Michael Erlewine

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Michael Erlewine
Michael Erlewine (born July 18, 1941 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American musician, astrologer, and internet entrepreneur who founded the All Music Guide in 1991.

Erlewine has had several careers. As a musician, he was active in the Michigan folk scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In 1961 he hitchhiked with Bob Dylan, and had traveled to Greenwich Village, Venice, California, and San Francisco.[1] He and his brother Dan founded a blues band called the Prime Movers, which regularly played Chicago; other members included Gene Tyranny (Robert Sheff), and when the drummer left, they replaced him with Iggy Pop (James Osterberg), then 18. It was the Prime Movers who gave him the nickname "Iggy", because he had played in the band the Iguanas. According to biographer Jim Ambrose, the two years Osterberg spent in the band made him aware of "art, politics, and experimentation".<ref name="Gimme Danger" />

Later, Erlewine was active in astrology and, according to a history of modern astrology, "a pioneer in astrological software."[2] who founded Matrix Software in 1978. He sold the company to Alliance Entertainment in 1996, and it remains a leader in the field. Erlewine and his wife Margaret established The Heart Center Astrological Library, the largest astrological library in the U.S. open to the general public, which contains many historical rare books and out-of-print periodicals. He also produced and marketed a variety of professional astrological conferences, and with astrologer Charles A. Jayne, introduced "ACT: Astrological Conferences on Techniques", a series of panel discussions on current astrological topics. He has been active in professional organizations including the American Federation of Astrologers, UAC (United Astrology Congress), Professional Astrologers, Incorporated, NCGR (National Council for Geocosmic Research), and others.

In the 1990s, Erlewine founded the All Music Guide (allmusic.com), the All Movie Guide (allmovie.com), and the All Game Guide (allgame.com). The first site in particular has become an important popular music reference that licenses its content to numerous other websites.

Today Erlewine lives in Big Rapids, Michigan, with his wife. They have four children. He is the uncle of AMG critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine.

Books

  • Manual of Computer Programming for Astrologers (Tempe, Az.: A.F.A., Inc., 1980),
  • Astrophysical Directions (Ann Arbor, Mich.: Heart Center, 1977), with Margaret Erlewine (a fixed star catalog)
  • The Sun is Shining: Helio 1653-2050, on heliocentric astrology (with ephemeris)
  • Interface: Planetary Nodes

References

1. ^ Jim Ambrose (2004). Gimme Danger: The Story of Iggy Pop. 
2. ^ James Holden (1996). A History of Horoscopic Astrology. American Federation of Astrologers. ISBN 0-86690-463-8. 

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The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. AMG was founded in 1991 by popular-culture archivist Michael Erlewine and mathematician Vladimir Bogdanov, Ph.D., as a guide for consumers. Its first reference book was published the next year.
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The Prime Movers were a blues band based in the Detroit area, formed in 1965. Robert Vinopal left soon after the band's formation and was replaced by Jack Dawson. James Osterberg, who would later be known as Iggy Pop, took over the drums not long after.
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'Blue' Gene Tyranny (born Robert Nathan Sheff, January 1, 1945) is an avant-garde composer and pianist. He was born in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Dorothy and Meyer Sheff.
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James Newell Osterberg, Jr. (born April 21, 1947), better known by his stage name Iggy Pop, is an American rock singer, songwriter, and occasional actor. Although he has had only limited commercial success, Iggy Pop is considered one of the most important innovators of punk
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The Iguanas was one of Iggy Pop's first bands. James Osterberg was the drummer while in high school, and in 1964 got his nickname Iggy from the name of this garage rock band formed during 1963 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Osterberg grew up in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine is senior editor for All Music Guide. He is the author of thousands of artist biographies and record reviews, as well as a freelance writer, and has written several liner notes.
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