Robert Dwain Bridges has always had a need, as well as a love for music. His need for
music was due to the fact that it was the only way he could hear himself speak without
stammering or stuttering. During his grade school years, he was active in vocal groups
in school, and church. Though he no longer had a speech impediment, he continued his
musical interests by taking up the guitar while in high school, and became proficient
as a self-taught musician.
It was during his high school days that he began hearing melodies and rhythms in his
head, but with no formal training he couldn't bring them to the surface. So, many years
came and went with hundreds of songs running through his head only to be lost forever.
After serving in the Marine Corps, he married in 1971, while attending college. He then
became employed at National Steel, Granite City Division where he has worked for almost
thirty years. He has two grown children, both musically inclined.
It wasn't until 1998 that he made known to his wife the seemingly constant flow of songs
going through his head and the frustration from not being able to develop them. That
Christmas his wife purchased a small keyboard and a sequencing software package. He
quickly read what could be done through midi, loaded the software, hooked up the keybard
to his computer, and started a journey to help release his internal music that only he
could hear. Having no formal musical training, he relies heavily on sequencing to
establish the finished sounds he's looking for.
After about a year of learning equipment and increasing the size of his home studio,
he decided to challenge himself by creating an album that would closely resemble samples
of his inner music. The album, Neverending Dream is the result of his efforts.
The CD contains 17 tracks with well over an hour of music.
