Robert's "Rhythm Philosophy"

1. Rhythm is anything that repeats itself. It's a natural life force that has existed for thousands of years and will continue to exist for thousands of years after we're gone.


2. Getting into the flow of rhythm can ground, balance, uplift, even heal.


3. If you are alive, YOU HAVE RHYTHM! There are no exceptions to this. Zero. Zip. None. (Think of your heartbeat, your breath).


4. We can use rhythm to keep us physically fit and spiritually grounded.


5. Best of all, tapping into the natural flow of rhythm FEELS GOOD!

• 1991: Study of Ghanian percussion, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana, West Africa.


• 1997, 1999, 2001: Performed in Three National Panaroma (Steelpan) Championships in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad with the Starlift Steel Orchestra. (Played six-bass steel pans.)


• 1995, 1998, 2005: Study of Afro-Brazilian percussion in Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Bahia and Pernambuco, Brazil. (Surdo, pandeiro, caxixi, agogo, tambourine.)


• 1996: Study of Afro-Cuban percussion in Havana and Matanzas, Cuba with Los Munequitos de Matanzas. (Congas, Shekerai.)


• 1994 - 2003: Artistic Director Drum/Dance Ensembles, San Francisco, CA: DrumNation, Rhythm Collision, Get On Up Rhythm Posse.


• 1994 - 2005: Performed and/or recorded internationally with world music superstars Bonnie Raitt (USA), Airto Moreira (Brazil), Starlift Steel Orchestra (Trinidad), Margareth Menezes (Brazil), David Rudder (Trinidad), Jovinos Santos Neto (Brazil), Mike Marshall (USA).