Music Marketing

US Music Marketers Could Learn From UK

I’m on the way back from the ILMC (International Live Music Conference) in London and during this, my second brief visit to the city, I was struck by how much. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/14/2005 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (21)
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SXSW Offers Free 240 Song Download Sampler

"Music fans don’t have to be in Austin, Texas, to hear hundreds of new songs from the South by Southwest music festival," reports Wired.com For many years, SXSW, as it’s. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/09/2005 in Music Marketing | Permalink | Comments (10)
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CAMPLIFIED…a summer concert experience hitting day and resident camps 2005….

Here’s an email we got today pitching a very creative tour and marketing concept: CAMPLIFIED…a summer concert experience hitting day and resident camps 2005…. A full interactive day consisting of. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/08/2005 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Starbucks Joins Forces With Morisette For Acoustic “Jagged Little Pill”

FROM THE SMART RE-PACKAGING OF CONTENT DEPARTMENT: "As she neared the 10th anniversary of her landmark album "Jagged Little Pill," Alanis Morissette began pondering how to commemorate the occasion. She. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/07/2005 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Apple Adds To iPod Line

Apple has once just announced an upgrade to their iPod line. The latest versions of the iPod Mini have been unveiled, with a new 4GB model for $199 and a. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/23/2005 in Music Marketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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WINAMP RECONFIGURES TO STOP NAPSTER RIP-OFF

There has been a lot of back and forth on the net recently about the ability and perhaps importance – using a common Winamp plug-in – to un-lock files "rented". Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/18/2005 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (2)
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NET RADIO & MUSIC ON CELL PHONES

From FMQB.com "…Yesterday, Motorola introduced iRadio, a new service that will allow Internet radio to reach mobile phones. The iRadio technology fine-tunes existing media-ready mobile phones and allows them to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/15/2005 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (4)
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Vote For The Live Music You Want To See

(CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — When the band Army Of Me takes the stage at Washington D.C.’s venerable music venue The Black Cat on Friday February 11, they will be secure in. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/11/2005 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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JAMBASE JUKEBOX

The folks at jam band music web site Jambase are great at both building community and helping fans of this borad genre discover new music. Recently they launched Jambase Jukebox,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/08/2005 in Music Marketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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LEFSETZ ON BREAKING A NEW BAND

Some great comments on breaking a band from music industry commentator Bob Lefsetz’s latest newsletter, "…truly savvy agents and managers have these hit acts UNDERPLAY!" "You don’t want to make. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/04/2005 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (1)
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