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&#42;&#42; ''this insight is courtesy of ben rosenblatt.''</i><ref>[http://stl.dreamerstoday.com/DoubleOOP/rob.html Rob's Bio from the 2006 Tally Hall webpage. Content archived at http://stl.dreamerstoday.com/DoubleOOP/rob.html]</ref></blockquote>
&#42;&#42; ''this insight is courtesy of ben rosenblatt.''</i><ref>[http://stl.dreamerstoday.com/DoubleOOP/rob.html Rob's Bio from the 2006 Tally Hall webpage. Content archived at http://stl.dreamerstoday.com/DoubleOOP/rob.html]</ref></blockquote>


===Post Hiatus===
==Post Hiatus==
During Tally Hall's hiatus, Rob opened his website '''robcantor.com''', along with a SoundCloud with multiple new songs. Some of these included [[Cuckoo]], [[Country Good]], and [[Christian Bale Is At Your Party]]. One of these was [[Shia LaBeouf]], which was uploaded to Soundcloud on the 3rd of March 2012,<ref>[https://soundcloud.com/rob-cantor/shia-labeouf Shia LaBeouf. 2012. Rob Cantor. Soundcloud.com]</ref>.
During Tally Hall's hiatus, Rob opened his website '''robcantor.com''' which had video of him eating various foods while looking deadpan into the camera. About this time he also made a SoundCloud account and uploaded multiple new songs. Some of these included: [[Cuckoo]], [[Country Good]], and [[Christian Bale Is At Your Party]]. One of these was [[Shia LaBeouf]], which was uploaded to Soundcloud on the 3rd of March 2012,<ref>[https://soundcloud.com/rob-cantor/shia-labeouf Shia LaBeouf. 2012. Rob Cantor. Soundcloud.com]</ref>.


This song soon became a viral hit and would gain recognition from actor Rob Lowe<ref>[https://twitter.com/roblowe/status/423352177461972992 Rob Lowe tweet]</ref> and eventually Shia LaBeouf himself<ref>[https://twitter.com/thecampaignbook/status/396017996571082754 Shia Labeouf tweet]</ref>. The track also went to the front page of the group blog Boing Boing<ref>[https://boingboing.net/2012/04/18/a-song-about-shia-labeouf-mas.html A song about Shia LaBeouf: mass murdering, cannibalistic superstar by Dean Putney. BoingBoing]</ref>, which would help the track reach half a million streams on SoundCloud.<ref>[https://hitsdotcom.tumblr.com/post/22221351087/half-million-plays-achieved HITSdotcom Tumblr post about Shia LaBeouf]</ref>
This song soon became a viral hit and would gain recognition from actor Rob Lowe<ref>[https://twitter.com/roblowe/status/423352177461972992 Rob Lowe tweet]</ref> and eventually Shia LaBeouf himself<ref>[https://twitter.com/thecampaignbook/status/396017996571082754 Shia Labeouf tweet]</ref>. The track also went to the front page of the group blog Boing Boing<ref>[https://boingboing.net/2012/04/18/a-song-about-shia-labeouf-mas.html A song about Shia LaBeouf: mass murdering, cannibalistic superstar by Dean Putney. BoingBoing]</ref>, which would help the track reach half a million streams on SoundCloud.<ref>[https://hitsdotcom.tumblr.com/post/22221351087/half-million-plays-achieved HITSdotcom Tumblr post about Shia LaBeouf]</ref>
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===Disney===
==Work With Disney==
On the 14th of June 2019, Rob announced that he had spent the last year writing music and lyrics for Disney Junior's show "T.O.T.S." (Tiny Ones Transport Service), a show aimed at kids 2-7 years old. Rob says: <i>"“I want the music to be accessible for kids, but also something that parents will really enjoy listening to as much as their kids.”</i><ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/Byq0CYfF8KT/ T.O.T.S. announcement. Rob Cantor's Instagram page. 14th June 2019.]</ref><ref>[https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/hip-tunes-for-toons-top-composers-on-creating-eclectic-soundtracks/ 'Hip Tunes for Toons: Top Composers on Creating Eclectic Soundtracks'. Mallory, Michael. 2019. animationmagazine.net.]</ref>
On the 14th of June 2019, Rob announced that he had spent the last year writing music and lyrics for Disney Junior's show "T.O.T.S." (Tiny Ones Transport Service), a show aimed at kids 2-7 years old. Rob says: <i>"“I want the music to be accessible for kids, but also something that parents will really enjoy listening to as much as their kids.”</i><ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/Byq0CYfF8KT/ T.O.T.S. announcement. Rob Cantor's Instagram page. 14th June 2019.]</ref><ref>[https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/hip-tunes-for-toons-top-composers-on-creating-eclectic-soundtracks/ 'Hip Tunes for Toons: Top Composers on Creating Eclectic Soundtracks'. Mallory, Michael. 2019. animationmagazine.net.]</ref>