When I first met Rob, I was doing the Triple Threat project "Terra Firma Boogie". I was very impressed with his sense of calm within the studio setting. It can be very intense sometimes, with creative artistic egos ranting, intense energies flowing. Some outsider who has never seen this, might think it was someone having a tantrum. He is my engineer of choice whenever I go to do a project, no matter what style of music I present him with, Rob gives 100% and goes that little extra distance that not to many will. He is one of the most professional human beings I've met in this business. Now, what's this Mohammed Ali thing? You have to be in the know. Punches man. Get it now? I'm not going into a long explantion here. If you still don't understand, then go to a recording studio and ask "Could you tell me what the term "PUNCH IN" means?" Hey, it's not the time clock either. ....Johnny V
Robert Bartlett was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1951 and now resides in Calgary, Alberta. In 1973, He co-founded the six-piece country rock group "BOOTLEG". The band was initially based out of Winnipeg and performed extensively in Western Canada until 1979. The band relocated to Calgary in 1975 where they recorded for the Heart record label and played the Alberta music scene for an additional three years. Rob then went on to attend the Recording Workshop in Columbus, Ohio in 1978, where he received studio training. The following year he opened and operated Sunnyside Studio, a small multitrack facility. Following that, Rob came to work for Sundae Sound Studio in 1981.
In 1991, Sundae Sound changed ownership with Rob Bartlett, David Horrocks, and Chris Daniels taking over the company. In 1993 the studio moved out of the warehouse location into the site previously occupied by Smooth Rock Studio, a state of the art Westlake design room built by Rudy Brauer. Rob was nominated as ARIA's "Engineer of the Year" and Sundae Sound won "Studio of the Year" award in 1994. The studio's mandate is, to make affordable to the local music community a world class facility at prices affordable to Alberta musicians.
Rob is probably best known for his work with legendary country artist IAN TYSON. Ian recorded his Juno Award winning "Cowboy Trilogy" album at "Sundae Sound" in Calgary Alberta. Rob engineered the third album in the set, "And Stood There Amazed" (Stony Plain Records). He has also worked with Cindy Church of "Quartet" Fame (Cindy winning best female vocal collaboration at the C.C.M.A awards/94). Rob recorded Cindy's solo album "Love on The Range" for Stoney Plain Records.
During his 23 year engineering carreer his clientelle has come to include notables such as Stony Plain's Amos Garrett and Maria Muldar of the Cold Club, Dave Wilke of The Great Western Orchestra, Karen Cunningham, Heuvos Rancheros (CZ Records U.S.A.) Oscar Lopez, Mystery Romance, Triple Threat, Back-Alley John, Johnny V, legendary Bluesman Charlie Musselwhite and many, many other artists too numerous to list.
Rob is also a competent live sound engineer. He has worked with many talented local performers and a number of major artists such as Dan Peak(America), Chris Hillman(The Byrds, Desert Rose Band), Bernie Leadon(The Eagles), John Hammond, Williams & Rae, Teenage Head, and Ian Tyson. In addition, Rob worked as a mainstage audio engineer for the Calgary Folk Festival from 1984 to 1987 working with performers such as Valdy, K.D. Lang, Murray McLaughlin, Tom Paxton, Stan Rodgers, Connie Caldor, Kate Wolf, Bim, Queen Ada and Spirit of the West. At the 1992 C.C.M.A. Country MusicWeek in Calgary, Rob did the Showcase live music mixing for Joan Kennedy, Mark Koenig and Joel Feeney.
Rob Bartlett has long supported the Calgary music scene with his volunteer work on numerous industry panels and events. He has sat on the FACTOR, Alberta Foundation for the Performing Arts and ARIA panels. These panels are instrumental in awarding financial grants to songwriters and establishing musical seminars and workshops within the province of Alberta. Rob was a panelist on the 1994 CIRPA seminar in Calgary. From 1993 to 1994 he sat on the ARIA (Alberta Recording Industry) board of directors and often donated studio space for various industry meetings and functions. Rob's involvement on these panels illustrate a continuing commitment and dedication to the advancement of songwriters and artists in the Canadian music industry.
Hats off to Rob "Mohammed Ali" Bartlett a great Canadian. Back
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