Codebreaker has been chosen by the Diesel US board of partners as the finalist in the USA electronic category for the Diesel U Music International Music Awards 2006! Consequentially, Codebreaker has won a trip to attend, and possibly perform at the Diesel-U-Music International Awards Show in London on Oct 4. The judges that chose Codebreaker are Wesley Pentz (aka Diplo), Matthew Dear (Ghostly International) and Sam Valenti(Ghostly International).
There are three different music genres: rock, urban/hip-hop and electronic, distributed in six categories: Belgium, Japan, Italy, UK, USA and Around the World. From now until Sept. 17, three out of the 18 international finalists will win the international title of their respective catagories, based on the panel of judges and public voting process.
The public can vote for Codebreaker at the official Diesel U Music Web site until Sept. 17 at: www.diesel-u-music.com.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
