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** ''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> | ** ''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> | ||
During Tally Hall's hiatus, Rob | 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>. | ||
In 2013, Rob wrote some audio cues for television shows with composer David Benjamin Steinberg. These were for shows like Island Hunters, Friends To Lovers, and Life with La Toya.<ref>[https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/works/publisher/4077757/ROB%20CANTOR%20MUSIC ASCAP songwriters database page for Rob Cantor. Accessed February | 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> | ||
In 2013, Rob wrote some audio cues for television shows with composer David Benjamin Steinberg. These were for shows like Island Hunters, Friends To Lovers, and Life with La Toya.<ref>[https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/works/publisher/4077757/ROB%20CANTOR%20MUSIC ASCAP songwriters database page for Rob Cantor. Accessed February 22nd, 2022.]</ref> | |||
2014 would see the announcement of [[Not a Trampoline]], Rob's first solo album. The album was put up for preorder along with two tracks, [[Old Bike]] and [[Ghost]]. The music video for Old Bike was directed by [[Andrew Laurich]] and was uploaded to YouTube on March 4th 2014.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z4iWAnrMGU OLD BIKE - Rob Cantor. YouTube.]</ref> | |||
2014 also saw the recording and release of an extended live version of Shia LaBeouf, which too, became a viral hit. The music video for this version features the titular star at the end, clapping for their performance. The video would go on to accumulate 78 million views and Rainn Wilson of The Office fame would tweet out the video on Twitter<ref>[https://twitter.com/rainnwilson/status/525464011098185728 Rainn Wilson tweet]</ref>. The part with Shia clapping would become a popular GIF on the internet as well. | |||
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> | ||
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As of now, Rob has been writing and recording songs with Disney, sometimes in collaboration with his fellow Tally Hall bandmate Andrew Horowitz. | As of now, Rob has been writing and recording songs with Disney, sometimes in collaboration with his fellow Tally Hall bandmate Andrew Horowitz. | ||
==Personal Life== | ==Personal Life== | ||
Rob currently lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Allison Cantor ''née Kurtzer'' and their two children, Milo and Leni. | Rob currently lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Allison Cantor ''née Kurtzer'' and their two children, Milo and Leni. | ||