Robert Navarro

Current

President & CEO at Ra Audio, Inc.
Producer/Composer/Songwriter (Self-employed)

Past

Executive Producer of Custom Music Projects at APM Music
Music Director at APM Music
Music Librarian at Occidental College

Guitar & Bass Teacher at Blue Ridge Pickin' Parlor
Staff Writer at Dreams To Dreams: The Official James Horner Society

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Education

Occidental College
California State University-Northridge
Musician's Institute (GIT)

Musonia School of Music
Bruce Bouillet (Private Instruction)
Eric Jones (Private Instruction)
Jeffrey Bernstein (Private Instruction)
Kirk Hellie (Private Instruction)
Richard Grayson (Private Instruction)
Ron Anderson (Private Instruction)
Rowan Taylor (Private Instruction)

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Industry

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Robert Navarro’s Summary

In January of 2001, Robert accepted the position of Music Director for APM Music. Over the next few years Robert selected tracks for music supervisors spanning the motion picture, television and video game industries on projects such as Spider-Man, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Smallville, The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Sponge Bob Square Pants, and Twisted Metal Black. Eventually Robert crossed over into the production side of the business, and began singing on library CDs. This led to coordinating CD projects for various APM related libraries, as well as producing, recording and composing CDs of his own including a co-production with film composer Jeff Rona, projects with Jeffrey Cain and Leslie Van Trease of Remy Zero, Scott Rockenfield and Michael Wilton of Queensrÿche, and award winning lyricist Hal David. Shortly thereafter, Robert became an Executive Producer for APM. Working directly with A-list clientele, Robert and his team produced a tremendous amount of music including ESPN’s ‘Monday Night Football’ Theme and the Kansas City Royals Theme. To date, Robert has produced 30 library CDs and over 1500 individual tracks for APM related productions.

In the world of Game Audio, Robert has managed to get his music into various video games including Naruto: The Broken Bond and Rise Of A Ninja (Ubisoft), Driver 76’ (Ubisoft), Surf’s Up (Ubisoft), LA RUSH (Midway Games), and American Chopper: Full Throttle (Activision).

In August of 2007 Robert resigned from APM to found Ra Audio Inc.- a music production company dedicated to creating music for film, TV, Game Audio and commercial artists.

Robert lives and works in Los Angeles, California, where he splits his time between composition for film, TV and video games, producing artists, and reinventing himself.

Robert Navarro’s Specialties:

Composition, Songwriting, Producing, Production Music Library Consulting, Project Management and Coordination, Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion.

Robert Navarro’s Experience

President & CEO

Ra Audio, Inc.

(Music industry)

August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

Composed, performed, recorded and produced music content for Production Music Libraries, Fortune 500 companies, video games, motion pictures, television programming, commercials, and recording artists.
Producer/Composer/Songwriter

Self-employed

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Music industry)

January 2000 — Present (9 years 11 months)

Composed, performed, recorded and produced music content for Production Music Libraries, Fortune 500 companies, video games, motion pictures, television programming, commercials, and recording artists.
Executive Producer of Custom Music Projects

APM Music

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Music industry)

January 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 8 months)

Executive produced and coordinated the production of music content for APM and various related clientele. Oversaw, the production of music content from third party vendors. Liaised between clients and third party vendors to ensure successful results. Managed multiple teams of third party composers, producers, engineers and sound designers. Recruited third party production resources. Conceptualized and implemented the direction, structure, organization and intent of custom music libraries and individual CD and tracks projects for APM and various related clientele. Assisted with artwork selection, titling, track descriptions, track order and other related CD/track information. Composed, performed, recorded and produced music content for APM and various related clientele.
Music Director

APM Music

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Music industry)

January 2001 — August 2007 (6 years 8 months)

Complete familiarization with the physical CDs and online content comprising the library. Assisted producers, music supervisors and music editors with the selection of CDs/tracks for various productions. Assisted clients with the navigation of the online library and website. Coordinated content delivery via shipping, on-site pick-up and digital delivery via the Internet. Executive produced and coordinated the production of library CDs and individual tracks. Consulted with the affiliated libraries on project direction, content briefs and composer allocation. Critiqued and assessed prospective composer content submissions. Scouted and referred new talent to APM and the affiliated libraries. Conducted in-person product and service demonstrations. Organized and updated client in-house libraries. Researched and analyzed trends in music, client content usage and related technology. Beta-tested updates and related design innovations to the online library and website.
Music Librarian

Occidental College

(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)

September 1997 — June 1999 (1 year 10 months)

Complete familiarization with the content of the library. Organized and maintained the recordings, videos, reference books and music scores that comprised the library. Assisted students and teachers with the location and selection of study materials. Operated and maintained the library computers, and assisted students with educational software programs and related online content.
Guitar & Bass Teacher

Blue Ridge Pickin' Parlor

(Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Music industry)

February 1997 — April 1998 (1 year 3 months)

Instructed beginning, intermediate and advanced students in the study of guitar and bass. Related course studies include sight-reading, sight-singing, musicianship, ear-training, technique, improvisation, songwriting, and transcription.
Staff Writer

Dreams To Dreams: The Official James Horner Society

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)

September 1995 — January 1997 (1 year 5 months)

Columnist for a French Film Scoring magazine (under the direction of Didier Lepretre) dedicated to the music of James Horner. Responsibilities included in depth analysis, critique and discussion of selected works.

Robert Navarro’s Education

Occidental College

B.A. , Music Composition, Music Theory, Musicianship, Ear-Training, Orchestration, Conducting, etc. , 1997 — 1999

Activities and Societies:

Jazz Band (Bass)
California State University-Northridge

Music Composition, Guitar Studies 1996 — 1997

Activities and Societies:

Handbell Ensemble
Musician's Institute (GIT)

Guitar performance, Musicianship, Ear-Training, Sight Reading, Improvisation, Songwriting, etc. 1991 — 1992
Musonia School of Music

Guitar, Music Theory, Musicianship, Ear-Training 1990 — 1991
Bruce Bouillet (Private Instruction)

Guitar, Music Theory
Eric Jones (Private Instruction)

Classical Guitar
Jeffrey Bernstein (Private Instruction)

Music Composition
Kirk Hellie (Private Instruction)

Guitar, Music Theory, Musicianship
Richard Grayson (Private Instruction)

Music Composition
Ron Anderson (Private Instruction)

Vocal Technique
Rowan Taylor (Private Instruction)

Music Composition, Music Theory, Musicianship

Additional Information

Robert Navarro’s Websites:

Robert Navarro’s Interests:

Music, Fine Art, Pro Audio, Recording Engineering, Live Concerts, Martial Arts, The Occult, Asian Philosophy & Religion, Comparitive Religion, Anthropology, Archaeology, Cooking, Film and Game Audio.

Robert Navarro’s Groups:

ASCAP, MCPS, NARAS, Music Cares,
The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency,
G.A.N.G. (Game Audio Network Guild),
AES (Audio Engineering Society),
IGDA (International Game Developers Association),
SCL (The Society of Composers & Lyricists),
Koga Warrior Society,
Musician's Institute,
Wildcard Boxing Club