Robert Perala

Robert has been playing music since his early teens, including rhythm and bass guitar and piano. Brought up on the sunny California Coast, in his childhood Robert was deeply inspired by the emerging sounds of rock and roll, including, The Beatles, the Beach Boys, David Bowie, Elton John and others. As his musical talents matured, so did his interested in multiple music genres, including the great jazz writers of Broadway, including the Gershwins, Rogers and Hart, and Jimmy Van Husen . Roberts vocal styles were also heavily influenced by the great performers such as Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Paul McCartney. Music is not just a hobby for Robert, it is as much of an emotional need as living and breathing. His involvement with musical performance has spanned solo gigs to rock and roll bands to eventually music and event production. Some of his experience includes:

Musical Performance Experience

• Just completed a British tour as solo performer of his top hits “Whatever Happened to the American Dream" and “This is America”, among others.
• Produced, directed and performed music video for “Whatever Happened to the American Dream” as theme song to the motion picture documentary “Just Sign Here”.
• Solo performances as jazz performer include gigs at Hilton Hotel in Atlanta Georgia, Doubletree Hotel in San Jose California, Hyatt in Santa Clara California and others.
• Bass guitarist and Bandleader for the band “The Brightest Fire” .
• Played on the bill with "Jefferson Starship" and "The Doors" at the Summer of Love Concert reunion in Monterey, California .
• Opened for "Sly & the Family Stone" at Arena Green Park in San Jose, California.
• Bandleader and Rhythm Guitarist for the band “The Black Lilies” in San Francisco.
• Music Production Experience
• Recently featured on the popular syndicated talk radio show “Coast to Coast AM".
• Produced several charitable concerts for disaster relief and public awareness throughout California, including: “Revolution” Concert for Adopt a Minefield, Human Rights Day for UNICEF, Hero Aids Africa, Tsunami Relief, and Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief Concerts.
• Emcee and board member for West Fest, celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock.
• Associate Producer and Musical Editor for the documentary film on predatory lending and the mortgage crisis called “Just Sign Here” (for which Robert wrote the theme song “Whatever Happened to the American Dream”).