Robby Hunter

I guess it all starts with the classic "picked up a cheap guitar in a pawn shop" line , but it could never end there. I've always felt a sometimes too strong connection to music , evoking emotions that were inconvenient at times. But I'd say it's just a testament to my true calling ... As a kid it was my dad's : Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Stones, and Eagles - the "Old Man Music" list goes on. Then growing up I got into the Grunge Rock period of the 90's : Nirvana , Pearl Jam etc ... which later progressed to Rap : (old) Snoop Dogg, Tupac, Biggie ... and then onto Sublime, Marley and Dave Matthews of course ... but at this point in my life - Jazz was really grabbing me. Mostly because I was getting into guitar and learning massive amounts of covers. So I started transcribing Wes Montgomery, Pat Methany, Scofield, and Kurt Rosenwinkle ... aside from listening to Miles and Joe Pass etc... Enough of the boring stuff - I entered University of Florida pursuing a BFA, but had my heart set on Berklee School of Music at this point. While at U.F. I wrote madly, cheesy lyrics , but aren't they all when we first started? Played shows at the Shamrock Pub and other local venues in Gainesville ... After a year of partying there , I said "screw it" went back to MIA and hooked up with Producer Pete Masitti (Hootie and the Blow Fish , and Julio Inglesias Jr.) Together we banged out a 3-song DEMO. I immediatley flew out to L.A. to shop it at the TAXI music convention. I met so many people, and leaned so much but only to be discouraged when I flew back to MIA without a deal of some sort. So ... some time later after playing some large veues such as: the Tampa Blues Festival, Cleavlander Hotel on South Beach, Everglades National Awarness concert and Having a song of mine, "Runaway" Featured on an "All My Children " episode, I'm ready to jump to the next level. This is now my life.