Robb Royer, steps away
Robb Royer and most of humanity are within 6 degrees of each other. This matrix combines the small-world principle behind this seemingly magical fact with inter-artist recommendations-in-series in order to make all artists potential curators and discoverable within a handful (or two) of steps from everywhere on the planet. It works like this:
I RECOMMEND people (do you?)Robb Royer & degrees of proximity
Why again is Robb Royer mere steps away from other artists in here, and by extension, most everybody on the planet?
WHO CURATES "I RECOMMEND" ABOVE?
- Vertex/Edges Out by: The Matrix
Artist & Where
- Name: Robb Royer
- City/Place: Virgin Islands / Nashville, Tennessee
- Country: United States
- Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Life & Work
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Bio:
Robb Royer's music career took off as a founding member of Bread, his and their music part of the all-encompassing American soundtrack of the early '70s. He was lyricist for For All We Know, an Oscar-winning song released by the Carpenters in the United States, and Shirley Bassey in the UK.
His circuitous career took yet another turn when he co-wrote Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident), which — sung by John Michael Montgomery — went to number one on the country charts in 1995.
Robb's songwriting credits include also works for Jimmy Griffin, The Remingtons, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Randy Travis, Billy Burnette, The Finnigan Brothers and others.
Media & Markets
- ▶ Twitter: TXFartingsworth
- ▶ YouTube Music: http://music.youtube.com/channel/UCuNGfdjQ7czkvOpClT-q3qQ
Clips (more may be added)
ABOUT THE MATRIX
This matrix is dedicated to creative artists and non-algorithmic discovery.
It was described (to some degree) and can be accessed via this article in British journal The Guardian (which named our radio of matrixed artists as one of ten best in the world):
www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/apr/17/10-best-music-radio-station-around-world
While the Brazilian musicians I work with now you may not know, I formerly worked (chasing unpaid royalties!) on behalf of Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Led Zeppelin, Jim Hall, Mongo Santamaria, Gilberto Gil, Astrud Gilberto, Wah Wah Watson (Melvin Ragin), Philip Glass, The Cadillacs (Earl Carroll), The Flamingos (Zeke and Jake Carey), and others, including Oscar-winning world-class great-guy Robb Royer. I was interviewed by David Dye for broadcast on U.S. National Public Radio several years ago ... about the Brazilians:
- Randy "Pardal/Sparrow" Roberts
All is more connected than we know.
w/ David Dye for U.S. National Public Radio
The matrix was inspired in (the kabbalah-inspired fiction of) Borges' El Aleph, that in the pillar in Cairo's Mosque of Amr, where the universe in its entirety throughout all time is perceivable as an infinite hum from deep within the stone...
Our logo, per the "spirit" above, is a cortador de cana, a cane cutter. It was designed by Walter Mariano, professor of design at the Federal University of Bahia to reflect the origins of the music the shop specialized in. The Brazilian "aleph" doesn't hum... it dances and sings.
