Biography
Voted BEST SOLO ARTIST 2007 & 2008 by International Online Magazine!
Voted BEST SONG OF THE YEAR! 'Coming Back To Philadelphia' was given high honors this year by his piers.
MOVIE SOUNDTRACK DEAL! Signed with Siberian Production Company to feature "In A Dream" & "Angel On The Rooftop" as part of their movie called "REVELATIONS" scheduled to be released in May of 2007.
FEATURED ARTIST IN MERGE WEEKLY ENTERTAINMENT MAGAZINE.
FEATURED ARTIST in IOM MAGAZINE, Toronto. Receiving regular airplay in Seattle, Washington's SongPlanet.com and getting regular spins on American Idol Underground.com, MySpace.com, purevolume.com, musicforte.com, BandRadio.com and many others.
CD "IN A DREAM" REVIEWED by Colin Lynch/Executive Director of IOM MAGAZINE, with offices in the US, CANADA, & the UK. Mr. Colin Lynch was so impressed with Robert's CD he invited him in for a one on one interview. You can see the results of this interview posted as a blog on myspace.com or Robert's website www.robertfarmermusic.com. Please see all of the most recent reviews under the press release tab above. Reviewers Pick Awards include: Track of the WEEK.......Track of the Day....Best Male Vocals...Most Original...Best Production!
Sought out the best teachers available, such as, Jim Chapin (Harry & Tom Chapins' father). Jim is a renowned drummer, author, and music educator in New York still turning up in various magazine publications. Continued studies with Robert Boysie Lowry, a local icon and Mentor/Teacher for many jazz musicians, including legendary jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown, saxaphonist, Ernie Watts, as well as pianist Mathew Shipp. It was around this time Robert started working with Dexter Koonce (Boysie Lowry's nephew), of Grover Washington Jr., Roy Ayers, Rufus Thomas, Denise Thomas & James Brown.
He has logged session work with Lindsay Lee (Capitol Records/Warner Bros. Records) and received regional and national radio airplay with the original recording band called The Watson Brothers Band, as well as doing session work for Radio and TV.
Opened for Patti Smith at Penn's Landing, Philadelphia. This show was broadcast live on rock station WIOQ and hosted by the infamous Ed Sciacky. Because of the bands success he met many other high profile radio personalities such as Michael Tearson of WMMR, Mark Goodman host of MTV, Harvey(WIOQfm & WMGKfm), and also met, guitarist Nils Lofgren of Bruce Springsteen's Band to name a few. He opened for James Cotton at Widener University. The band was tight, inspired and kicking. James Cotton was pretty good too. Opened at the 'Main Point' for Robert Hunter, songwriter for the Grateful Dead.
Voted among the TOP 2 ORIGINAL BANDS, TOP 2 SINGER/SONGWRITERS & TOP 3 DRUMMERS collectively in the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley reader's poll in Fine Times Magazine for three consecutive years.
WORKED WITH THE FOLLOWING MUSICIANS:
Larry Gold-producer/arranger of local and national talents with gold records, including Jay Z, Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake (N Sync), Teddy Pendergrass, etc. George Thorogood, Billy Blaugh and Hank Carter of The Delaware Destroyers. John Lilly-The Hooters.
INFLUENCES:
Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Mark Knopfler, U2, Imogen Heap.
Instrumentation
Robert Farmer-singer/songwriter, keyboards, drums, percussion, harmonica, programming.
Discography
'In A Dream', 'The Search' & 'Seeing Red'
available at cdbaby.com/all/robertfarmer & iTunes.com, www.myspace.com/robertfarmermusic.
Visit Robert Farmer's website:
www.robertfarmermusic.com
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