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title: "Being Michael Stipe: R.E.M. Lead Singer Shows Off His Tumblr"
date: 2011-09-04
author: "Richard MacManus"
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  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
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  - name: "2011"
    url: "/tag/2011.md"
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# Being Michael Stipe: R.E.M. Lead Singer Shows Off His Tumblr

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20120201210232im_/http://rww.readwriteweb.netdna-cdn.com/images/stipe_tumblr_150.jpg)Michael Stipe is the lead singer of R.E.M., one of the most influential bands of all time. In [an interview with Creators Project](https://web.archive.org/web/20120201210232/http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/creators/michael-stipe), Stipe describes how he uses the blogging platform [Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20120201210232/http://tumblr.com/) to publish his side project art work. “In a way, like the rest of the world, I’m kind of self-publishing on my Tumblr site,” said Stipe in the interview.

It’s refreshing to know that someone as famous as Michael Stipe is admitting that he’s **just like every other Tumblr user**. It shows both how truly democratic these Web tools are and the level of control that anybody – Michael Stipe or not – can have over their creative work.

Stipe noted that his Tumblr site represents the real him – it’s not subject to peoples’ pre-conceptions, nor is it a manufactured image. His Tumblr is called [Confessions of a Michael Stipe](https://web.archive.org/web/20120201210232/http://confessionsofamichaelstipe.tumblr.com/), which according to its author is an inside joke. “This might not be the Michael Stipe that you think you know,” said Stipe, “this is actually me.”

*Disclosure: Intel co-sponsors the Creators Project and is also sponsor of our ReadWriteHack channel.*

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/michael_stipe_tumblr.php))*