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Robert Steven Williams writes fiction by day, songs by night. I Am Not My Job is Robert's first CD and several tracks have companion short stories. Three stories/songs have been published.
A twenty-year music industry veteran, Robert has spent the last eight years writing and attending workshops with such established writers as Rosanne Cash, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Steve Seskin, David Wilcox, Rivers Rutherford and Chuck Cannon. Robert has also taken fiction classes at the Gotham Writers Workshop, Zeotrope and the New School.
Robert was a Thayer Scholarship winner at Squaw Valley Writers Community (Amy Tan and Alice Sebold came out of Squaw). He was also a finalist in the Raymond Carver short story contest in 2005.
His company Against the Grain has recently established a joint venture with 615 Music in Nashville to create a song library targeted at the film and tv industry. Robert also teaches a workshop on how to place songs in indie film and TV at the songwriter retreat SummerSongs.
Awards and Recognition
April 2007 The Jersey Cowboy featured on NPR's Car Talk
January 2007 Towne Crier Open Mic Finals
May 2006 -- Orange Coast Review published the short story The Chaperone
February 2006 -- Garageband.com -- Best Male Vocals Folk Rock; Best Melody Folk Rock; Best Mood Folk Rock; Chill-out Track of the Week; Track of the day.
May 2005 -- Raymond Carver Short Story Top-Ten Placement for 'The Jersey Cowboy'
April 2005 - Raymond Carver Short Story Finalist for 'The Jersey Cowboy,' 'Inheritance,' and 'A Winter's Day'
October 2004 -- Emerging Writer Hidden Talent Contest Honorable Mention for 'Coming Home'
August 2004 -- Squaw Valley Writers Community Thayer Scholarship recipient
Summer 2003 -- New Century Writer quarter finalist for the novel 'Sound of Money'
Robert Steven Williams
Writes fiction and songs...

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Member Since: 2/26/2006
Band Website: www.rswmusic.com
Band Members: Gerry McKeveny -- guitars

Paul Winsor -- Bass

Rachel Z -- Keyboards

Linda and Greg and Sam - Drums

Sloan Wainwright and Penny Nichols - Harmonies

Robert Steven Williams -- Lead Vocals and guitars
Influences: Dylan, Beatles, Springsteen
Sounds Like: Maroon 5, Springsteen, Jack Johnson
Record Label: Against The Grain

My Blog

Three deaths and a Wedding

Standing in the far-right corner: me at the John Lennon eventMay 17, 2009 In my twenties the ratio of weddings to funerals was roughly 50:1. Nowadays that ratio is 1:100. Im not sure when that shift...
Posted by on Sun, 17 May 2009 07:01:00 GMT

happy mother's day

Mom, 2 grandmothers & meMay 10, 2009I appreciate more and more the challenges my mother faced raising two children after she got divorced in 1969. I remember how awkward it was telling my friends abou...
Posted by on Sun, 10 May 2009 06:51:00 GMT

Partying in Nana's memory...

I was too young to party...May 4, 2009Its been a year since my nana passed away. She was 97 and lived in England. Although there was a vast body of water between us, I treasured what time we did shar...
Posted by on Sun, 03 May 2009 14:54:00 GMT

Burning Down the House

April 27, 2009Caught the premier of Mandy Steins documentary Burning Down the House  the Story of CBGB at the Tribeca Film Festival Friday night. Ive been deep into the politics, passion, and pos...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:16:00 GMT

Hockey 2?

 April 19, 2009My girlfriend called me last night and said, What ya doing?Long, rough day, I replied, Im winding down watching hockey.You like hockey too? she asked incredulously.For the reco...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:28:00 GMT

righting wrongs

 The mistress in the Springsteen AffairApril 13, 2009 This weeks accusations against one of my all-time heros, Bruce Springsteen, came as no surprise. Several months ago Id heard Bruce was quite th...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:24:00 GMT

Anyone want a dealership?

 Dropping like flies here in WestportApril 6, 2009 Each day I drive through town it seems as if another business has shuttered its doors. Last month the Cadillac/Pontiac dealership closed  it had occ...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:19:00 GMT

Warren, Ani & Radiohead...

 Warren Buffett, Ani DiFranco, Radiohead????March 30, 2009Im reading Warren Buffetts biography  its a monster weighing in close to a thousand pages  truth be told, Im skimming. It opens with War...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:53:00 GMT

Any excuse to break out guitars

 Heading out to California in search of my dream -- 1977This week I organized a walk-through of the Rock Annex for friends. Afterwards we headed back to someones house to play music. These were music...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:02:00 GMT

Philly Steaks -- Orange Men

 Orangemen streak through the Big EastMarch 15, 2009Most folks know Im a die-hard Philadelphia fan, but when it comes to college basketball, I follow Syracuse. I spent my freshman year at SU back in ...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:04:00 GMT