I'm Rob Birdwell - thanks for visiting! Explore my music, videos, projects, arrangements & articles. Contact me anytime! My latest release is "Quietly" and available on all major streaming platforms.
New Episode: ♫🎺The Adventures of Sam and Caw: Spring Has Sprung🎹🎤
I'm Rob Birdwell - thanks for visiting! Explore my music, videos, projects, arrangements & articles. Contact me anytime! My latest release is "Quietly" and available on all major streaming platforms.
Rob Birdwell performing a live version of Little Ukulele at Richard Thompson's Frets & Refrains camp at the Roadhouse of the Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, NY.
Quietly contains nine songs written, performed, and produced by Rob Birdwell.
The following is an excerpt from the second track, Punkie and the Spitfires.
It's a song about a three-piece band - perhaps the ultimate band - who save the world!
she was a young woman living in dystopian times
fighting "The Forces" any way that she could...
Rob Birdwell's arrangement of Feeling Good for Halie Loren and her band. Words and Music by Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse. Featuring the Corvallis-OSU Symphony Orchestra, Halie Loren (vocals), Matt Treder (piano), Mark Schneider (bass), Bill Marsh (guitar), Brian West (drums), Rob Birdwell (arranger/conductor). Audio engineering/recording by George Relles and Diana Robson.
LMNO perform Memories of Senegal live for a Funk in the Forest concert. Featuring Rob Birdwell (trumpet/keys), Nick Rivard (guitar), Page Hundemer (bass), and Brian Bucolo (drums)
I've always been interested in ways to express ideas and emotions through music. As a kid I would write my own lyrics to popular songs. As I learned to play trumpet I would create my own melodies. As I became interested in singing I began to learn more about chord progressions. By the time I was in college I started to get more serious about trying to compose and arrange - turns out it was hard! I attended the Grove School of Music and Dick Grove's teachings would provide me with a solid foundation and I'm still building upon that and continue to learn with every new song, composition or arrangement.
I switched to #MuseScore years ago but have fond memories of #Finale, my favorite features being Speedy Entry, Linked Parts, Explode, and #MusicXML.
https://www.finalemusic.com/blog/end-of-finale-new-journey-dorico-letter-from-president/
Dream World - I started writing this song at #RichardThompson's Frets & Refrains camp in July 2024 and finished this first recording of it recently. I enjoyed the camp and it was amazing to be in the room when Richard talked about his own songs. Very inspiring!
D'Petal Tones - from our first performance!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq3duuW_MQ4
Rob Birdwell - trumpet, ukulele, vocals
Emily Looney - alto sax, flute
Cheryl Leckie - bass
Michael Burand - guitar, banjo
Andy Weiss - drums
Musical excerpts:
Dancing Birds
Down New Orleans Way
The Hummingbird Song
Sway (Ruiz/Gimbel)
Blue, Red and Grey (Pete Townsend)
Cumbia Moura
Squeeze Box (Pete Townsend)
#NewMusic #Music #Band #Latin #Pop #Folk #Jazz #Songwriter #Corvallis #Oregon #Vocals #PeteTownsend #Live
The Adventures of Sam and Caw: Spring Has Sprung
Full episode!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GLQq8WlMHk
Story, music & lyrics by Rob Birdwell
There are six original songs in this episode:
1. Mother Nature's Way
2. Sun In The Sky
3. Walking On Air
4. When
5. Crossroads
6. The One
Walking On Air - this is a song I wrote for a little audio musical series called "The Adventures of Sam and Caw"