AcousticSunset

AcousticSunset is a pop, rock, classical, country, tropical & variety band that performs for Special Events and Weddings. We always perform our music 100% live with no backing tracks.

Janet and Robert Dillon will perform for many occasions: wedding ceremonies, receptions, conventions, corporate events, private parties, country clubs, grand openings, and concerts.

Solo: Robert Dillon is a master fingerstyle guitarist who performs beautifully arranged modern covers, pop, rock, country, tropical, variety, classical, romantic, spanish, reggae, broadway, movie and theatre themes, holiday season, and originals.

Duo: Robert Dillon (guitarist) and Janet Dillon (singer) perform together the most recognizable songs of pop, rock, classical, country, tropical & variety music.

Trio: Robert Dillon (guitarist), Janet Dillon (singer), and Chris Dillon (percussionist) perform the most popular favorites of pop, rock, classical, country, tropical & variety music.

Janet and Robert Dillon are quality musicians who have performed professionally throughout their lives. Robert is a master fingerstyle guitarist and Janet is a naturally talented singer. They reside in Naples, Florida and perform as a duo throughout SW Florida.

Robert was born and raised in New Orleans. Robert is a recording artist, composer of originals, and music arranger. He studied classical guitar under the master virtuoso "Frank Martinez" while living in New Orleans. Frank studied under the world's most famous and renowned classical guitarist "Andres Segovia."

Robert's originals have been played on various TV shows, radio stations in the U.S. and published in national guitar magazines. He was the house musician at the Hot Springs BrauHaus for 6 years and the Pleasant Hill Valley Country Club (when he resided in Hot Springs, Arkansas). Robert has performed for hundreds of venues (weddings and events) in Florida, Oregon, Missouri, Washington, Arkansas, Louisiana, and South Africa (http://acousticsunset.com/venues.html).

Robert is a recording artist with 6 CD recordings (http://www.acousticsunset.com/cds.html). His fingerstyle repertoire includes modern covers, pop, rock, country, tropical, variety, classical, romantic, spanish, reggae, broadway, movie and theatre themes, holiday season, and originals (http://acousticsunset.com/repertoire.html).

Robert's performances provide quality entertainment through his brilliantly mastered music, mesmerizing and capturing audiences of all music genres and ages. He was also featured in a master workshop in the nationally acclaimed Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine. His refined classical fingerstyle technique allows him to produce wonderful sounding three-dimensional compositions that have won the hearts of many listeners.

Janet was born and raised in Naples Florida. Her love for music began at a very young age. She is a naturally talented vocalist with a smooth, bright and angelic voice. Her love for singing led her to musical theatre, talent contests and beauty pageants in her teens. She won many local, state, and national beauty pageants including "America’s Miss Charm." Her passion has always been music and singing for live audiences. She has performed with some of the best musicians in SW Florida. In 2017, she was Mrs. Eugene in the Mrs. Oregon America Pageant and won Mrs. Congeniality of Oregon. In 2018, Robert and Janet moved back to Naples, Florida.

Venues in Naples Florida where Janet has performed: Ritz-Carlton, Naples Bay Resort, Naples Heritage Country Club, Edgewater Beach Hotel, Vanderbilt Beach Resort, Glen Eagle Country Club, Naples Grande Beach Resort, Wyndemere Country Club, Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club, Grey Oaks Country Club, Bayfront Inn Fifth Ave, Bellasera Hotel, Foxfire Country Club, LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort, Quail Run Golf Club, Naples Princess Cruise Ship, Hilton, Fairways Inn, Collier's Reserve Country Club, Hawthorn Suites by Windham, Cypress Woods Golf & Country Club, and the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort.

Venues in Marco Island where she has performed: Hidaway Beach Club, Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort, Hilton Marco Island Beach Resort, Marco Beach Ocean Resort, South Seas on the Gulf, and the Marco Island Princess Cruise Ship.

Other venues include: the Pelican Preserve in Ft Myers, Vassari Country Club in Bonita Springs, the Little Bar in Goodland, Trianon Bonita Bay in Bonita, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, the Sanibel Island Resort and Captiva Island Yacht Club in Captiva, and many more from Orlando to Tampa to Miami, FL.

Having a premiere fingerstyle guitarist and vocalist perform for your special occasion not only sets the perfect mood and acoustic ambiance, but also provides an elegant evening and a very memorable experience. If you are looking for quality music for your special occasion, look no further. You may contact them by email: bob@acousticsunset.com or call (541) 915-6995 (Naples, FL).

Robert uses concert quality guitars in his performances and recordings, along with state-of-the-art amplification equipment for delivering studio-quality sound. They also use chauvet special lighting effects in their performances.

Concert quality guitars: Taylor model 914ce Grand Auditorium cutaway-electric (steel-string) guitar (yr. 2014), a Taylor model NS74ce Grand Auditorium cutaway-electric (nylon-string) guitar (yr. 2010), and a Traugott model R cutaway "custom-built" (steel-string) guitar (yr. 2000)

Amplification Equipment: Two Fishman SA220 Solo Performance Systems (220-Watts) networked together along with a Yamaha MSR100 monitor, Roland CUBE Street EX 2-Channel (50-Watts) Battery Powered Amplifier (for beach weddings), Fishman Acoustic Matrix Active Undersaddle Pickup System, Sennheiser E945 Supercardioid Dynamic Microphone, and a Shure SM58S Dynamic Vocal Microphone

Special Effects: Fishman AFX Chorus Acoustic Effects Pedal, and Fishman AFX Delay Acoustic Effects Pedal; TC-Helicon Harmony Singer 2 Effects Pedal

Lighting System: Dual Chauvet Lighting System