Born in 1978 and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, Rob Has been playing music thoughout his entire life. After moving through several different instruments, Rob discovered the electric bass in the seventh grade and subsequently the upright bass in the eleventh grade.
He went to McGill University in Montreal, stuyding with Daniel Lessard, Brian Hurley and current Principal Bass of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Brian Robinson. He completed his Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance with High Distinction in 2001. He then got a full scholarhip to attend the University of Colorado at Boulder and study a dual-concentration (Jazz and Classical) Master of Music degree. There he studied with Bass Soloist Dr. Paul Erhard and his degree was expertly guided by trumpeter/educator Dr. John Davis. Upon completion of his Master's degrees in December of 2004, he moved back to Montreal to pursue his career in music.
Throughout his career, Rob has interacted with musicians in Ottawa, Montreal and the Boulder/Denver area gaining experience in numerous musical situations including jazz ensembles, jazz combos, chamber groups and symphony orchestras. He also has studio experience, having recorded several large and small group jazz sessions.
Along with freelancing in the Montreal and Ottawa areas, Rob is currently the bassist and arranger for 15-year-old singing sensation Nikki. This group is in the middle of recording her first album and is eagarly awating summer touring and the great prospects for the future.
Besides all of that, Rob is also discovering a new talent for photography and web-design. He has designed and launched several websites for Montreal-Area musicains and is quickly becoming quite adept with his Nikon D-70 camera. You can check out his work more closely at www.robfahieproductions.com.
Glad to see you last night at my show! Glad you liked it! I wish you could have seen me in my better days, but it was an okay performance. Yeah, I'm a perfectionnist lol
Hi Rob, I think it was you who almost lent us a bass cabinet last year....sorry we got stuck in Halifax, hope somebody mentioned to you we weren't coming (my memory fails me, we were pretty tired hanging out in Halifax airport). Hopefully we'll make it to Montréal again soon. Thanks again for helping. All the best, tunes sound great! Michelle
hey rob! come check out liam, marika and myself at cafe chaos (2031 st-denis) wednesday august 1st with "we are star 69". new tunes, great vibes! we start @9pm we are star 69 @10:30pm $5 hope to see you there.
Just letting you know that the band is heading into some intense rehearsals next week, preparing for some BIG live shows coming up! I'll be updating the space with show dates, locastions and times as well as new promo pics of the band as soon as they are ready.
Wish us luck and I hope you can make it out.. North By Northeast is coming up real soon.. June 7-10 and we will be there and need your support!
Cheers,
Ian
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