Owner, SelfPublishMusicBooks.com and O.Ruby Productions, combines musical knowledge and performing experience with exceptional design, graphic, and typesetting skills. Dedicated to excellence, my imaginative and meticulous work can be found on music books sold worldwide. Since starting my desktop publishing business in 1988, My company and I have contributed to over 700 books and instructional videos. Clients have included the Who’s Who of music print companies, music magazines, textbook publishers, instructional music video and DVD companies, including: The Hal Leonard Corp., Warner Bros. Music Publications, Mel Bay Publications, Homespun Tapes & Videos, Hot Licks Videos, Musician Magazine, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, Berklee Press, and the Yamaha and Korg Corporations. Highly proficient on Finale, Sibelius, and PhotoScore music software programs, and numerous software graphics and typesetting programs; including InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat, and Adobe Illustrator. I am a consummate musician, having worked for a multitude of bands and musicals—a keyboard player in a multitude of styles, and I also teach piano in the San Francisco Bay Area. (Since not available below) my NAMM Oral History is available at https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiBrvz9lt_eAhVFIzQIHesbD24QFjAAegQIARAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.namm.org%2Flibrary%2Foral-history%2Fcharylu-roberts&usg=AOvVaw2AueNBgbnzN0bjBI0bDP01