Random Music News for Wednesday, June 10, 2015
On this day in 1977, the groundbreaking Apple II went on sale. Speaking of Apple, did you notice that during Monday’s Apple Music presentation they shone a spotlight on an artist that doesn’t
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Yes, Those are New Products in Old Music Videos. WTF?
Product placement in music videos is nothing new. This kind of thing has been going on since the 90s. And while I haven’t seen any evidence of this yet, we’re told that new
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Pop Music = Advertising. The Issue of Creeping Product Placement.
Last weekend’s finale of Mad Men [SPOILER!] reminded us about the long relationship pop music has had with advertising. A jingle in a Coke 1971 commercial… …turned into a genuine hit single for The
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