Ozzy, Billy Idol, Paul Stanley, and Joan Jett are all in a Super Bowl ad this year
It’s almost time for Super Bowl LVII in the Arizona desert. Here’s my prediction: No matter what the outcome, Eagles
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Commercials
Ever notice how all COVID-19 PSAs and commercials sound the same?
Judging from all these similar-sounding commercials, whoever composes sombre piano production music is making bank these days.
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Can Hit Songs in TV Commercials Make You Shop More?
Everyone knows that music can be used to manipulate us in both good ways and bad. It can get us
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The Super Bowl Commercials Have Already Started. Let’s Look at the Music-Related Ones.
It used to be you actually had to watch the Super Bowl to see the big-budget TV commercials. Now many
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A History of David Bowie’s TV Commercials
The amount of material from David Bowie’s career that’s appeared online since Monday morning is astounding. Here, for example, is
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The 11 Best Songs Heard in Airline Commercials
As someone who flies a lot, I have more than a passing interest in the offerings of various airlines. Forbes
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I’m Not Sure What to Make of This Study About Radio Ads
This week’s Broadcast Dialogue email missive contained this tidbit: A Duke University study has found that female listeners are interested
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How Selling Out Saved Indie Rock
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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A Collection of Old-School TV Commercials for Radio Stations
The full collection can be found here. This is just a taste.
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Sarah McLachlan Stars in a Super Bowl Commercial. Sort Of.
Sarah shows up twice in Audi’s “Doberhuahua” spot. Hey, I laughed. More Super Bowl commercials here and here.
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