmic conciousness flowered itself, stretched out its arms, let out a cry and shone like a star, which the parents annointed one ROB DARNELL. In African hut number 1306 in RAVENSWOOD TOWNSHIP, a small square brown thing with a speaker spewed out some FUNK N ROLL and a harmonic convergence took place right then and there with something he later found out was called MUSIC. The young Darnellian warrior after discovering his own vocal pork chops was then tantalized by the doo-wopian harmonic mysticism of the street corner symphonies of musical conglomerates such as Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Dyke and the Blazers, Booker T. and the M.G.'s, The Fifth Dimension, The Friends of Distinction. Enticed by the females of Ravenswood Township, Rob joined the Queens BOROWIDE Chorus and wound up having a funky good time. He then joined the ALL CITY CHORUS and got mesmerized by the compositional genuise of COLERIDGE TAYLOR PERKINSON, and his cronie in musical crimes of the ultimate musical stratosphere, JOHN MOTLEY. At this time the shape of his musical mind was also being sculptured by the awesome compositions of Yip Harburg /Burton Lane Tom Jones/Harvey Schmidt composers of FINIAN'S RAINBOW and THE FANTASTICKS respectively...Rob was granted the Excellence in Voice award from the higher ups at LONG ISLAND CITY HIGH SCHOOL and sang "The Impossible Dream" at Graduation. Cool... To BE Continued.......

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Member Since: 3/12/2007
Band Website: poeticnotionchorus.com
Band Members: THE POETIC NOTION CHORUS...led by founding director Rob Darnell Sopranos: Lisa Roma, Stephanie Walker, Rhonda Patern; Altos: Nikkie Schmiegelow, Leela Brown, Beverly Holmes; Tenor/Baritone: Rob Darnell. THE ELECTRIK GODDESS CLUB ORQUESTRA... Piano: Rob Darnell... Guitar: Lisa Roma... Bass: Jessie Martin... Drums: Mike Czekaj... Percussion: Rhonda Patern, Steph Walker.
Influences: The Queens Boro Wide Chorus, The All-City Chorus, COLERIDGE TAYLOR PERKINSON, John Motley, The Barry Harris Jazz Ensemble Chorus, THE FRIENDS OF DISTINCTION, The Fifth Dimension, New York Voices, Manhattan Transfer, The Gregg Smith Singers, Howard Hanson, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt, LAURA NYRO, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Joni Mitchell, Parliament FUNKADELIC Earth Wind & Fire, MANDRILL... Jimi Hendrix, Sly and the Family Stone, James Brown, BOOTSY'S Rubber Band, The Ohio Players, JUNIE, Maxayn, Mandre, Buddy Miles, Off Da Hook feat. E.J. SHARPE John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Santana, Barabas, Chicago, Blood Sweat & Tears, Traffic , CPR (Crosby, Pevar & Raymond), CSNY (Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young), Pink Floyd, Yes, Emerson Lake & Palmer.... & FRANK ZAPPA !!!
Sounds Like: The Friends of Distinction merged with The Fifth Dimension backed up by The Pat Metheny Group...something like Gil Scott Heron meets Joni Mitchell and they hang out together in Prospect Park...like P-Funk doing an acoustic set...
Record Label: Leaf Littered Pathway Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Dania Reid and the Sinnermen turn da mutha funker out !!

Yeah show nuff kidd, it was da bomb playin at Uncle Mike’s Bar in tribeca last Saturday Nite. We’ll be back to throw down there soon...We be funkin on the jazz tip yo...stay tuned...the Mo...
Posted by Rob Darnell on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:38:00 PST

Upcoming Musical Performances ! Yeah...

Dania Reid and The Sinnermen....this group is a wonderfully unique funk-jazz group started by Dania Reid a vocalist that sings out yawl, not the wimpy excuses for vocalists you’ve been hearing b...
Posted by Rob Darnell on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:02:00 PST

Funk Upon a Time...

At this time the funk honored one visualized the coming of POETIC NOTION into the realm of the current planetary existence to choose hope for the sake of peace for all the voice heare...
Posted by Rob Darnell on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:03:00 PST