Original
What Gives
A rOjO original with bite, heart, and a full live pulse.
Composer, Instrumentalist, Performer / Human Jukebox
Good SongsGood MusicGood Times
Soulful originals and familiar favorites, played with groove, heart, humor, and just enough surprise to keep the room leaning in song after song!
Acoustic. Electric. Eclectic. PsychoFunkadelic.
Two sides of one live experience
Originals and Covers.
rOjO writes from lived experience and reworks familiar songs until they feel personal, present, and alive in the room.
Cover
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
A polished full-band-feel performance from the THL Sessions.
The performance library
Watch rOjO in action.
Follow the music from one voice and one guitar to full-band rooms, original songs, and familiar favorites made new.
One musician.
A whole room.
Hear rOjO build warm, groove-driven performances from voice, guitar, harmonica, and one-man-band tools.
The collaborative side.
Watch Robert perform in band settings where harmony, conversation, and shared energy take the lead.
Written here.
Reimagined here.
Move between singer-songwriter originals and covers reshaped through rOjO's own musical lens.
Solo coverDoctor My EyesWatch ↗rOjO originalWhat Gives?Watch ↗rOjO originalSweet Sonya MarieWatch ↗With a bandR&B Lead Vocalist DemoWatch ↗
These selections are a starting point. Facebook holds more performance posts, recordings, and updates from rOjO.
Meet rOjO
A whole evening of music - one human at the center.
rOjO is a seasoned singer-songwriter and one-man band whose sound brings acoustic warmth, electric soul, rhythmic groove, and thoughtful storytelling into one highly personal performance.
His sets travel across genres and decades, mixing original songs with familiar favorites reshaped through his own musical lens. Warm, witty, and conversational onstage, rOjO makes a show feel less like a presentation and more like a shared gathering.
- Wineries & breweries
- Restaurants & listening rooms
- House concerts
- Community & private events
A little acoustic. A little electric. Never ordinary.
"rOjO's music somehow knows its way around...when he plays, the room always gets quiet with intent listeners ...
... that's not easy to do."
- CENI, HopMonk Tavern Entertainment / Open Mic Manager
Come hear it live
See rOjO live.
See the posted schedule, plan a night out, or suggest the next room where rOjO should play.
MAJN · Make A Joyful Noise
A songwriter showcase.
A roomful of voices.
MAJN brings songwriters and singers together at The Lost Church for an uplifting, non-religious gathering where every artist leaves room for a sing-along.
America's Favorite Couple
rO n So could be
America's Favorite Couple.
Alone: Complex. Together: Simple.
Meet Robert and Sonya—the love, music, open mics, rescue babies, and wonderfully individual lives behind one very real couple.
The official AFC experience
- VarietyA featured advertorial
- $20,000The winning prize
- Hollywood HillsDinner with Jeff & Emilie Goldblum
Love doing good. America's Favorite Couple is operated by Colossal.org for AIT, a nationally registered public charity. The program supports the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank's hunger-relief work and Oceana's ocean-conservation mission.
Weddings · Corporate Events · Private Celebrations
Give Your Gathering or Event
A Musical Heartbeat.
A professional, high-quality, engaging, band-level performanceAt a Soloist Price Point.
Bring rOjO's polished, personal live-music experience to a wedding, company gathering, reception, winery event, or private celebration. Share your date, venue, audience, and vision to begin a tailored booking conversation.
Plan A Premium EventMusic for Good
rOjO also enjoys donating performances and supporting nonprofit events, benefits, and good causes that help people in need. If you have a cause in mind, please reach out and tell him about it.
Lessons · coaching · artist development
You Can Be
a One (Wo)Man Band.
Write the song. Find your voice. Play it with confidence. Then build the musical and performance skills that can turn one person into a whole show.
Songwriting & composition
Write stronger lyrics, set music to words, and learn to sing and play your original songs.
Vocals: lead & harmony
Vocal lessons explore head-to-tummy singing, train your ear for harmony, and build habits that care for your voice.
Guitar, loopers & harmonizers
Learn guitar from chords to leads, then add loopers, vocal harmonizers, and sound effects with purpose.
Harmonica lessons
Develop tone, rhythm, musical vocabulary, and ways to weave harmonica naturally into a performance.
One-man-band lessons
Bring instruments, voice, arrangement, gear, practice, and live-show preparation into one playable system.
Public performance & stage presence
Engage an audience, work through stage fright, and develop the preparation and presence to perform professionally.
Band coaching
Help a group listen better, arrange with purpose, rehearse efficiently, and create a more unified live experience.
Singer-songwriter to one-person band
Focused support for artists ready to expand intimate songs into a compelling solo show—with the right layers, tools, arrangements, repertoire, and performance plan for their own voice.
Start with the instrument, the stage, or the whole system.
Ask About Lessons & Coaching
Artist / musicologist / inventor
Listen...you're made of music.
Beyond the stage, Robert Joseph created StateSong - a patented process that turns biometric data into personal music. It is another expression of the same lifelong idea: music lives inside us.
Explore StateSong at MediMuse ->