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Rob Michael
Solidbody & Hollowbody electric guitar, Nylon and Steel string Acoustic guitars and guitar synth.
Rob has been a man possessed by the mysteries of music for nearly 30 years.
Born in 1965, Rob grew up in the Grand Junction Colorado where he
started playing piano at age six but later switched to guitar.
At the age of 17, Rob moved from Colorado to California where he
studied music theory and jazz improvisation at Solano Community college
with Delbert Bump and Chabot Community College with Frank Sumares. In
1987 he moved to Hollywood to become an Honors Graduate at the
prestigious Musicians Institute (GIT) where he studied with a variety of incredible musicians including: Scott Henderson, Joe Diorio, Ron Echete, Peter Sprague, Norman Brown, Bob Magnuson, Jeff Berlin and Gary Willis.
Over the years, Rob has been the leader of several Trio groups (Ideas
Ensemble, The Evil Trio among others...) that played throughout much of
the West coast.
Rob has stayed very busy for the past 20 years teaching literally
thousands of private lessons regularly seeing 60-70 students per week.
Not only teaching all styles of solo and ensemble guitar and bass
playing, but also sharing his extensive knowledge of music technology.
He has been hired by industry leaders such as Alesis, Peavey, and Roland /Boss Corporation.
Rob has consulted and educated the novice as well as seasoned
professional in the advances in guitar synthesis and digital recording.
He has also written instructional articles for the national music
publication Frets magazine.
Besides his role as co-leader for the Atmos Trio, he does solo
guitar and duet performances and works in numerous casuals bands and
plays in the Mediterranean band "Diamante."
Jeff Obee
Six-string electric fretted and fretless bass
A
versatile and supportive bassist, Jeff has covered the stylistic map in
his 30 years as a professional. In this time he has consistently gigged
with various bands playing jazz and fusion; world music; electronic
dance music; soul, R&B, and funk; rock, pop, and ska; and top 40
and standards.
Originally from Madison, Wisconsin (where he studied with jazz great
Richard Davis) he moved to the San Francisco area in late 1979 and
joined Point of Departure, a dynamic jazz-influenced group performing
the original compositions of its members (most notably keyboardist John
R. Burr). They played regularly at venues in the area for five years,
and shared the concert stage with Dave Brubeck, Vital Information, The Dregs, and various Windham Hill
artists. He also played with Booga-Booga during that period, a
Zappa-influenced group consisting of former Berklee School of Music
faculty.
The late 90s to the present has brought involvement in the Shelley Doty X-tet
for four and half years of local gigs, showcases, and tours up and down
the west coast; concert performances with flute virtuoso Viviana Guzman's Performers of the World and Divas Latinas; The Venusians
(with Rob Michael), a techno/electronica influenced world pop band that
played festivals, concerts, packed clubs, and many corporate events
(particularly in the Silicon Valley); and Groove.Org, a unique and original instrumental trio.
Joe Shotwell
Drums and percussion.
Joe
has been playing drums and percussion for the last 29 years. Along with
his formal training, he has extensive performing and recording
experiences ranging from jazz, rock and pop, to experimental music.
Playing with groups and traveling all over the Eastern seaboard really
proved to be a tremendous learning experience.
Upon moving to California in 1987 (from Baltimore)he continued playing
with various local groups and working in the studio. In the Spring of
2000, Joe was involved with Eric Idle, as he exploited Monty Python on a national tour, which culminated in New York at the prestigious Carnegie Hall. On this tour he also backed up international artists Art Garfunkel and country legend, Clint Black.
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