Bio
Rob Owen Mac began his music career early. As a child living in the suburbs, live Soul and Funk music was not obsolete, but certainly hard to come by. In the midst of East England, where grey brick houses are raked in rows, power lines hang high over head and endless shopping malls line the streets, Rob Owen Mac heard the sound of a live Big Band. It settled deep under his skin and in the depths of the suburbs his passion for music was ignited.
He immediately began learning instruments, and the guitar soon became his forte.
At school, his music teacher gave him the opportunity to sing – he had never done so before, but after that opening people fell silent and listened.
Rob continued his passion into sixth form studying Music Technology to A level. He played gigs locally and in June of 2007 he performed as a solo artist and won the East Herts and Broxbourne's ' Pop Luck' competition, which gave him studio time to record his tracks.
Rob is now at Bath Spa University studying Commercial Music. For the last year he has co-written tracks for his band XS Groove who have performed relentlessly around the Bath area. Throughout last year, the band burned all through local venues with their fiery Funk Rock spirit, heating up darkened rooms and setting alight nights with their music. That year funk rock became synonymous with the band; audience’s lips became permanently rounded around the name XS Groove.
Now Rob is working as a solo artist on his debut EP which will be released in the New Year. It will be toured around the U.K. Rob’s solo material is a unique fusion of R&B, Soul and Acoustic. Influences stem from John Mayer’s lyrical virtuosity, to Jamiroquai’s funk filled bass lines and the soul fuelled vocals of Lauyrn Hill. Rob is heavily influenced by the neo-soul movement, with artists such as Musiq Soulchild and Dwele. However, he combines the acoustic intimacy of artists such as Robin Thicke with the raw emotion of your classic soul tracks.
Despite these influences, Rob Owen Mac is a truly unique experience. Whether heard live or through your speakers, you will be instantly taken on a musical journey, back to the Atlantic Soul of the sixties and seventies, then right up to a new birth of music alongside the likes of D’Angelo and Anthony Hamilton. Rob Owen Mac is ready to become a part of a whole new sound that looks set to change the conventions of music in the future.
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The Official Music Video for 'Last Night' by Rob Owen Mac
