Music for Robots is a defunct

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written and curated by a collective of friends who originally met at

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, who founded the website in April 2004. The blog made history in 2004 when it hosted a song by the band

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provided to them by

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, signaling the first time a major label had deliberately encouraged a blog to post an

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by one of its artists. The site gained greater notoriety later that year when MTV aired a news feature about the site and one of their discoveries, a band of teenagers from

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called Hysterics. In 2005, the "robots" branched out, dipping their toes in concert promotion and releasing a compilation CD titled '' Music For Robots, Vol. 1'', which included music from Hysterics, Avenue D,

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, Stratageme, and Daedelus. Music (For Robots) was known for their diverse, comprehensive musical tastes and willingness to cooperate with the record industry, and only post music with permission of the artist and/or label. Music (For Robots) was featured by many publications and programs in the mainstream media including ''Wired'' magazine, ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Spin'',

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, the ''Fresno Bee'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and was the first MP3 Blog to be featured in primetime TV during MTV's ''TRL'' program in early 2005.

External links

New York Times Music For Robots ArticleHysterics MTV ArticleRolling Stone: The Music Blog Boom
Music blogs Bates College alumni American music websites Internet properties established in 2004 Internet properties disestablished in 2008 {{internet-publish-stub

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