I've been called barefoot bob since i lived in a little village in the interior of the main island of Fiji. It rained all of the time (literally), so being barefoot and covered in mud were just a way of life - but when a slight dissipation of the water level would let a truck break across the bridge to head to the city, friends and i would forget about such things and head for some fun. when we got to the city, some snobbish city people would sneer at the lowly barefoot, mud-covered people of the hills...but would always wonder why one of them was a kaivulagi (foreigner)...soon people started to talk about me and say, "oh - that's just barefoot bob coming down from the hills" (and the name has preceded me everywhere i've gone since...).

i'm currently at Arnold's Beach Bar in Waikiki every Thursday night and am soon to be at Hank's Pub in Honolulu every Saturday night. As co-founder of the Oahu Songwriters Group (oSg), i'm co-host and featured performer at the songwriter showcase the last Tuesday of every month at the rRed Elephant in Chinatown and am part of a team of songwriter/performers at the Kim Taylor Riece Gallery on the First Friday of every month in Chinatown. Love it. The most special moments happen every time that i see that someone is actually listening intently to the lyrics (smiling at all of the right times, crying at all of the right times, and, most importantly, laughing at all of the right times!).

It makes it much easier for us to share music and much more difficult for us to filter it.

I'm not big on hypothetical questions. If a major label has a contract in hand for me, I'll make the decision at the time.

i'm influenced by any event that strikes me as funny (they are everywhere!); as touching; as something that would otherwise send me into a downward spiral if i didn't have songwriting and power chords to reframe such negativity. i'm influenced by people who make me think and feel and emote (and gag?) - and by occasional refills.

The same answer as what's my favorite among the songs that i've written - THE NEXT ONE! (but it's hard to beat honolulu!)

I'm big on the cowbell.

I like duct tape. And chilli sauce. But not together.