Powerful structures for product-driven organisations
Apple and Epic staged a contest for fans of Modest Mouse to make the video for the second single from their new album, "Missed the boat". Entrants were provided with high quality source video of the group and allowed to use as much or as little as they liked. The results are amazing and varied. From… Continue reading Movie stars
(cartoon from Gaping Void) Editor of The Register, Andrew Orlowski (articles) is never short of some ascerbic observations on the state of the music industry in its attempt to deal with the digitisation of its product. And recently there's been no shortage of other opinion in that area either. With compact disc revenues falling 40% last year in… Continue reading The listeners are revolting
New gadget I've just downloaded: The Filter from Exabra is excellent. It mood filters your own record collection (as well as pointing you in the direction of tracks to buy should you wish). I tell it I like Concrete Sky by Beth Orten and it creates a playlist including "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" by St Etienne… Continue reading Gadget and a half
I was listening to Out of Time by Blur tonight and it made me realise an implication to the Long Tail that I don't think has really been discussed. Out of time from Think Tank bucked the trend of where Blur and Albarn were going. Unlike the band's ealier records (like girls and boys), pretty much… Continue reading Out of time
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