Rob Moitoza has appeared on over fifty record albums as bassist, vocalist or writer. He has written over a thousand original songs, and he is an experienced recording engineer and producer of pop music, soundtracks, and radio and television advertising.
His recent CD releases include "Speak Out!" (eclectic, contemporary protest music), "World on Fire - Songs for Peace" (a collaboration with Craig Ingraham), "Quiet Might" (smooth R&B love songs), and "Rob Moitoza's Cavalcade of Stars" (musical and political satire). A new CD, "Set the Wild Man Free", is due for release early 2008.
Rob has formerly performed in bands with The Sons of Champlin, Cold Blood, Holly Near, Spencer Davis, Jerry Miller, Sam Andrew, Kiki Dee, Tim Weisberg, and Annie Rose and the Thrillers. He has appeared on recordings with Holly Near, David Lanz, Harvey Mason, Brian Auger, The Sons of Champlin, Sugarloaf, Tower of Power (as writer), Tom Scott, Tim Noah, Victor Feldman, Orville Johnson, Curley Cooke, and many more.
Rob has also produced recordings for Duffy Bishop, The Sons of Champlin, Naomi Baltuck, Tonya Ferris, and Tim Noah, including soundtracks for the movie "Daredreamer" and the Emmy Award-winning video presentation "In Search of the Wow Wow Wibble Woggle Wazzie Woodle Woo!"
In 2002 and 2004, Rob received the BB Award for "Best Bass" from the Washington Blues Society.
Currently Rob can be seen performing in the Pacific Northwest with Mark Riley, "Blues to Burn", with Annette Taborn and Curley Cooke, Nick Vigarino's Meantown Blues, and his own recently formed funk/satire group, the "House of Reprehensibles", featuring Paul Richardson on keyboards and Marty Vadalabene on drums.
Thanks for the add! Good to see you here on MySpace. It's always nice to keep in touch with the musicians that I knew in Seattle. I'm on the road to Nashville, TN. with several musical stops along the way! Until we meet again, stop by my site and say hello occassionally and keep on making great music!
BASS VIOLATIONS ELECTRIC PLAYERS: Checking hair between tunes $15 Experimenting with odd meters $25 Missing root at end of blistering fill $25 Playing with a pick $50 Tuning during ballad $30 Playing Jaco groove on samba $75 Playing Jaco samba groove on ballad $150 Attempting last word on final chord $50 Achieving last word on final chord $100 Long gliss down to final note $200
EQUIPMENT VIOLATIONS--ELECTRIC: Forgetting strap $10 Changing strings after every set $15 Using electric tuner $15 Setting up mic "just in case" $75 Forgetting to turn amp on $40 Bringing amp larger than 1 person can carry in 1 trip $50 Asking horn player for help moving amp $25 Bringing custom-made bass $100 per string above 4 Bringing more than 1 bass $100 per extra bass Skull decals on bass $150 Bringing fretless bass $500
