Will Robinson was born in Puerta Cabezas, Nicaragua and was raised in New Orleans where he studied piano under Jane Bastien and jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis, father to the Marsalis brothers. Robinson also studied and played drums.
After attending the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (including a year of study abroad in Seville, Spain) Robinson then moved to Santa Cruz, Bolivia at age 21 where he opened up a piano bar named appropriately "New Orleans Bar" with his brother,...
There, aside from managing the bar and playing the piano nightly, he concentrated on his songwriting. A few years later after selling the bar Robinson moved to Nashville,Tn.
His first publishing deal was with the superstar group Alabama where he spent 8 years as a staff writer. Following that he wrote for Walt Disney Music (L.A.), EMI Music (Nashville) and various other publishers such as Starstruck, Notting Hill Music (London), and Old Bank Media where he wrote songs for podcast dramas.
Over the years Robinson has written 18 radio singles including eight that went #1, five top 10, one top 15, and various top 20, spanning Country, Pop, Latin, Christian, and Dance. Through Disney he had the opportunity to write for many movie and tv projects including The Cheetah Girls, Fox and The Hound 2, and Sing-A-Long sequels for Winnie The Pooh (the official birthday song, "Pooh, Pooh, The Birthday Bear"), A Bug's Life, The Little Mermaid, Tiana and Her Princess Friends, and others.
When it came to naming his various publishing companies Will has borrowed from the hit 1960's tv series LOST IN SPACE where his namesake had a prominent role, thereby leading to DANGER WILL MUSIC, WARNING DANGER MUSIC, DANGER DANGER SONGS, and DETECT AN INTRUDER MUSIC, all BMI companies.
Robinson has served on various music related boards and panels over the years, as well as involving himself in legislative battles in D.C. to protect songwriters’ interests. On one memorable trip in the early 90s he lobbied throughout Congress along side of legendary songwriters such as Henry Mancini, Cy Coleman, Sammy Kahn, Lieber and Stoller, Johnny Mandel, Burton Lane, and Allen Toussaint.
Will speaks Spanish, German, and Italian and currently resides in Nashville.