Who ever said, that a demo gets you nowhere. Above all it can get you a review and an interview feature on the famous jazz-not-jazz.com site *grin*.
The Official Bootleg Of Chris Rob Vol. I recently showed me what potential Chris Rob has and while some of the songs on this bootleg have a demo feeling there are some that hit me at once like the powerful Said You’d Never Leave.
So, here’s the jazz-not-jazz interview with Chris Rob and the good news is that his “real” debut album will be released early next year.

Q: Your Official Bootleg is available for some time now. How happy are you with the reactions? And when will you release a regular album?

Chris Rob: The whole point of the Bootleg was just to get out something, anything that highlighted me. I had been working on songs for years, and I got sick of playing them in the car or just for friends. So now that I’m doing interviews about it, I have to say I’ve gotten more reactions then I expected. I’m still working on the next project, but it’s really shaping up now, and will be coming the beginning of next year.

Q: You’ve been on tour with John Legend, been a music director for Alyson Williams and Melissa Morgan, performed with Prince, Stevie Wonder, Michelle N’degeocello and a lot of other artists. What did you learn from the mentioned artists and how has this work influenced your music?

Chris Rob: I think the biggest thing I learned was to just be me on stage, to not really judge myself, or try to sastify everyone like emerging artists often do, but just to get out on stage and give my all, and to do the same while recording. The greatest music comes when you don’t force it, you just allow the listener to respond to it.

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