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Michael Robert Band

About Me


By michaelrobertWhat’s up everyone!!! I thought I would write a personal welcome to my page and tell you a little about myself. I hope you guys all enjoy my music as much as I enjoy writing and playing it.I grew up in Portland Oregon with many musical influences. My Jr. High and High School years were the height of the grunge movement. Being just over one hundred miles from Seattle had an early effect on my musical taste. Even earlier than that was my Father’s influence. My dad was got his doctorate in Opera so I grew up around his music, and my Grandfather was known as one of the best violin teachers in the Northwest. Needless to say there were plenty of musical experiences for me to pull off of.I also count myself very lucky to have been able to learn from Nancy Parker, my high school choir teacher who led us to four straight State Titles. She was an amazing influence on me musically and I will always be indebted to her.My first Band experience was with a group called Parvo, of which I was the lead singer. Some good times there in the Portland Scene. It’s always interesting trying to play bars when your 16 years old.Move on to college and I had the great pleasure of rooming with Ryan Tedder of the band One Republic for a year at Oral Roberts University. He is a truly amazing musician/ songwriter/ individual, and we had some great times bouncing music off of each other there. I also owe him many props for always letting me use his Martin guitar and introducing me to grilled cheese ham sandwiches with powdered sugar on top YUMMM.Since moving to dallas I have been a part of one other group called Ideology. We had some good music and played some great shows but a lack of agreement on musical styles led us all in our own separate directions.The one musician who I still work with from Ideology is Mike Piekos. He is an amazing lead guitarist. You can hear him tearing it up on the song "Amazing Music"So here I am with the Michael Robert Band!!!! And here you are enjoying my music... NOW THAT’S A GREAT COMBINATIONenjoy, tell a friend, keep in touch, and come back often!Sincerely,Michael Robert
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Member Since: 18/07/2006
Band Website: Your checking it out right now
Influences: RadioheadThird Eye Blind U2ColdplaySunny Day Real EstateFace to FaceSmashing PumpkinsPM DawnJohn MayerDave MatthewsCounting Crows
Sounds Like: Like MRb of course
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

GET MRb NEWEST SONG "Bomb Shelter" FREE

GET THE SONG "BOMB SHELTER" FREESend 5 emails/ myspace messages to your friends recommending them to come check out www.myspace.com/michaelrobertband and I will send you the NEW "Bomb Shelter" MP3 Fre...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:20:00 GMT

My Best Song Yet

Hello everyone, and Merry Christmas Eve! I just wrote a new song called "Bomb Shelter" that I am super exited about. It's called Bomb Shelter, and it's all about how people see God, how God sees peo...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:24:00 GMT

It’s Cold But It’s Warm

The colder weather always makes me think of fun times cuddled up under a blanket looking out the window at the cloudy Portland sky as a child. Yea I was that kid, you know the one who was always aloo...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:44:00 GMT

Balance

Yes it's true..... I have been slacking on the blogging. For those of you who don't know I am getting my masters degree in Military History and it's been taking a bunch of my time. My two loves in l...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:16:00 GMT

GET A FREE MRb MP3!!!!!!!!!!

Here is your chance to get a FREE... yes I said FREE Michael Robert MP3. Forget Itunes, when you have MRb giving out the hits for free :)All you have to do is cut and paste the text below and then p...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:06:00 GMT

The Underlying Hope

Hey everyone.... Life can suck at times.... People will fail you at times..... and sometimes the world can let you down all at once.... Sometimes you feel like one more day is too much..... Just reme...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:53:00 GMT

Push Don’t Pull

Ok... Ok... So I have not been playing hooky from myspace lately!!! I admit it!!!As of late, I have been doing some serious soul searching about where to grow my music... (more on the specific locatio...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:42:00 GMT

A Thank you to the FANS of MRb... if thats you, you better read this!!! :)

So I was sitting here pondering life.... something I find myself doing quite often. I began thinking about this web site and MRb. It's pretty amazing that I started this site around the first week o...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:18:00 GMT

Why does everything come in waves?

a very wise person once told me that everything comes in waves. The bad comes in waves, the good comes in waves, the average comes in waves. I don't know why that is, but it is. As a musician and a...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:00:00 GMT

Life with out POWER

wow, with that title, it sounds like I am about to give you some Anthony Robbins pep talk about the power of power in your life.... :)Nope! just talking about my house having no electricity. Yes, my ...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:45:00 GMT