Well, for the solo stuff, you'd have to ask my mom. I'm pretty sure I was named after the oldest son on "My Three Sons."

Yes, I do play pretty regularly. Mything to do every year is to get a band together to play at Camp Hope on Bantam Lake in Litchfield/Bantam, CT. Getting to know the teens for a few days and then rocking out for them is the closest we get to being "Rock Stars." The worship with a full band is incredible as well.

I have been traveling a lot and I love that I can just give someone a website to check out my tunes! It makes music more readily available. I think it's good for artists in that people who are sure they like a particular song might not want to take the chance and buy the whole album, but they are pretty likely to download just that one song. As long as they are doing it for pay and not steeling, everybody wins. It also gives unknowns, or barely knowns, like us a chance to be heard by anyone in the world!!!

However the Lord leads, but I doubt he's leading us there! I like establishing relationships with people I play for so that the music is more meaningful to them and I am there to talk to them about it. Truthfully, so few people can actually make a living tied to a major label. That and you are just a product to them. They don't really care about you. They do have the promo cred though! Indi labels are much better because they are more vested in their artists and allow you to have more creative freedom.

Rob has been writing music since 1985, Christian music since 1988, and gigging in the Northeast since 1994. He plays guitar and keyboards (rarely simutaneously) and sings original songs in various styles. The band has taken many forms over the years. For the duration of their marriage Rob played with his wife Christine on violin and vocals. The most recognizable form was the ensemble that played almost every weekend as "Rob Carter and the Blueprints" which featured Rob and Christine as well as renowned fingerstyle guitarist Robert Messore (www.robertmessore.com). The pick-up rock bands I assemble tend to play radio rock with a Christian focus. "I think there is an artificial dichotemy in the American Church between the sacred and the secular. God needs to be part of our everyday lives. Taking 'secular' songs and movies and giving scriptural context for them is more lasting to the general public as they will surely hear/see the media again and will be reminded of what the Lord has for them."

Switchfoot, Vertical Horizon, Matchbox 20, Goo Goo dolls, Steely Dan, Rick Springfield, Marroon 5, Journey (many many moons ago), Small Town Poets, PFR, Jars of Clay, Keith Green, Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtiss Chapman

I visited Sydney in July and August of '04. Awesome! Very clean! New York rules (especially the Yankees). Boston Rocks (yah, even the Sox). I may be hearing a call to at least part time missions over seas. Been to Kenya and I'm hoping for Viet Nam next, but that's in God's hands.

Guitars: 2 Strats and a Tele, Dano 63 reissue, a CORT that is the same guitar built in the same factory as the less expensive PRS's, Squire Jagmaster, a Takamine small body acoustic with cuttaway, an Ibanex classical with a cuttaway and electronics, several accoustics, Fender Hot Rod Deluxe amp.
Bass: Ibanez sound gear 5 string and a Behringer amp.
Keys: Yamaha M08
Mics: Shure SM 58, SM 57
Drums: Ludwig Rockers!
PA: Mackie CR-1604 through a Fender SPA-7500 into 2 Carvin 12 inch mains and wedge monitors.

When not writing or gigging, Rob is a 4th and 5th grade Band teacher. It's awesome to love your job! He's in love with a pharmacist/flautist/woman of God!