"LOCAL HEROES" interview May 15th, 2025
I was interviewed as part of the fabulous "Local Heroes" series of interviews (with legendary Perth music journalist Bob Gordon) and my band "The Landing" also performed a few songs. Just click on the link above to listen.
These live interviews are held regularly at the Local Hotel in South Fremantle, and honour Western Australian musicians who have made an impact in the community.
Topics included in this wide-ranging interview include:
1. Why Robert sometimes plays songs with titles only starting with one letter!
2. Why he think loneliness is prominent with musicians
3. The stress of performing
4. His celebrity sister
5. Growing up Gibsons, British Columbia
6. Why he sucked at piano when he first started
7. How he feels about his friends from elementary school
8. The culture shock of moving to Perth as a 12 year old
9. Why he had to fake an Aussie accent
10. How he "became "a singer by accident
11. His first ever professional gig (a sad story)
12. How he once made a waiter cry
13. How it felt to release his debut album
14. How he "faked" being a music teacher
15 His first ever gig in Canada (another sad story)
16. Why he decided on his chosen career
17 The impact on Robert and his family of moving to Perth in 2020
18. Why "The Line" is different to any of his previous albums
19. His long-time association with El Salvador
20. His feelings on Donald Trump and Canadian pride
21. Why he turns down some gigs
22. Why he loves being in bands
The interview also includes the world premiere of Robert's song "Water", as well as live performances of (as yet unrecorded) songs "Smiling Just for Me", "Look Ahead", "Liberty Belle", as well as album cuts "The Line, The One That Got Away", and "When The World Begins Again"
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I was interviewed as part of the fabulous "Local Heroes" series of interviews (with legendary Perth music journalist Bob Gordon) and my band "The Landing" also performed a few songs. Just click on the link above to listen.
These live interviews are held regularly at the Local Hotel in South Fremantle, and honour Western Australian musicians who have made an impact in the community.
Topics included in this wide-ranging interview include:
1. Why Robert sometimes plays songs with titles only starting with one letter!
2. Why he think loneliness is prominent with musicians
3. The stress of performing
4. His celebrity sister
5. Growing up Gibsons, British Columbia
6. Why he sucked at piano when he first started
7. How he feels about his friends from elementary school
8. The culture shock of moving to Perth as a 12 year old
9. Why he had to fake an Aussie accent
10. How he "became "a singer by accident
11. His first ever professional gig (a sad story)
12. How he once made a waiter cry
13. How it felt to release his debut album
14. How he "faked" being a music teacher
15 His first ever gig in Canada (another sad story)
16. Why he decided on his chosen career
17 The impact on Robert and his family of moving to Perth in 2020
18. Why "The Line" is different to any of his previous albums
19. His long-time association with El Salvador
20. His feelings on Donald Trump and Canadian pride
21. Why he turns down some gigs
22. Why he loves being in bands
The interview also includes the world premiere of Robert's song "Water", as well as live performances of (as yet unrecorded) songs "Smiling Just for Me", "Look Ahead", "Liberty Belle", as well as album cuts "The Line, The One That Got Away", and "When The World Begins Again"
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OTHER INTERVIEWS
I was recently interviewed on a show called “Meet The Page” hosted by Valerie Preston on Radio Fremantle. It's a show about writing. Topics covered included:
- My favourite song and what it means to me
- The songwriter who means the most to me
- The unknown impact people can have on other people
- Why you SHOULD tell people what you think of them
- Random comments that can have a huge impact
- Why is was good (and bad) for me to learn classical music as child
- Why it took me song long to become a songwriter
- How I learned to back myself and get “out of my lane”
- The influence of Richard Gill on my life
- The challenge of being a working musician as opposed to an “artist”
- Singing from my heart
- How touring the UK changed my life
- The time I got busted by the Fremantle Council
- Why being stubborn is smart
- Working musicians who have inspired me
- My experience with “groupies”
- Why I called my first album “Storm in a Teacup”
- Who the heck is Jonathon Baker?
- How to write songs on public transport
- My work with Jose Figueroa
- My first love
- My new book I am writing
- Why I am a slave to the public
- Why young people like old songs
- What “The Line” is about
The audio can be found here. Just click on the July 28th interview and start it from 1:23.10. I hope you enjoy it!
Since releasing his solo album "The Line" in 2022, I have been interviewed on "The Twilight Zone" and "Start Me Up" on Radio Fremantle, as well as on "Capital Events", the Arts Program on Capital Radio.
I was also recently was interviewed for a podcast called "Once Upon A Line" in which I talked about two lines of literature that have inspired me for decades - lines I wrote down and kept in my wallet for 30 years! You can listen here:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1361668/6451027-seymour-an-introduction.
Here's an cool interview I did about his first album “Storm in a Teacup” with Joel Hurd from the "8:00 HOUR" on NCPR (New York):
In April 2023, I also did an interview/performance with the folks at the Dallas Songwriters Association which you can see here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6gfF1m5E68
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Just me, a baby grand and a room full of strangers who will soon become a FAMILY through music.....come be a part of it! We can pretend we are on a cruise ship! 4 hours of requests, 4 hours of sing-a-long, 4 hours of fun! Every Friday and Saturday starting March 20th! I am PUMPED to be starting this residency in the city in the Downbeat Basement at Pirate Life in the city! That's right - EVERY Friday and Saturday night! No song too cheesy! This is the evening you have been waiting for Get the train in and come and sing with me! Bring yer mom, your sister, you dad, your neighbour, your son, your school buds.....bring em all! See you there!
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