Double bass • Electric bass • Recording
Performance
Credits
Studio & Screen
Abbey Road Studios
Angel Studios
Sphere Studios
Soundtree Music
Bell Studios
Selected titles
Downton Abbey
Woman in Gold
Recording credits include work for
BBC Films · BBC Television and Radio · CBC · RAI · Miramax · MGM · Sony · Origin Pictures
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Nike (Winning in a Winter Wonderland / Hyperwarm)
Stella Artois
Albums
Shari Chaskin At War With Love
Darcy Stamp It Doesn’t Have to, but it Might
Esteban Herrera Colibri de Papel
Gisela Romero Mexicana
Tina Hartt The Absence of You
Numerous library music tracks for television and film.
West End & Theatre
Avenue Q
Chicago
The Wizard of Oz
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Kiss Me, Kate
A Damsel in Distress
Urinetown
The Last Tango
The Phantom of the Opera
The Secret Garden
Sinatra
After Miss Julie
And others.
UK tours
Mary Poppins (Disney / Cameron Mackintosh)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Orchestral
Tenerife Symphony Orchestra (Spain)
Regina Symphony Orchestra (Canada)
Freelance symphony, chamber and opera orchestras at UK festivals and on recording sessions
In the UK, Rob has played in the bass sections of freelance orchestras alongside members of the London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic and London Symphony orchestras, on recording sessions and at festivals.
Theatre Productions in Calgary
And the World Goes ’Round
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
Footloose
Cabaret
Beehive
Sister Act
9 to 5: The Musical
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
The Soul of Motown
Mamma Mia!
Jersey Boys
London · Jazz, Cabaret & Pop
Des O’Connor
Noel McCalla (Manfred Mann)
British Philharmonic Orchestra Big Band
Accompanying visiting Broadway cabaret artists, including Liz and Ann Hampton Callaway.
Calgary · Live Work
Shari Chaskin
Tina Hartt
Darcy Stamp
Stage West
Klave Latin Band and Distrito Salsa: Cuban son, salsa, bachata and cumbia on Baby Bass and electric bass.
Remote Recording
Whether it's Jazz, electric bass, a solo bowed double bass part, or entire bass section with overdubs, I have done it all in my home studio and can provide stems that you can drop into your session. Let my experience of recording in some of the world's top studios benefit your next project.
Instruments
1973 Fender Precision Bass
1977 Fender Jazz Bass
Zon five-string fretless
Overwater five-string Jazz Bass
Ampeg Baby Bass
Various double basses, set up for solo, orchestral, baroque, and jazz playing.
Equipment includes
Radial DIs
Grace Design preamps
Neumann and AKG microphones
Software
Logic Pro
Recording session files can be delivered in your format of choice.
Rates & Revisions
Rates and revisions are negotiable and handled on a case-by-case basis.