Hello and Welcome!

Where to start? I’ve had a rather unusual career as a singer-songwriter. I only started writing songs in 2014 when I was almost 60 years old.I had played in a couple rock bands in high school and college I had been terminated as Senior Paralegal from Lee Memorial Health System during the mortgage meltdown and financial crisis of 2008 when there were no jobs available.and people were losing their home. To make matters worse, I had separated from my wife and filed for a divorce. I had left home with my computer, iPhone, and two small dogs, Sam and Joey, the loves of my life, my whole world.

The three of us rented a small one-bedroom apartment and all slept in one bed. I really had no other friends. I would talk with them just like I would speak to friends and family, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I started writing music around this time and started a licensed private investigative agency specializing in electronic discovery and computer forensics since I couldn't find other employment.. I also started playing my guitar in public at the invite of a friend who had a friend that owned a sports bar. Things clicked from there and Talent and Entertainment Productions, a talent and booking agency, offered to represent me. I was soon playing at some of the finest resorts and other music venues in the southwest part of Florida, to include Naples, Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel Island, and Captiva. Sand, water, and dolphins were always nearby. 

For all intents and purposes, I closed my private investigative agency and devoted full time to music and my dogs. I recorded my first album, "Ruff Draft", with the Dog Bones Band in 2016, a trio with guitar, bango, and congas (for real). It had six songs that I had written and six covers on it. But I had to stop performing live in 2018 due to peripheral neuropathy in my feet and legs affecting my balance and mobility. I started physical therapy and was hoping to return to live performances, but the COVID pandemic hit and all the live music venues closed. So, I started writing a lot more songs during the quarantine and would share my music with friends and the public by performing songs live on Facebook as a way to provide a little online entertainment for people until live venues reopened. I am grateful to have developed a nice and enthusiastic following.

I released my second album "Climb on Board" in 2021 and "Younger Than Ever" in 2023. I also competed in the finals of the 2022 and 2023 Sounds of Summer Singer-Songwriter Competition where I played "Anthems of Hope" and "I'll Help You Write Your Song". I spent most of 2023 and 2024 creating music videos to accompany my songs so that I could display the videos on a big screen behind me while I performed live singing and playing guitar. I even intermittently displayed pet videos of Jackson and Cody, my cat and dog,.during the three hour performance.

To test out the show and technology part, I performed at the Fort Myers Music Walk and twice at a Steve B's, a downtown Fort Myers restaurant and bar. Everything worked well, except for my peripheral neuropathy and profound hearing loss. Even though I had purchased the best hearing aids on the market, I could not converse with the audience or bar staff due to background sounds and others talking. And my leg muscles had atrophied so much from nerve damage that I couldn't balance and my leg muscles would give out, and I would most likely fall if I continued to play in public. Old age had come home to roost. So, now, I pretty much use my website and Facebook page to share my songs and videos, although all of my music is available for purchase at all major online music stores like Apple, Amazon, iTunes, etc.

And lastly, I would be remiss not to introduce Mike DiVito, the real “artist” behind the curtain when I call myself a recording artist, which I don't ever do. He takes my songs to another level that only Mike can bring out. Mike not only played the instruments on my last two albums, but he is also my recording engineer with a special gift for blending sounds, tracks, and melodies into something special. Please buy our records so Mike can quit his daytime job.

Thank you for visiting!

Rob