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Robbie Robertson. Ringo Starr Play ‘The Weight’ With Musicians On Five Continents [VIDEO]
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Robbie Robertson, the co-founder of The Band and Ringo Starr have joined forces with Playing For Change, a grassroots multimedia music project dedicated to “inspiring and connecting the world through music,” for an epic, global rendition of The Bands' song “The Weight.” Born in 2002 as a shared vision between co-founders, Mark Johnson and Whitney Kroenke, to hit the streets of America with a mobile recording studio and cameras in search of “inspiration and the heartbeat of the people,” the ...
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mp3.com Domain for Sale for $1m+, is It Worth It? [michael Robertson]
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By Michael Robertson, a seriel music tech entrepennuer and founder of the original MP3.com. His current projects include Dar.fm. I recently got a call from the owner of this iconic domain name asking if I was interested in buying the MP3.com domain name. MP3.com was the digital music pioneer I founded which offered free MP3 downloads of initially unsigned bands, but eventually the biggest names in music. It also sold the first MP3 player in the US, built the first ...
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Robertson: Major Label Licensing Will Kill Your Startup...
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Digital Music News
Time to rub it in, baby! And that's exactly what Michael Robertson was doing this morning at SF MusicTech Summit. In a licensing panel that preditably morphed into the 'Michael Robertson Hour,' the headstrong MP3tunes founder urged startups to avoid major label licensing—literally, at any cost. “The odds of making money with a major record label are pretty close to zero," Robertson told the assembled. “I challenge you to name me a company that has [been profitable with major licenses]. ...
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MP3Tunes Founder Michael Robertson Responds to EMI Court Decision
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Yesterday, a U.S. District Judge ruled that digital locker Mp3tunes.com was protected by the DMCA's safe harbor provision when users stored illegally obtained songs there. The decision is a partial victory MP3.com and MP3tunes founder Michael Robertson, but plaintiff EMI did prevail on several fronts. Now Robertson responds: “Today a ruling was published in EMI v MP3tunes and it is definitely a victory for cloud music and MP3tunes' business model after a multi-year litigation battle. Consumers can have confidence that ...
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Australian Trio Woolhouse - Michailidis - Robertson release album of atmospheric, enigmatic contemporary jazz
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Lauren Rogers
Hailing from Australia, the trio Woolhouse—Michailidis—Robertson is quite unlike many acts in the jazz scene today. Instead of following a straightforward rhythmic path, the band has liberated themselves from any sort of musical boundaries, delivering free-flowing grooves that produce layers of atmosphere and texture. Consisting of pianist Jeremy Woolhouse, guitarist Lucas Michailidis, and bassist Ben Robertson, the group was formed in 2006. Categorizing itself as contemporary jazz, the band certainly defines the literal meaning of that title. Their debut album, ...
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Robbie Robertson - How to Become Clairvoyant (2011)
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Something Else!
How to Become Clairvoyant is, thus far, Robbie Robertson's most blatantly personal solo release, taking on his split with the Band, nostalgia for his generation's spent idealism, and the realization of a dark aftermath for the era's hedonistic excesses. That might sound like the kind of triumphal return many had hoped for over the 13 years since Robertson's last album, 1998's Contact from the Underworld of Redboy. But then he issued a pair of uneven advance singles. While “He Don't ...
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Robbie Robertson Recruits Dawes as Backing Band for Live Dates
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LIVE DATES TO INCLUDE FESTIVAL AND TELEVISION APPEARANCES; HOW TO BECOME CLAIRVOYANT OUT APRIL 5 According to Rolling Stone, Robbie Robertson is planning several live shows with backing from Dawes. The live performances are said to include television and selected festival dates in support of Robertson's upcoming solo album How To Become Clairvoyant, out April 5. Says Robertson, “[My manager] came up with the idea of maybe working with them if I was going to do some TV things. We ...
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One Track Mind: Robbie Robertson, "He Don't Live Here No More" (2011)
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Something Else!
Photo from RobbieRobertson.comBy Nick DeRiso “He Don't Live Here No More," the edgy lead single from Robbie Robertson's upcoming album How To Become Clairvoyant, is a rollicking rebuke of the dark demons that stole too many friends. “I was higher than a lost kite—too far gone," Robertson wails, channelling lost souls like Richard Manuel and Rick Danko, former mates in the Band. “Outside they was beating on the door. ... I said, he don't live here no more." Danko, bassist ...
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Listen up Preview: Robbie Robertson, "When the Night Was Young" (2011)
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Something Else!
By Nick DeRiso We find Robbie Robertson, former guitarist with Bob Dylan and the Band, again hurtling through the Mississippi Delta, racing past old churches with scolding signs out front, hanging out with grifters and cardsharps, searching for something deeper, something real. This time, it's different, though. He's older now, with friends and youthful dreams long gone. So many hopes lay in pieces all around. And, in sorting through them, Robertson sees things now, new things, that I don't. “What ...
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Robbie Robertson Readies First Album in over a Decade
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HOW TO BECOME CLAIRVOYANT OUT APRIL. 5, 2011; FEATURES ERIC CLAPTON, ROBERT RANDOLPH, TOM MORELLO, STEVE WINWOOD, TRENT REZNOR On April 5, 2011, 429 Records will release How To Become Clairvoyant, Robbie Robertson's fifth solo album and his first record in more than 10 years. Guitar virtuosos Eric Clapton (who co-wrote three tracks with Robertson), Tom Morello and Robert Randolph guest on the album, which Robertson co- produced with Marius de Vries. How To Become Clairvoyant also features Steve Winwood ...
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