- Rod Underhill
Rod Underhill is an attorney and author who has written books about the Internet and MP3 technology and who was also a founder of
MP3.com . His books include “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to MP3” and “The Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Millions on the Internet”, each written withNat Gertler .Biography
Rod Underhill was born on
October 7 ,1953 and practiced law in California from 1980 until 1998, when he cofounded MP3.com where he served as the Founding Music Director. [ [http://www.w3w3.com/INDEXS-2005/05H_index/index_05-23H.htm w3w3.com interview] ] A musician, his album “Science Friction,” released internationally as an attachment to his book on MP3 technology, was the first all MP3 format CD released by a major publisher in the world and resulted in his induction into theNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Idiots-Guide-Music-Internet/dp/0789720361 Review of Book and CD contents ]Since leaving MP3.com, Underhill has served as a law professor at
Thomas Jefferson School of Law and in 2008 was awarded aWebby Award (People's Voice Award) for his work as cofounder of Podlinez.com. [ [http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS231272+07-May-2008+BW20080507 Webby Award for Podlinez.com] ] Underhill also serves as a senior advisor tonimbit . [http://www.nimbit.com/about/team.php Nimbit's Advisory Team ]elected books
*"The Complete Idiot's Guide to MP3" (with
Nat Gertler ), Que Books, 2000 (ISBN 0789720361).
*"The Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Millions on the Internet" (withNat Gertler ), Que Books, 2001 (ISBN 0789722980).
*"MP3: Musica En Internet Facil" (Spanish language version of Guide to MP3,) Que Books, 2001 (ISBN 9789684444621) .
*"MP3" (French language variation of Guide to MP3), Campuspress (Paris, France) , 2000 (ISBN 2744008257).
*"MP3 : muzyka w Internecie nie tylko dla orłów (Polish language edition of Guide to MP3) Intersoftland, (Warsaw, Poland), 2000 (ISBN 8372600074)References
External links
* [http://www.tjsl.edu/ Thomas Jefferson School of Law]
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_May_10/ai_n13680437 Reference as MP3.com cofounder]
* [http://www.w3w3.com/INDEXS-2005/06H_index/index_06-13.htm Rockies Venture club]
* [http://www.timepieces.nl/Top100's/2003_1Sound.html 100 Greatest Album List]
* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/1086092-canned_heat/biography.php Canned Heat Artist Covers Underhill Song]
* [http://books.dreambook.com/artistpr/sarahfan11.html Underhill and Michael Robertson condemned for their treatment of artists on MP3.com ] "Rod Underhill and Michael Robertson are two men who went through enormous effort several years ago to hide and censor the truth concerning the earnings of numerous MP3.com artists when it was in its Golden age..."
* [http://www.elance.com/p/corporate/community/resource-center/elancer-jun-07.html?rid=15PAK Elance Interviews Rod Underhill]
* [http://media.www.dailyemerald.com/media/storage/paper859/news/2004/10/28/Pulse/Bloody.Lovelies.More.Than.A.PopRock.Exterior-1969008.shtml Underhill Artist Review Quoted by Press]
* [http://grogon.mp3.com.pl/nowosci/news_n122.html Polish language article]
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