Blues (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Warren Haynes, Robben Ford, Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter, Albert Collins, Freddie King, Albert King); Rock (Ani DiFranco, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend, Slash); Fusion (Mike Stern, John McLaughlin, John Scofield, Pat Martino); Funk (Stevie Wonder, The Meters, P-funk, Earth Wind and Fire); Metal (Tool, Lacuna Coil, Korn, Within Temptation, Amorphis, Metallica, King's X); Celtic (Solas, Nomos, Afro Celt Soundsystem, Gael Force, Loreena McKennitt, Alias Acoustic Band) and pretty much everything else I've ever listened to.
Rob Schlink is a versatile guitarist and songwriter having performed and recorded with various bands in many different styles. A Berklee College of Music graduate, he is also a proven arranger and bandleader. Although predominantly a rock, blues and funk player, Rob has also performed and recorded metal, r&b, hip-hop, jazz, fusion, folk, world and even polka.
Some significant accomplishments include:
With Mog:
>Co-wrote and recorded full length CD for Velocity Records/BE Music which received national and international airplay
>Regional tours including tour of Hard Rock Cafes and opening for national acts including Foreignor, Eddie Money and Kid Rock.
>Bob Pare in Instant Magazine once said about Mog: "To say these guys could play is to say, yeah, Rembrandt could paint."
>Endorsement contract with Dean Markley Strings
With Ava Gaudet, singer/songwriter and star of "Rent" on Broadway, ABC's "Ugly Betty" and the soon to be released feature films "Evil Angel" and "Hurt":
>Co-Wrote and recorded 3 full length CD's for Velocity Records
>Co-Wrote "Breezy" - First runner up 2002 John Lennon Songwriting Contest - Best R&B Song
>Performances throughout MA, RI and NY
Rob recently graduated New England School of Law in the top 10.5% of his class with a 3.51 GPA and has passed both the MA and NY bar exams.
He is currently working on two projects: Torc a goth metal band close to completing its first CD and Rude Mood a blues, rock, funk cover band currently playing around Boston
you had better be ready to prove your liver is irish!!! by the way, adriana is the reigning irish car bomb champion of her class, if you would care for a challenge tonight :-)
did spending time with sea monsters also put you in a good mood? :-) by the way, i hope you are prepared for complete and total defeat tonight.....i have turned into a pool shark :-)
its ok, its not the first comment like that that ive recieved, there are spammers all over myspace... thats why i got a facebook account -its a lot better than myspace :) btw it was nice to see you last night
