Born in St. Louis Missouri and raised in several cities including Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, Marshall Texas, Winfield Kansas, and Orangeburg South Carolina, Haynes always has had an unending drive to play, sing, compose, produce and study music.  He began with piano lessons and later moved on to the clarinet, flute, and saxophone.  He graduated from Wilkinson High School, Orangeburg, SC and the University Of South Carolina, with a BM in Jazz Studies/Saxophone Performance degree. He has work in professional theaters, internationally, as a Music Director. Roland also has extensive experience as a song writer, producer, and performer. He is presently working at SC State University in Orangeburg, SC in the Fine Arts Department as an instructor/staff member of Music program. During his 22year stint at the University he also directed the SC State University Jazz Band.