A writer of over 1,000 original songs and performer and recording artist of songs toward eight CDs who accompanies his distinctively booming voice for live performances on guitar and `ukulele as a solo act or as part of an eclectic assortment of groups

An appreciative recipient of vocal training by acclaimed vocal coach and award-winning songwriter / recording artist Alissa Moreno;

Also acclaimed by top music producers and talent scouts for ballads and issues-related folk and rock songs that result from perceptions developed through general ‘outside the box’ living and specific experiences under his ‘other hat’ in a global citizen humanitarian career through which he has been living and working in various communities in countries of the Pacific Islands; Southeast, South, & East Asia; East & Southern Africa; the Andes Region of South America; Mexico, Central America, & the Caribbean; the Middle East; and Eastern Europe

A writer, former music director, and contributor of songs and music programming for activities to improve the hope and life decisions for children at high risk due to disease, poverty, being orphaned, and other such conditions

A former participant, contributing colleague, and song judge for an internationally recognized annual BMI songwriting workshop festival;

A former fellowship recipient from the Center for Cultural & Technical Interchange between East & West (aka, the East-West Center) during which time he co-founded and led the Kava Boys Band and performed original and traditional songs in various Pacific Island languages for eight years and on two released CDs

A contributor of original songs to compilation CDs that were released in Hawai`i, on the mainland USA, and in the Philippines and that all flopped miserably

Award-winning as a songwriter, including 2nd place honors in the Acoustic/Folk category and 3rd place honors in the Rock category of the Texas International Songwriting Song Contest

Best known for laughter-inducing catchy comedy songs that sometimes include questionable yet laugh-worthy solos on children’s toy instruments

Recognized by organizations in Hawai`i and international NGOs, UN agencies, & training institutions and consortia in such countries for writing and performing songs for at-risk communities and those working with them and for his published writings about the effectiveness of music as therapy and as a tool for risk communication

The former host of ‘The Songwriter Showcase Radio Show’ on a Honolulu (Hawai`i) radio station where he spearheaded the collaborative selection of recordings of other songwriters for airplay and hosted a selected guest performing songwriter or music producer each week;

Co-founder and former co-director of the Oahu Songwriters Group (oSg), a collaborative of over 100 performing songwriters in Hawai`i, through which he hosted and co-hosted various live songwriter showcases and co-conducted critiquing workshops and various other improvement services for fellow songwriters

Nicknamed ‘barefoot bob’ because of a long story of odd events that transpired during his time as a Peace Corps Volunteer in a small village in a rainforest in Fiji; during his time there, he got radio airplay on a national radio station for one of his original song recordings and has since received airplay on radio stations in Kenya, the Philippines, Tanzania, and the USA;

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