Robin Chow

A hard-driving overachiever from the get-go, Robin began studying voice and piano at age three, dance at seven, songwriting at 13, and acting at 16. Her tastes broadened throughout her childhood, from singing for years in the local church choir, to studying classical music at the Conservatory of Music, to taking improvisation classes at Second City and ACT. By 17, she was writing and producing. Robin's focused and unwavering dedication to the arts is no surprise, given her roots. Her mother emigrated from Burma at only 18 years old with a mere $200 to her name - which was stolen on the New York subway her first day in the United States - and now owns a successful boutique insurance agency. In addition, her grandfather, originally from Great Britain, was a guitarist and writer. Despite being a straight 'A' student at one of the nation's most prestigious schools, Robin could not ignore her calling. She made a pact with her parents that if she could graduate Stanford in only three years, they would let her pursue her real dream of having an artistic career. Naturally, Robin - who majored in Communication, while working on her acting and songwriting occasionally at community-based events - won the bet. She used her winnings from an essay competition to fund her first professionally recorded song. "Enough" became a nationwide radio hit landing on several highly successful compilations which propelled Robin onto the covers of respected periodicals like SF Weekly and earned her feature interviews on nationally syndicated television shows like Crosstalk, Stir and the WB's Daily Mixx. When she encountered roadblocks from the interested major labels, she took matters into her own hands. "I decided to pick myself up," she says. "I started writing a lot of material that I wanted to record. I saved money from tutoring kids and teaching piano and voice lessons, and that's how I paid for my first couple of songs." When she started her new label, she spun those first few songs into the foundations of her first indie record on her own label. She has since then written and recorded songs for feature films and TV, as well as written full-length screenplays for the screen.