::: biography :::

Bobby's musical career began by accident when a scheduling error during his 8th grade year of middle school placed him in advanced concert band. Unable to switch from this class that was far out of his league, he stuck with it, and began playing last-chair trumpet. Bobby had never studied music nor played an instrument in his life, yet teaching himself how to play the trumpet, French horn, trombone, baritone, and tuba within the next couple years seemed to be no difficult task for the young prodigy. Midway through his freshman year of high school, another fateful mistake arrived when Bobby's grandparents bought his younger sister, Jenna, her very own piano; however, she had very little success with the instrument.
In secret from his family, Bobby was practicing everyday after school when he had the house to himself. "It was the one thing I truly looked forward to for relaxation after a long, tiring day at school," Brader quotes. His secret was finally revealed one night when he challenged his sister's playing. She asked him if he could do better, and to everyone’s surprise, found that he definitely could when he played a Mozart sonata before their eyes. He was entirely self-taught until he began taking lessons in college. He enjoyed playing mostly Mozart and Beethoven for a while until Brader found that he had an uncanny ability to create his own compositions. Since this time, Bobby has been composing non-stop for piano, as well as a variety of other instruments. In April 2008, he graduated with a Bachelor of the Arts in Music degree from Florida State University. He plans to travel as much as possible, and devote himself to writing music for the rest of his life. Brader sums it up best with his quote, "There shall never exist a pleasure greater to me than the emotional rewards of the art in which I create."

"The way I see it, there exists only two rules of music:
#1 - listen through your mind
#2 - play through your heart".