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Everything you could hope for from this musically entrenched trio.
Dive into their complete journey in our “Groundbreaking DocuVideoBook” that brings it to life in sound and vision.
Jam out to 7 unforgettable albums you’ll have on repeat.
Binge ‘super delta three tv’ – their 6-part sensational TV series
The history of Ria John Bob is not drawn from casual observations, hearsay or memories; it is taken from extensive time-lined diaries and contemporaneous multimedia records kept from their very beginning.
Their story and the capture of their journey…
‘Ria John Bob Walking To A Different Beat’
is a footprint and cultural legacy.
The “Groundbreaking DocuVideoBook”
a new imprint from ‘My Life On A Stick’ allows us to share every part of Ria John Bob’s eclectic journey in text, sound and vision.
Ria John Bob represent the antithesis of instant success in that ‘overnight success’ usually follows years of hard work with plenty of thrills and spills along the way. Their excitement, thrills, trials are captured every step of the way in their DocuVideoBook, along with the irony of it all.
“What will strike you most is the glory of the perseverance of
Ria John Bob clearly walking to a different beat”
If you’ve ever wondered what life is like inside the music business your curiosity will be satisfied by this poignant human and memorable story about ‘Ria John Bob’. It covers their 22-year journey, their music and their art. Ria John Bob’s journey is filled with all the magic of the music biz and it also gives a first-hand rare insight into the business of music … “how it works and how it really is”.
It also tells the story of how global popstar Sam Smith was discovered by Bob which enabled him to become a popstar.
“Ria John Bob is a band of conviction and commitment, evidenced by their long-term working relationships and their vast and beautiful music and art catalogues. This unique story tells of a creative panoply, nurturing, shielding and developing talent. As their story is taken from detailed diaries, audio and filmed records from their very beginning, this is a step-by-step factual history. It shows how those involved took that extra step, developing an environment that allows no limitations and how integrity, mutual respect and time allow nothing but possibility and that with belief, patience, respect, a little bit of luck and trust in spirit and time, creation can be achieved with all of the dignity and none of the destruction” Derrick Moore V&M Creative Director
As with all good stories, this one has a stimulating cast of characters… so, let’s introduce the protagonists…
..PERFORMERS..
Ria John Bob and also Victoria, JC, Will for their tv series ‘super delta three tv’.
..BAND NAMES..
Ria John Bob | Super Delta Three | Lovatux | January Land | Ziggy | Babyvader
..SONGWRITERS..
Hemmings, Conlon, Pearce.
Ria John Bob recorded several albums, toured extensively and had their own six-part tv series – ‘super delta three tv’.
They were signed by major labels …East West-Warners, Mercury and Intercord-EMI.
VIP treatment is usually laid on by those major labels for signed artists. But then culling of artists by the same labels is also usual, with no thought for the damage to the artist or even particularly why they are culling them.
“Record labels were always like The Hunger Games: twenty artists go in but only one star comes out” CEO of Kobalt – Willard Ahdritz 2018
Ria John Bob had their last signing in 2000 when they signed to indie label Venus and Mars Music (V&M).
“This is not a sob story; it’s about highs and lows, ducking and diving to survive. Ultimately a story of creative endurance, to which many people will relate, and unveils what is hidden behind the mask of people’s perception of what making it in the music business is about.” Ria
A small but significant part of Ria John Bob story is about Bob discovering award-winning global popstar Sam Smith.
‘When Sam Met Bob’ is about that life defining meeting for Sam.
Bob, as a vocal and performance coach at Sylvia Young Theatre School, was holding a musicals’ class when 14-year-old Sam Smith walked in. At that time Sam was considering Musicals as their future career.
At that time Sam was a confident 14-year-old. From the time they were a child they had big dreams backed by resolute determination, fueled by self-belief and tenacity but their mind, body and soul focused on one dream only …
“I Want To Be A Star“ Sam 3 Oct 2007.
Bob’s immediate responses to Sam’s thinking were:-
Sam did not have the tools to achieve their dream as they had no professional experience (previously only singing in school and competitions and signing covers of the female divas they loved).
Sam’s voice needed to be properly developed and Sam needed to learn how to protect their voice. Bob was a big part of that process and he and V&M called in Anthony Wade k/a Dr Voice an absolute legend.
Sam had not yet discovered their own arts and skills or their personal and creative direction
Sam’s future lay in the potential of their voice and would be best served in pop music where they could write and perform original songs.
So, Bob introduced Sam and their parents/managers to his own “artist-centric” label management – Venus and Mars Music (V&M).
Finding Sam’s Voice was the initial focus of Sam’s development programme. Having introduced Sam to V&M, Bob worked with Sam, (essentially in the Pink House) spending many hours finding and developing the voice he knew Sam had; he then took Sam through routining songs for their first album – ’Sam Smith Diva Boy’ – which was produced by Bob and Adam Helal. Bob and V&M also called in voice expert Anthony Wade k/a Dr Voice. Dr Voice was also an artist’s guru in seeing them through emotional hic-cups. Sam stayed with Dr Voice through to 2013.
“We had a lot of fun along the way – oh and Sam’s Dad Fred, a great fella, served us a lot of great food!” Bob
The songs Sam chose, from hundreds on offer, for ‘Sam Smith Diva Boy’ were songs written by Ria John Bob.
That album was exactly what Sam needed at that time which Sam recognised and said …
“I love Sam Smith Diva Boy I have grown up with it and I have grown as a person with it”. Sam July 2009.