User:Robertsymons
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INTERNATIONAL STEEL PANIST & RECORDING ARTIST
CORPORATE & PRIVATE RECEPTIONS * CRUISE SHIPS * FESTIVALS / CONCERTSSteel pan music is unique in both sound and your own personal perception of each individual song. Robert’s music is easily recognizable, with one exception, what you will hear and how it makes you feel is different for each individual listener.
It also depends where you want the music to take you...perhaps that memorable once in a lifetime cruise you took, a special reception, or memories of walking on a pink sandy beach in the Bermuda sun will come to mind.
This music is truly a one-way ticket to your own personal paradise featuring lovely relaxing steel pan rhythms and the familiar syncopations of sequenced bass, guitar and keyboards, the backbeat that helps to make the steel pan as warm as a tropical island breeze.
Robert is a kindred soul who has traveled the world spreading music to the masses in many different forms and one of those amazing individuals that deserves to be celebrated for his life path and his artistry. He is a self-taught musician, which makes his growth and transitions throughout his life that much more implausible.
He speaks softly, moves quietly, and by his own admission is “a very private person” yet Robert Symons has more than made his mark on the entertainment scene both as a multi genre bass guitarist and, in recent years, as a steel pan player.
He has worked with, and for, the rich and famous both in Bermuda and in many countries abroad, and as a professional musician is both well respected and sought after.
So what is it that makes this man and his music so popular……as always, the answer must be subjective, but certainly the fact that he is a quiet artist who lets his music speak for him; that it is beautifully performed, has universal appeal and sits gentle on the mind, are parts of it…….
ROBERT HAS TOURED: The United States * Canada * South America * The Caribbean * Mexico * The South Pacific * Hawaii * Scotland * Germany *.
CRUISE LINES ~
PRINCESS ~ Crown, Regal, Grand, Pacific, Golden*
ResidenSea *
NCL ~ Norwegian Pearl, Norwegian Crown, Norwegian Majesty* Norwegian Dream*
CELEBRITY ~ Horizon ~ Azamara Journey*
CARNIVAL ~ Fascination*
HOLLAND AMERICA ~ Noordam*
CORPORATE ~
RIMS conference 1998 San Diego *
ASHRM Conference 2006 San Diego *
ASHRM Conference 2007 Chicago *
Bermuda Tourism Overseas Marketing Seminars 1997 ~ ongoing *
FESTIVALS / CONCERTS~
Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2003, Edinburgh, Scotland. *
Bremen Music Festival 2005,Bremen,Germany *
Bermuda Music Festival 2006 Opening Act *
Resident bass player at Blackbeards Castle Hotel, St. Thomas performing with jazz duos from the US mainland*
Appearing as a regular at the famous Barnacle Bills rock and roll club in St. Thomas*
Resident bass player at the Secret Harbor Hotel, St. Thomas that hosted the "jazz cruise brunch" for many famous jazz musicians and entertainers that were
performing on board the cruise ship The Norway*
Performed with legendary jazz pianists Dorothy Donagan and Dave Brubeck*
Performing in duo acts with numerous steel pan players and a Jazz harpist on the St. Thomas, St. John U.S.V.I. and Puerto Rico Hotel and Restaurant circuit*
BERMUDA AIRPORT ~ US Departures 1997 ~ ongoing *
Robert Symons Has an Interesting and Inspiring Story and Music That Will Take You Right to The Sandy Shores From Whence Him Came.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Bermuda-01/24/05-The story of Robert Symons is interesting and moving. In what was to become a lifetime pattern of diligence and dedication, he set out to teach himself the instruments of his profession at a very early age.
The renowned Steel Pan Soloist and recording artist from the Island of Bermuda currently has three CDs available. He has the right approach with this series of releases, take some of the best known songs and make them his own with the help of the steel pan, giving you a chance to relive all the feelings and emotions that go along with each time tested tune Breathing some of that tropical way of living into the tunes with some of the most simple and relaxing music is what the result of this fine effort accomplishes. Once again, directly from Bermuda, the steel pan will steal you away for a while. Robert’s music is a wonderful relaxing tool, try it you will like it!
© Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck June 28, 2005 Rating 8/10 Muzikreviews.com
GENRE: Solo Instrumental / Easy Listening / Pop / World / Caribbean
On volumes one and two of contemporary easy listening compositions, he works his way through the history of pop music with panache, style and gracefulness. He arranged performed and produced all selections. The recordings feature Symons’ eclectic style and approach with modern music hits, utilizing all the tools known within the genre.
Volume 1 is a full of mellow interludes while Volume 2 features more upbeat and transitional adaptations of popular tunes you have learned to love over the years. "Unforgettable," "Crazy," "This Magic Moment," you know them all. That memorable once in a lifetime cruise you took, someone’s special wedding reception, or memories of walking on a white sandy beach in the Bermuda sun will come to mind while listening to the instrumental versions of each track. This music is a one-way ticket to your own personal paradise.
Robert SymonsTropicana Steel Pan Bermuda Volume 3
CD Label: Independent
Are you looking for some music to melt away the stress of the day, the kind that will have you singing just like that morning dove outside your window? I have just the thing, a musical elixir delivered by a magician of the steel pan named Robert Symons. I had the pleasure of hearing the first two installments of his Tropicana Steel Pan music, now he has Volume 3 all set to go so you can load up all three CDs, turn it up, kick back, and get a sun tan right in your own living room, well, almost. The music certainly does give a beachside view of that island of your dreams with the pink sand and endless shoreline. Imagery is what this music creates and it works very well if you let it. You will recognize many, if not all of these tunes; I guess that would depend on your age group though. I found myself singing all the words after a few notes, except "Begin The Beguine," I am not that old. It is quite amazing how Symons coaxes all of these beautiful rhythms and sounds from his steel pan set. A James Taylor classic opens the album, "Handyman," and it sets the mood just right and puts a warm feeling in your heart. Taylor's music was always good for those warm fuzzy feelings. I love Lulu's timeless tune "To Sir With Love," there is just something about that song that pulls on my heartstrings and I think about the movie with Sydney Portier. It really is something how the instrumental takes on these songs can stir up so many things in your mind. Symons has the right approach with this series of releases, take some of the best-known tunes, and make them his own with the help of the steel drums. He gives you a chance to relive all the feelings and emotions that go along with each time tested tune. Breathing some of that tropical way of living into the tunes with some of the most simple and relaxing music there is what the result is of this fine effort accomplishes. Once again, directly from Bermuda, the steel drums will steal you away for a while. Trust me, this music is a wonderful relaxing tool, try it you will like it.
AVAILABLE AT www.cdbaby.com/symons
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Robert Symons is a new user and hopefully artist to Whole Wheat. I took the liberty to move general information that he had placed in this news page to his user page until such time as an artist page can be developed. I trust he will be forwarding his music to Jim for placement in the library 
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Welcome Robert! 
--BlueRidge (talk/contribs) 03:15, July 17, 2008 (AKDT)
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