Robby De Sa

Roberto De Sá
Roberto (Robby) De Sá
Background information
Birth name	Roberto Manuel De Sá
Born	(1979-06-19) 19 June 1979 (age 37) Potchefstroom, South Africa
Genres	Pop, Pop rock
Occupation(s)	Music producer, songwriter, Guitarist, musician
Instruments	Guitar, Electric Guitar
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Specific Music Publishing / Kobalt Music
Associated acts	Tina Arena, Brian McFadden
Website	www.robbydesa.com

Roberto (Robby) De Sá is a producer, songwriter and guitarist from Potchefstroom in South Africa. He attended Potchefstroom High School for Boys

Currently living between in Sydney, Australia, Dublin and London he has worked with many artists, songwriters and producers including Tina Arena, Brian McFadden, Taylor Henderson, Pamela Shayne, 5 Seconds of Summer, Timomatic, Titanium, Emma Birdsall, Stan Walker and Joe Moore. He (along with others) was reported to be one of 'Australia's most accomplished songwriters' in November 2013.

Robby was a co-writer of the song 'Paperthin' which placed second in the 2013 'Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition'

Robby co-wrote and produced the Tina Arena song Only Lonely (from her album Reset), which featured in a commercial for the 2013 season finale of Australian soap opera Home and away . The song peaked at No. 32 on the Australian Aria Singles Chart on 24 November 2013 and peaked at No. 14 in the Australian iTunes Store

Robby's songs feature on the following albums:

Roberto Manuel De Sá (Robby) has been a professional guitarist since 1999 when he joined South African band 'Allegory' in Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2002, after the band completed a contract for Sun City International, he moved to Ireland with vocalist Gavin Edwards at the request of ex-Westlife member Brian McFadden and formed the band 'Franklin' with several other South African musicians. They were signed to Brian's own label (Pig Records) in Ireland. Robby co-wrote and released the single "You" in June 2004 which led to the Top 20 hit for the band in Ireland.

Franklin performed at many of the Ireland's high-profile events such as Oxegen, Michelstown Festival and O2 in The Park. The band also supported Incubus at the Point Depot, Dublin in May 2004.

As a session musician Robby has performed and toured with Enrique Iglesias, Il Divo, Westlife, Brian Mcfadden, Charley Pride, Shakin Stevens, Delta Goodrem and Ben Mills.