OUR MUSIC:
FEEL- is what our original music is about ...we make people feel like we've taken them somewhere... inside and out. Critics say we're
Hot AC /Avant- progressive pop mixed in...David Grey meets Steely Dan - we set the VIBE!
Line-up
Robert Goodman Piano/keys Lead Vocal
Tim Moss Drums
Dave Rubinstein Guitar- vocals
Rick Shepherd Fretless Bassbout
ALBUM LYRICS:" EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL" released on Forward Motion Records 9/29/11
YOU:
everytime i go out I look for you everywhere i go
every path that i follow that you made i find sunshine and rainbows
i can't get you out of my mind, can't getcha out of my head, my head, im talkin bout you
you,...........
think i'll wrtie you a letter though i don't know where you are
maybe you're sittin upon ah blue star
i can't get you out of my mind, can't getcha out of my head, my head, i'm talkin bout you
you.....
lead:
you.....I know someday i'll see you, on the otherside, where we will be together, livin so high, walk among the
clouds,
with you, walkin with you, with you, talkin with you.
WHY:
i see the world in a different light a different space, can you help me understand
this lose of love we share this web of life take care strands are falling everywhere
i need you and you and everyone around you to help bring on the day every man woman child,
please don't crucify me for what i see
tell me why...did we let it go so far....tell me why ....did we let it get away from us
please don't crucify me for what i see, don't you crucify me, oh no no.
everyone, everyone, everyone, won't you lend me your ear
it's every breath you take, action that you make , creating love not hate that makes the difference with every
day that's made
i need you and you and everyone around you to help bring on the day every man woman child,
please don't crucify me for what i see
tell me why...did we let it go so far....tell me why ....did we let it get away from us
please don't crucify me for what i see, don't you crucify me, oh no no.
tell me why...did we let it go so far....tell me why ....did we let it get away from us
please don't crucify me for what i see, don't you crucify me, oh no no.WHY!
PRESS RELEASES:
NEWTIMES Backstage in South Florida
Forward Motion's New Releases:
Robert Goodman, and Live Album
By Lee Zimmerman Thu., Dec. 1 2011 at 10:12 AM
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock 'n' roll encounters that took place in our local
environs.
“This week: …new releases from this remarkable record label continue the emphasis on excellence...It seems like Forward Motion
never rests. South Florida's most ambitious record label also boasts a roster bearing the area's most prodigious artists.” “The past
few weeks have… new releases -- a live sampler recorded just last month at a benefit concert, …and a debut disc from Robert
Goodman, the latest addition to the Forward Motion family.” Each reaffirms an unshakable tradition that practically guarantees that
every new offering this label produces will be, simply put and without exception, awesome and outstanding.
Given that prodigious productivity, Forward Motion Live is an ideal introduction to the label in general. Recorded live at the label's
first-anniversary show at Revolution on September 29, it features 15 performances by 14 of the label's artists, organized as a
fundraiser for two local charities -- Kristi House and Musicians on Call. Produced by Fernando Perdomo, Omine Eager, and Lizette
Santana and recorded and mastered by ever-proficent engineer Zach Ziskin, it's a remarkable display of our leading local talent, all
of whom translate their music adroitly from studio to stage with the polish and authority they're known for….-- but even those less-
well-known up until now -- Robert Goodman Band (a review of its new album also follows), …show they're more than capable of
holding their own. With the addition of an accompanying DVD coming soon, those who weren't there get a fresh sense of the energy
expended via a uniformly superb set that's as earnest as it is infectious.
The Robert Goodman Band is a relative newcomer to the Forward Motion lineup, but his offering on the live set, "Tears on My
Shoulder," is also a highlight on the group's aptly named album Everything Is Beautiful. A reliable rocker driven by an irresistible
refrain, it finds Goodman's singing soaring to the upper reaches of his vocal register. Goodman and company are obviously adept at
radio-ready piano pop, and indeed, even on first hearing, these songs sound like they've been circling in the cosmos for an eternity.
The immediacy is apparent, as is the band's savvy when it comes to finding the perfect combination of melody, arrangements, and
application. Hints of Ben Folds, Billy Joel, and Eric Carmen weave their way through these dozen offerings, clear indication that the
group has nailed a reliable formula and turned it to its advantage. Here's one more reason why we in South Florida can look with
optimism on the current crop on homegrown music makers. With its first entry, the Robert Goodman Band is already well situated at
the forefront of the pack.
Homegrown: South Florida bands: Sun-Sentinel (Tribune) Miami April 11 2008
Teaching history to high schoolers, Robert Goodman believes learning doesn't stop when the bell rings.
When his day job ends, Goodman continues to inspire minds by playing songs about saving the planet to audiences around South
Florida. The West Palm Beach native entertains crowds with messages about love and peace set to a blend of jazz, progressive rock
and soul. He's backed by his eponymously named group, the Robert Goodman Band.
Goodman's no newcomer to the global harmony groove. He began crafting tunes about caring, sharing and healing as a kid in the
late 1960s.
"The Beatles changed me," Goodman said. "I could never write a song that doesn't mean something. What's the point of creating if
you don't give back?"
His current band is the latest in a long musical resume that includes studio work and solo gigs. The group features Goodman on lead
vocals and keyboards, with drummer **Mark Nemcek, guitarist Dave Rubinstein and Rick Shepherd on fretless bass.
The band's already put out one CD, Back Home. They're working on a second disc, Everything Is Beautiful, due out TBA.)
The group continues to spread what Goodman calls a "dismantle hate with love vibe" by lending their talents to a variety of causes,
from pediatric AIDS to Doctors Without Borders. They're also donating a song, Story, to the documentary Death in Darfur — The
Truth.
The band is helping raise funds for the film's production costs by collecting money from downloads of the tune on their Web site at
robertgoodmanband.com.
The guys play regular gigs around town, too. Their next show will be helping ring in the third anniversary of the Rock, a weekly
original music night held at Tobacco Road in Miami. The party happens 8 p.m.-4 a.m. April 18, with 30 bands on four stages at 626 S.
Miami Ave.; 305-374-1198 or tobacco-road.com. (April 10, 2008)
**Mark Nemcek retired form the band summer 2009- replaced by Tim Moss
GOLeft.TV :Award Winner Make Music For Me 2008- song "Story" placed 2nd!
See compressed HD Video @
www.goleft.tv/viewer.asp?v=876
"song about war around the Globe!"
NEWTIMES Dec.7-13 2006 broward -palm beach
Good Vibrations
By Lewis Goldberg
Ever been in a situation you've been in countless times before, but for some reason this time it just feels different? Like the stars are
aligned so that the same old scene seems better than it ever has? This, my friends, is what we call a vibe.
When the Robert Goodman Band takes its avant-jazz to the stage at a local hotspot, the vibe is right. Sure, you've seen a thousand
different jazz groups at a thousand different bars, but this four-piece progressive combo, led by a local high school history teacher,
controls the moment. They could teach us all
a thing or two about improvisation and composition. **History repeats itself each Wednesday evening from 8 to10 p.m. when the
Robert Goodman Band provides the vibe at The Lounge (517 Clematis St., West Palm Beach). Admission is free.
**NO LONGER PLAYING THE LOUNGE...Look at our schedule page for other dates around South Florida
Robert Goodman Band"Live On Stage" Magazine
Featured Regional Artists-Nov.2005 edtion "U2" on the cover. Read the article "School House Rock" go to:
www.losmag.com
NBC:WPTV Ch5 2004 Hurricane KatrinaWPTV Ch5 NBC. Tim Malloy
Post Katrina" Live performs shot of "Helping Hands" Salvation Army/ Red Cross Fund raise concert at the Lounge. 2004
Band performed original song"Helping Hands" a song about Americans coming together in crisis and healing eachothers pain as
one nation! Plus interview.
THE PALM BEACH POST TIMES TGIF pg 21 FEB. 6th 2004 Edition by Bill Meriadeth
Historical jazz, patriotic pop: By day, Robert Goodman is a history
teacher at Palm Beach Gardens High School. By night, he turns into a singing keyboardist, presenting historical
perscpective through his lyrics in the Robert GoodmanTrio (Band.)
With it's instrumentation (including Rick Shepherd on bass and Mark Nemcek on drums), you might expect a jazz trio.
But Goodman adds glimpses of pop keyboard artists Elton John and Billy Joel through his vocals, piano and
synthesizers. On the groups's new CD,"BACK HOME", Shepherd's fretless electric bass and ***Nemcek's nimble
drumming brings the jazz influence to tunes like "SHOW US" & Free.
Goodman's tunes have political themes, but he isn't a stereotypically pro-American patriot that wears blinders. On the
tune "American Revolution", he sings, "I'm an American Composer, but my composure is getting older/ tired if seeing
the same old history repeat itself right in front of me."
The trio gives away a copy of "BACK HOME" to anyone who donates $10.00 to any of the veterans' charity
organizations Goodman supports, and it isn't above having fun - it's Victory Song for the Florida Marlins resulted in
South Florida airplay after the baseball team's World Series win last year.
***Nemcek retired from the band 2009- replaced by Tim Moss.
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