The composer and performer known as Rob
Simmons has released his new EP record, “Recuerdos de Sa Calobra.”
The EP has been proudly published on the TTM Records independent
music label. The album is largely instrumental, boasts a broad
variety of moods, tones and tempos, and has been cataloged most
frequently as progressive rock at online music stores around the
world. Inventive, majestic, painted in dazzling sonic color and
expressing a palpable, personal narrative, “Recuerdos de Sa
Calobra” by Rob Simmons is a fascinating and accessible wonder of
modern music for fans of any genre.
Rob Simmons cites as main artistic
influences the ingenious UK prog- rock band, Sky, Dire Straits
mastermind Mark Knopfler, and the classical music genre. His own
record, “Recuerdos de Sa Calobra,” (“Memories of Sa Calobra,”
a village on the isle of Majorca) boasts many of the best qualities
of Sky and of Knopfler, and of classical compositions, too. Perhaps
most of all, it showcases Simmons' knack for making every song a kind
of musical book, each complete with individual chapters, characters,
storylines and styles. That said, “Recuerdos de Sa Calobra”
belongs wholly to rock music and not to classical or jazz, and rock
fans are perhaps most likely to enjoy Simmons' music though it has
many attributes which will endear it to fans of other music styles,
also.
Simmons' start in music came earlier
than it does for many artists, thanks to relatives who likely saw the
potential in him and helped nurture the skills which bear fruit such
as his “Recuerdos...” EP.
“I come from a very musical family,”
Simmons writes. “I was taught Piano at five by Grandmother, and
from the age of six was fascinated by recording.”
Simmons penned his first compositions
at the age of seven after receiving his first keyboard, a Bontempi.
He was trained in drums and percussion at 12. He didn't arrive at the
guitar until the age of 14, on which instrument he is an autodidact.
Asked to describe the overall theme and
inspiration of his new EP record, Simmons writes, “My love for
beautiful music, coming from within; my personal demons and
experiences put to the rhythm of life.”
Rob Simmons has written music
commercially and for short films. He has a degree in music
composition for media and spends most of his time writing and
composing in his music studio. All the instruments in his music are
played by himself, with vocals by friends and associates. His
collection of guitars and keyboards is considerable. His prize
instrument is the same 1930s-era upright piano on which his first
lessons were practiced.
“Recuerdos de Sa Calobra” by Rob Simmons is available online worldwide.
-S. McCauley
Lead Press Release Writer
www.MondoTunes.com
“Recuerdos de Sa Calobra”
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