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Rob Blue - Guitar

Too much overdrive is a crutch.

About Me

I am a guitar player who grew up in Chicago and now lives in Los Angeles. I worked as a recording engineer in the past and have some production chops as well. After moving to L.A. and working in the business for a bit I felt like things were changing and I was going to starve if I kept trying to make a living as an engineer/producer. I then stumbled into post production audio and eventually change gears completely and went into visual effects. Even though I have now worked on dozens of feature films I have always kept playing and recording. It's just a part of who I am. The nature of the VFX work allows me the flexibility to do music projects in between films projects. Pretty cool place to be in.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/20/2008
Band Website: robblue.com
Band Members: Rob Blue - Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Keys, Engineering and Producing
Influences: Too many to list them all but here are a few: Alice In Chains, The Black Crowes, Stone Temple Pilots, Guns N' Roses, Montrose, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Kiss, Humble Pie, Infectious Grooves, PET, The Faces, The Rolling Stones, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Bad Company, Deep Purple, Queen, The Cars, Brian Setzer, Randy Rhoads, George Lynch, The Scorpions, Michael Schenker, UFO, Zakk Wylde
Sounds Like:
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Schecter A-10 Warthog shoot ’em up

I posted before how much I dig my Schecter guitar. I've had it for a while now and it is still my go to guitar. I have a hard time leaving any guitar bone stock though. I think it's just human nature ...
Posted by Rob Blue - Guitar on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:47:00 PST

Line 6 POD X3 Live - UPDATED

..">I was pretty excited when Line 6 announced the POD X3 Live. After dealing with crazy pedal boards for years the specs on the X3 Live looked to have everything I needed to ditch the old pedal board...
Posted by Rob Blue - Guitar on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:02:00 PST

The Office Studios

The band has been busy recording lately. Like everybody else, we lay down tracks wherever and whenever we can. We do a lot of preproduction stuff between our lockout and mine and Sean's places. Of cou...
Posted by Rob Blue - Guitar on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:56:00 PST

Danica Patrick is Hot!

Of course if you follow auto racing you know who Danica Patrick is. Her new photo shoot for Sports Illustrated is pretty nice....
Posted by Rob Blue - Guitar on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:16:00 PST

Schecter A-10 Warthog

..">I just picked a really cool new guitar from my friends at Schecter. I got a variation of their Tempest that is painted with graphics from an USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II better known as the Warthog. A...
Posted by Rob Blue - Guitar on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:00:00 PST

Looking for a drummer

So I have this project going with Sean Colligan and we need a drummer. We have played with a few of our drummer friends over the past couple of weeks and it is amazing to hear the different ideas that...
Posted by Rob Blue - Guitar on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:53:00 PST

Ryan Adams @ UCLA

..">Last night I saw probably the best show I have ever seen. Ryan Adams and his band The Cardinals played at Royce Hall on the UCLA campus for about 3 hours. If I had the time I would go see tonight'...
Posted by Rob Blue - Guitar on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:51:00 PST

Workin’ out new tunes

We had a really good rehearsal on Monday. The whole vibe was raised by the presence of Cash...">That guy is a blast to play with. Great bass chops and just cool to hang with. Sean and I were stoked wi...
Posted by Rob Blue - Guitar on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:47:00 PST

Garth Brooks

I went to see Garth Brooks at the Staples Center in Los Angeles last night. I'm not a huge fan of Garth but I do respect him a great deal. Hey, he admits to being a fan of Kiss so he wins points right...
Posted by Rob Blue - Guitar on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:06:00 PST

A date with a green fairy

The rain continues here in LA. It's not worth going out in it unless you have to because the traffic gets crazy. It's bad enough without the rain, forget it when it's dumping down buckets.I had a rive...
Posted by Rob Blue - Guitar on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:17:00 PST