Principal and Co-founder, Planet Illogica (Los Angeles)
Bob, a Los Angeles-based entertainment attorney, is a principal and co-founder of Planet Illogica. He oversees the company’s music and legal affairs. Bob has been involved in the entertainment industry for nearly two decades: as a senior music executive for Atlantic Records during its reign as the industry’s number one label; as President of the Rights Division of Withoutabox, a 2008 acquisition of Amazon and IMDB; and as an entertainment attorney representing talent, production companies, new media companies, and entertainment industry-based nonprofit organizations.
Bob has co-produced several films. He won a Peabody Award for his producing work on the film, “A Huey P. Newton Story,” about the founder of the Black Panther Party by acclaimed director Spike Lee. At Atlantic Records, Bob worked with a number of artists, including Macy Gray, Stone Temple Pilots, Jewel, Hootie & The Blowfish, Tori Amos, and others. At Withoutabox, he oversaw intellectual property issues and helped aggregate films for distribution for the industry’s leading web-based platform for independent filmmakers and film festivals (over 150,000 filmmakers in 200 countries).
In 2009, Bob produced the worldwide concert premiere of Langston Hughes’ poem, “Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz,” featuring the Soprano Jessye Norman, The Roots, jazz vocalist Nneena Freelon, and the Orchestra of St. Lukes and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, respectively, at Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl.
Bob serves on the board of directors of several nonprofit organizations. He recently concluded a term as chair of the board of the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, a nonprofit community-based music school founded by Flea of the superstar rock group Red Hot Chili Peppers. He is a co-founder and Co-Chair of LA Works, the Los Angeles affiliate of the national Hands On Network/Points of Light Foundation, and a member of the board of Operation USA, an international disaster relief organization. Previously he served multiple terms on the boards of Rock the Vote, the Creative Coalition, and the ACLU Foundation, among others.
Bob earned his undergraduate degree from Occidental College and is a graduate of the Anderson School of Management and UCLA School of Law. Always a fierce advocate for artists, Bob embraces Planet Illogica’s vision of a thriving online artist community empowering each other economically and artistically.
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