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Robert Conley (dp13) is an American songwriter, record producer, engineer, mixer, and music publisher. Throughout his career, he has worked across all genres of music and has collaborated, programmed, mixed, produced, and written with many artists, including
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Early life

Robert Conley was born on March 13, 1973, in
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, United States. He grew up in
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, Ohio, the eldest of three boys. When he was in the tenth grade, his father bought him an Ensoniq VFX SD II, and he began to create his own sequences and songs. Conley graduated from William Henry Harrison High School in 1991 and briefly went to the University of Dayton before dropping out to make music. Conley moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1992 and started an 'industrial' band called 'Darius Pogue' (the inspiration behind the 'dp' and 'dp13' aliases).Robert Conley MySpace
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The band played shows in and around Chicago. He then moved to
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in 1997, where he started an
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band called 'Specificus' with Matt Kelly (aka K. Roxwell, aka MK Ultra), making music influenced by
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Career

Conley and Kelly moved to Hollywood to pursue a career in engineering and programming in 1999. They both worked at the 'Tone King' recording studio, where the KISS-Alive III album was mixed. While working on the KISS album, the studio was visited by producer
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and songwriter Robi 'Draco' Rosa, who were working on some new music for
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. Conley's boss gave him the job of being a programmer and engineer for Afanasieff and Rosa for the day. Afanasieff was so impressed with Conley that he hired him on the spot and moved him to San Rafael, CA, to work in his world-class recording studio, 'Wally World'. Ricky Martin's
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was the first song they worked on together. During his time with Afanasieff, Robert Conley worked with many artists, one of whom was
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. After working on the
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album together, Hayes invited Conley's band 'Specificus' to support him on his
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world tour. Upon returning from the tour, Conley and Hayes got together in San Francisco to work on Hayes' second solo album,
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. The album was mixed by
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, and when it was completed, Conley and Hayes moved to the UK to promote the album, which was well received. After 18 months in the UK, Robert Conley returned to the US, moving to
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. While here, he reconnected with Matt Kelly and worked on some new tracks for 'Specificus'. He also teamed up with Australian songwriter and producer Vince Pizzinga to form another
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duo, which they named The Beautiful Left.Robert Conley MySpace
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Conley also started on some new tracks, which would become the central theme to
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' album
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. In May 2007, Conley signed with
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in Australia and moved to Sydney. He has worked as songwriter and producer for several up-and-coming Australian acts, including
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. Conley was instrumental in the development of Sydney band
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, co-producing their debut album Restless and co-writing six songs from the album, including their breakthrough single Pornstar and their
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Top Ten hit,
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. Conley also worked with
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, co-writing and co-producing much of the Wall of Soundz album, including the
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Number One hit single Just Say So, the Christian Lo Russo/
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collaboration ''Not Now'', and the
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collaboration Mistakes.Archangel Sky
– Retrieved April 30, 2011
He has also collaborated with Australian hip-hop artist Phrase, co-writing and co-producing the
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staple and APRA-nominated single, ‘Spaceship’. Robert also worked with
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, co-writing and co-producing several tracks, including "Smoke into Flames" (October 2012), "A Place to Call Home" (March 2013), and "Don't Rescue Me". During 2013, "A Place to Call Home" was used for the Australian TV series of the same name. Robert and
Penelope Austin Penelope Austin is an Australian singer-songwriter. She performs electropop music. She released her debut extended play, ''The Beautiful Dark'' on 30 May 2013. She has co-written several tracks with United States record producer and songwriter, ...
co-wrote "The Dark Collide" with
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and Charles Scott. Which was used on the Australian version of the ''
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'' soundtrack (April 2013). He has also co-written and produced Penelope's upcoming debut album, which will be out through Beautiful Dark/Mercury
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(Universal Music). He also features heavily as a co-writer and producer on Georgi's upcoming debut album release through
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in the UK. Robert has also lent his producing skills to a number of independent artists, including up-and-coming
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favorites The Delta Riggs (Talupo House Mountain Music Volume 1) and world-busking band Set Sail (The Riley Moore EP). Along with co-writing with a number of Aussie artists, including
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,
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, and
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, he has taken on mixing duties for new artists, ‘The Walking Who’ and ‘Okenyo. Robert has also set up his own recording studio in Redfern and is currently developing new artists for his label, as well as developing an independent film and a new
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Other work

Robert is the CEO of Specific Music,Specificmusic
Retrieved May 28, 2015
which is a boutique music publishing and production company based in Sydney. They specialize in finding new talent, developing 'up-and-coming' songwriters, producers, and artists, and introducing them into the music industry. Specific Music is sub-published through Kobalt, and they work closely with the Kobalt team to help songwriters, producers, and artists get the opportunities they need to continue to grow. His first signing to the fledgling label was songwriter and producer Alex Hope, who was part of the Specific Music stable of writers and worked with a variety of artists, including
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and
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.
Penelope Austin Penelope Austin is an Australian singer-songwriter. She performs electropop music. She released her debut extended play, ''The Beautiful Dark'' on 30 May 2013. She has co-written several tracks with United States record producer and songwriter, ...
, was also signed to Specific Music and teamed up with Conley to work on the tracks " A Place to Call Home,A Place to call Home Penelope
– Retrieved on 28 May 2015
"Smoke into the flamesSmokeinto flames
Retrieved on May 28, 2015
","The Dark Collide" to name a few. His latest signing to Specific Music is up and coming artist and songwriter, Dean Lewis. Robert is also the
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, along with Leonie Conley, of Australia's biggest songwriting camp, held annually in Sydney – 50 Songs in 5 Days.50 Songs in 5 Days – Specific Music
May 2015
Specific Music's – '50 Songs in 5 Days', in partnership with
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, is an invitational songwriting camp for Australia's best songwriters and artists. Artists and writers to have taken part in the camp include
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), 5 Seconds of Summer,
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,
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,
Jessica Mauboy Jessica Hilda Mauboy (born 4 August 1989) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. Born and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory, she rose to fame in 2006 on the fourth season of ''Australian Idol'', where she was runner-up and subseq ...
,
Kim Churchill Kim Churchill (born 26 September 1990 in Canberra) is an Australian folk, rock, and blues singer, songwriter, and musician. He has released five albums: ''With Sword and Shield''/''Kim Churchill'' in 2010, ''Detail of Distance'' in 2012, ''Into ...
,
Jon Hume Jon Hume is an Australian-born New Zealand musician, songwriter and record producer based between Los Angeles and Nashville who has written and produced songs for JP Cooper, Galantis, Bebe Rexha, Guy Sebastian, Sofi Tukker, Dean Lewis, Icona P ...
from Evermore(band),
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, Bonnie Anderson,
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Lisa Mitchell Lisa Helen Mitchell (born 22 March 1990) is an Australian singer-songwriter who grew up in Albury, New South Wales. Mitchell currently lives in Melbourne and is working on her fourth studio album. Mitchell finished sixth in the 2006 season o ...
,
Penelope Austin Penelope Austin is an Australian singer-songwriter. She performs electropop music. She released her debut extended play, ''The Beautiful Dark'' on 30 May 2013. She has co-written several tracks with United States record producer and songwriter, ...
,
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,
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) to name a few. 2015 is the 4th year that 50 Songs in 5 Days will be running. Many songs cut and released from the camp, including
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's ‘Get To Know You’,
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's ‘
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’,
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‘Lonely’. The camp has discovered many new talented songwriters and helped create new songwriting and producing partnerships. On April 22, 2015, Robert and Leonie Conley launched The Brilliant BuildingThe Brilliant building studio
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in Sydney. The building incorporates office space, a television and photographic studio and a gorgeous intimate live performance space and lounge. The building was launched by I nternational Grammy award nominated artist and performer,
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. Aloe performed his three hits, Wake Me Up,
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, and I'm The Man. On May 16 was the launch of the first in a series of monthly music nights, ‘A Brilliant Secret' that are very small and strictly invitation only. Up and coming artist, Thief, was the first Brilliant Secret headliner artist followed by Thelma Plum, Rai Thistlewaight, Emma Birdsall, Kahlo, Nathan Hawes, Taylor Henderson,
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, Georgi Kay, Sahara Beck, Adam Martin & Dean Lewis, among others. In 2015 Robert was voted in by the
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board as the new
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for the APRA Music Awards. The first APRA Music Awards 2015 he curated as the Musical Director was held at The Carriageworks in Sydney on March 24, 2015, and he retained the position in 2016 & 2017. Robert is also an APRA AMCOS Ambassador and regularly travels around Australia mentoring students at various high schools as part of the Song makers Workshop


Awards and nominations

Robert regularly writes and produces music for television and has had his songs synced for
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, SOHO, Channel 7, including the theme song to their hit drama, 'A Place To Call Home' and the national Channel 7 News spot, 'Worlds Apart' written with Ilan Kidron as Go! Comet. He has also had syncs with Channel 10 and a variety of other ads. Promo's that he has done the music for have won the
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twice. In 2013, Robert placed 2nd in the
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with his song, ‘Paper Thin’, co-written by Alex Hope and Roberto De Sa. First place went to ThePreatures for ‘ Is This How You Feel’. He also wrote and produced the
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Nominated,
ARIA In music, an aria (Italian: ; plural: ''arie'' , or ''arias'' in common usage, diminutive form arietta , plural ariette, or in English simply air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompanime ...
top ten Gold single for
Axle Whitehead Axle Whitehead (born 16 December 1980) is an Australian TV host, singer, musician, and actor. He was a host on '' Video Hits''. In 2008, he released his first studio album '' Losing Sleep'' which debuted outside the ARIA top 50. He also played L ...
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He also collaborated with JJ Abrahams and got a song into the ‘ Star Trek – Into Darkness’ movie.


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