Robbie Jenkins

Artist Information

Biography

* Name: Robert Samuel Jenkins
* Residence: Stamford, CT
* Education: Berklee College Of Music, Mannes College Of Music, and University Of Hartford
* Intership: Grammy nominated Producer: KASHIF

Robbie Jenkins is a journey man in the music industry. He's known for singing background vocals, and playing keyboards and guitar for major artist like PHILIP BAILEY (EW&F), CALVIN RICHARDSON, CASE and many more of today's major recording artist.

2008 - 2009:
Has become a break through year, due to his Debut Album:
" Because It Feels Right "
Which includes his Debut Single:
" WHEREVER YOU GO ", which shot from #58 to #6 in 1 week on Live 365 Radio Charts.
The music video " Wherever You Go " is currently featured on BILLBOARD.COM (Video R&B),
Flavour Magazine in UK (Plays the hottest videos from USA),
Most Viewed on Soul Music TV in UK, and received more than 150,000 views on Truveo / AOL before switch to Motionbox Upload.

The Song "I'm The One" has been featured on Hip Hop TV JAPAN, also on a sold out mixed cd in JAPAN featuring:
* Alicia Keys
* Chris Brown
* Ne-Yo
* Akon
and more .... (DJ Yoshi & DJ Hyde High & Low Vol.3 Hip Hop & RnB Mix)

Robbie Jenkins is currently on tour to support his debut album:
" Because It Feels Right ". The cities include:
* Boston
* Springfield
* Hartford
* New Haven
* New York
* New Jersey
* Philadelphia
* Baltimore
* Alexandria
* Charlotte
* Atlanta

Album Avail: iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody, Amazon.com
Myspace: www.myspace.com/robbiejenkinsmusic
Booking Robbie Jenkins:
C/O: Michael Brinkley
Email: ransomentgroup@aol.com

Instrumentation

We would submit a CD and play list, then require house bands to email us MP3'S of the show.

Discography

1. Just In Time
2. I Wanna Be With You
3. I'm The One
4. Handle With Care
5. Tell Me
6. Fingerprints
7. The Next Phase
8. Wherever You Go
9. Undivided Love
10. You Got Me
11. The Next Phase (Remix) feat. D-Grimes
12. Becuase It Feels Right
13. The One Who Gives (Bonus Track)

Links

• Robbie's itunes
• Michael Brinkley

Audio

• Fingerprints
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• Wherever You Go
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• Because It Feels Right
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• The One Who Gives (Bonus Track)
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• Tell Me
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• I'm The One
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• Fingerprints ( Acappella )
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Lyrics

• Wherever You Go
• Because It Feels Right
• The One Who Gives (Bonus Track)

Video

Wherever You Go

Photo Gallery

Press

• Jenkins Presents Musical Entrepreneurship [+ Show ]
  

  Jenkins Presents Musical Entrepreneurship By: Stephen Ortiz Posted: 1/26/07 "Tonight we're goin...Jenkins Presents Musical Entrepreneurship
  By: Stephen Ortiz
  Posted: 1/26/07
  
  "Tonight we're going to cover what it truly means to be independent," said Robbie Jenkins, musician, artist, producer and educator of the music industry, to a small group of UConn students and members of Husky Entertainment Thursday night.
  
  Jenkins was at the University of Connecticut to deliver his lecture titled "Independence in Today's Music Industry." The purpose was to help Husky Entertainment, UConn's independent student-run record label, to develop, and Jenkins gave pointers on how to manage a label in today's world. No one could have been more fitting for the presentation than Jenkins.
  
  Jenkins, of Stamford, has quite a history in the music industry. He has a degree in Music Composition from the Berklee College of Music and has been actively involved in music since 1989, when he started off on his first tour with Surface, a R&B trio from the late 80s and early 90s. Since then, he has had an extensive amount of experience including world tours with various artists (hip-hop group P.M. Dawn and country singer Jimmie Vaughn, to name a few), several records, music videos and 15 television appearances, including the "Arsenio Hall Show" and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."
  
  In 1995, Jenkins launched Overture Entertainment, Inc., his own record label/entertainment company on which he himself is signed. He stressed the importance of creating one's own brand, and pushing that brand with everything you do.
  
  "Everything I do is through my company," Jenkins said. "Getting me here today was dealt through my company and it's important to push your brand," he said as he pointed to the logo of Overture Entertainment on the Power Point slide.
  
  Jenkins started off his presentation with a look back on the industry and what led to its current state. He asked the audience if there were any history majors in attendance. With only one hand raised, he followed up on his point.
  
  "You shouldn't repeat the mistakes of history," Jenkins said. "I learned a lot through trial and error - a lot of error."
  
  He then talked of how the past is irrelevant when it comes to priorities. "Focus on the future," Jenkins said.
  
  Jenkins went on to explain the rise and fall of music in the early '80s, about how major labels were the only place an artist could find a deal, and how there really was no independence to it.
  
  "Once they signed you, you had to make money," he said. Many of the managers of the day were "pen-shy," meaning that they had a hard time signing artists due to the fear of failure. "It's risky," Jenkins said.
  
  In the bulk of his lecture, Jenkins described the key aspects and discussed helpful hints of marketing ("there's an audience for everything"), being your own owner, the strength of "word of mouth," challenges of the industry, analyzing the situation at hand, the importance of developing goals and the key to true success.
  
  "If you are organized, you can accomplish a hundred things at one time, that's the key to success," he said, "And if you don't have a plan, you're spinning your wheels in the mud." Jenkins learned this lesson himself when he shut down his record label for a year to re-evaluate its status.
  
  The lecture was followed with a brief open discussion between Jenkins and the audience, and one final tidbit to send them on their way.
  
  "If you think of yourself as just a club, that's just what you're going to be. But if you think of yourself as a label, then you'll be a true record label."
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  © Copyright 2007 The Daily Campus
  
  

• Alive @ Five Outdoor Summer Concert Series [+ Show ]
  

  Alive @ Five presented by Stamford Town Center and The Advocate/Greenwich Time in partnership wi...
  
  Alive @ Five presented by Stamford Town Center and The Advocate/Greenwich Time in partnership with Budweiser, BevMax and Bacardi. Free concert series !!!
  
  
  Alive at Five Schedule:
  
  June 21 - Sister Hazel
  June 28 - The Neville Brothers
  Robbie Jenkins
  
  
  No Concert on July 5
  July 12 - Colin Hay
  Lazlo Bane
  July 19 - the subdudes
  Dave Keyes
  July 26 - The New Cars
  Roger Len Smith
  
  August 2 - The NYC Hit Squad
  August 9 - Don McLean
  Thursday Evenings Alive @ Five Outdoor Summer Concert Series
  5:00pm, Columbus Park
  
  
  
  

• Robbie Jenkins: 4 out of 5 Disc [+ Show ]
  

  Musical success can be measured a number of ways, depending on the angle in which you approach it. M...Musical success can be measured a number of ways, depending on the angle in which you approach it. Most people look at the ends (sales and popularity) as the ultimate factor, while those who learn, create, and appreciate the craft look at the means (discipline, inspiration, and knowledge) for the true measure of success. Building on the foundation (means) brings about the fame and the rewards (ends). Robbie Jenkins knows this process very well. Having been to school for music and growing an appreciation for the craft, he already has a lot of the tools necessary to put it all together. And with his debut album Because It Feels Right, this singer/songwriter is poised to take on the industry from the ground up. The lead single, "Wherever You Go," possesses all the right elements for a great R&B song, making it as worthwhile as any mainstream record out there today. "I'm The One" is another great track, relying heavily on Robbie's convincing lyrics and solid production. Other notable tracks on the album include the heartfelt title track "Because It Feels Right," the throwback feel of "The Next Phase," the smooth groove of "Fingerprints" and the serenity of "Tell Me." Despite it being independently produced, Because It Feels Right is a great first album for the up-and comer. With a bit more fine tuning, Robbie Jenkins will have all the ingredients he needs to become a force to be reckoned with in the future.
  
  Check out more information and samples of Robbie Jenkins' music on his
  Myspace Page at http://www.myspace.com/robbiejenkinsmusic.
  
  Robbie Jenkins
  Because It Feels Right
  
  

• Because It Feels Right [+ Show ]
  

  Artist: Robbie Jenkins Album: Because It Feels Right ( Review ) Written, Arranged, Performed...Artist: Robbie Jenkins
  Album: Because It Feels Right
  ( Review )
  
  Written, Arranged, Performed and Produced by Robbie Jenkins! Der Mann traut sich was. Berechtigt, denn der Robbie hat nicht nur die große Lehranstalt für U und E Musiken, die Berklee School Of Music, mit Erfolg absolviert, sondern kann auch auf ein durchaus umfangreiches Repertoire an Erfahrungen zurückgreifen. Namen wie Kashif, Surface, Philip Bailey oder Calvin Richardson säumten seinen Weg, der für ihn vor einigen Jahren in der Gründung seines eigenen Labels mündete. Nun also „Because It Feels Right“ als Zusammenfassung seiner musikalischen Kenntnisse und Vorstellungen.
  
  
  Selbstredend kann Jenkins nicht die gegebenen Handicaps einer umfassenden Eigenproduktion unter Indie-Bedingungen umgehen – die Beatz scheppern schon mal etwas unsensibel und die Arrangements geraten zeitweise recht dünn, doch die Qualität der Hooks und Grooves bleibt immer unangetastet. Robbie Jenkins Welt ist der radiokompatible R&B, den er unter stetem Verzicht auf Sample-Gimmicks oder Hip-Hop Allerlei aufbereitet. Statt auf vordergründige Effekte setzt der Multitasker auf direkt wirkende Melodien, die er mit dem Sinn für das große Publikum konzentriert und unverschnitten wirken lässt. Robbie lässt tanzen und Robbie zeigt Herz – seine Takes haben (Charts?)-Potential und für Jedermann/frau findet sich das passende Lieblingsteil.
  
  
  
  By: Joerg Michael Schmitt
  -SonicSoul-
  GERMANY
  
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• Reviews: Robbie Jenkins `Because It Feels Right` [+ Show ]
  

  “Because It Feels Right” the titled CD debut by Robbie Jenkins makes you feel good. His soulful, smo...“Because It Feels Right” the titled CD debut by Robbie Jenkins makes you feel good. His soulful, smooth and warm vocals conjure inspiring thoughts and will make you groove. Robbie is a Connecticut native and the CEO of Overture Entertainment, Inc., a multi-faceted entertainment company that administers his professional activities and provides a variety of music programs and services. After attending the University of Hartford/Hartt School of Music and Berklee College of Music, he interned with Grammy Award winning producer, Kashif. He has participated as a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist in major world tours, fifteen national and foreign television appearances, major CD releases and music videos. He has orchestrated and performed an original work with the Washington Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. Robbie has spent the several years working on this latest offering. “Here comes an artist with a full range of musical talent to share with listeners that are constantly craving refreshing, new and simply said “good music”. Robbie makes a huge impression on this project”. As a review writer for “Justsoul.net” and a host of an online radio show, most important a music lover the debut release of “Because It Feels Right” is another example of the wonderful talent of independent artists from around the world. There are so many highlights to this CD that spans from a Caribbean groove to a romantic ballad. The CD starts out with a musically brilliant orchestrated lead into the vocals on “Just In Time”, leaving you with anticipation throughout the track. Robbie gets real and deep on “I Wanna Be With You” with a nice groove and truthful vocals from the heart. A Latin flair on “Handle With Care”. Sexy “Fingerprints” with a nice dance groove with a Caribbean beat that will put you in the mood. “The Next Phrase” showcases Robbie’s smooth and sensual vocals that will take things to the next phrase and the remix puts some cool hip hop into it breaking it down. “Undivided Love” is a nice up tempo club jam with love and spirituality. Funky is “You Got Me”. As for the ballads “Because It Feels Right” speaks to the power of love and a testimony, “I’m The One” is confident, honest and, heart felt. Saving the best for last “Wherever You Go” is thee highlight of the CD musically inspired with the awesome vocals and beautiful lyrics. This is a must have for your collection. “In a nutshell Robbie Jenkins “Because It Feels Right” effort is one to be musically enjoyed, appreciated and heard” The CD is available on iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster and Amazon.com. Robbie thanks for the music.
  
  
  Barbara Fulton [Just Soul]
  
  

Setlist

Performs 15 to 30 minutes of Original Songs

1. You Got Me
2. I'M THE ONE
3. WHEREVER YOU GO
4. FINGERPRINTS
5. BECAUSE IT FEELS RIGHT

Basic Requirements

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