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The lost art of jingle writing

July 2, 2022July 2, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ad Agencies, Advertising, Jingle Writing, Jingles

You can’t turn on the TV now without hearing a popular song used in some kind of advertising. As more

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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, December 15, 2020

December 15, 2020December 14, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Advertising, COVID-19, Eddie Van Halen, HBO, Indie Music, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Lil Wayne, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Music Rights, Neil Young, Radio Disney

Ten days until Christmas. Maybe you’ll get something like this under the tree. But hopefully not. (Via John) Now some

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Radio 

Classic Rock Will Never Get Old Thanks To Pop Culture

May 19, 2017May 18, 2017 Mathew Kahansky 1 Comment Advertising, Classic Rock, Format, Guardians of the Galaxy, Pop Culture, relevance

How does a genre that never adds anything new stay afloat? You’d think hearing the same set of songs would

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Music Industry 

I Swear I Heard This In A Commercial: How The Internet Handles Licensing

May 8, 2017May 7, 2017 Mathew Kahansky 0 Comments Advertising, Business, industry, Licensing, Rights Management

Earlier this week we talked about MixBANK, a licensing software designed to make legal remixes easy for both the DJ

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Music Industry 

Meet the People Who Decide Which Music Gets into Movies and TV

March 16, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Advertising, Licensing, Music Supervisors, Sync

They’re called music supervisors and have the power to place your song in a movie, TV show or commercial, something

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Cool! Music News 

This McDonald’s Burger Comes with a Side of a 60-Piece Orchestra. No, Really.

February 17, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Advertising, McDonalds

In its continuing effort to keep its menu fresh, McDonald’s in The Netherlands is testing out a new burger they

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Radio 

Spotify Would Like to Pluck Local Advertising from Radio Stations

February 18, 2016February 18, 2016 Alan Cross 2 Comments Advertising, Radio, Spotify, Toronto

Question: If streaming is hurting music sales, can it also eat into the listenership of radio stations? Answer: It depends.

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Music History 

Interesting Article: When Words Sold Music

June 17, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Advertising, Lyrics, Selling Point

Be honest: how carefully do you really listen to lyrics? I mean really listen. There was a time not long

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Music News 

Notice Anything Different About Week 5 of the NFL Season? (Hint: Think Headphones)

October 5, 2014 Alan Cross 2 Comments Advertising, Beats, Headphones, Marketing, NFL

I’m not a fan of Beats headphones. I think they sound like rubbish. But I admire their marketing savvy. Beats

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Controversy 

How Selling Out Saved Indie Rock

July 3, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Advertising, Commercials, Indie Rock, Music Licensing, Selling Out

It wasn’t all that long ago that the idea of, say, licensing a song for a TV commercial was not

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Cool! 

A Beer Poster That Lets You Play or Remix 10 Songs

May 27, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Advertising, Beck's, Beer, Interactive, Poster, Remix

This is rather cool: a poster for Beck’s beer created by a couple of New Zealand companies that allow you

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