Robert C.E. Delong

Robert C. E. DeLong was born in Seattle on February 18th, 1986, to a loving mother and father, and two adoring sisters. Shortly after that, he moved to Bothell, where he fervently studied space travel and astronomy. His interest in old-time radio overtook his life at some point, becoming an almost religious collector of tapes of Jack Benny, The Shadow, and the Great Gildersleeves. He briefly dated Johanna Chase, who was his first kiss, however, she left him for the "new kid" at school, probably because his superior athleticism. Sometime later he devoted his life to his computer, playing Monkey Island, learning QBasic, and making 3d animations in trueSpace. This indirectly led to a darker period in his life, where he focussed his creative energy on writing Pop Punk music. Even though this was probably a negative outlet overall for his musical output, it helped mature his songwriting skills. He slowly progressed through highschool, where he discovered the joys of dating and electronic music. Upon graduating highschool, he packed his bags and drove to the Golden State, where he concentrated on writing a hybrid of electronic and folk music, and developed a distinct love for harmonic exploration and aleatoric composition.

Now Robert is in the future, constructing electronic soundscapes that capture the grandeur of quasars and car commercials. He writes existentialist folk songs that ambiguously follow his philosophical excapades into moral degradation. He presses buttons, turns knobs, strums guitars, wears headphones, plays drums, eats Thai green curry, stays up too late, and questions his own existence. Robert C. E. DeLong is truly this generation's "whatever guy," and writes music that can be succinctly characterised as "whatever."

Contact:
robbie.delong@gmail.com

Links:
Myspace Profile