new kick-ass Phoenix music video
I just love this brand spanking new music video from Phoenix for their song “1901″, directed by Bogstandard (Ben Strebel & Dylan Byrne) and produced by Kin Woo (Dazed Digital). Enjoy!!!!
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probably one of the best link to get all the latest news of the music industry and music business:
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Check out this band, probably the biggest revelation of 2009, live performace on David Lettermann
The toxic airborne event / sometimes around midnight .. kind of “arcade fireish”
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social media tips for bands
They are just so many music social networks and place where fans gather that it seems that a lot of bands are king of getting lost in this social era. So here are my advices.
1. Should you get a myspace bands profile page: YES you must. Event if myspace is losing some strength. It is still the number one social networks when it come to the music business & entertainment
2. Should you get a twitter account: YES and share it between your band members. Also make sure to link it to your myspace account. (FYI total minutes spent on twitter is up 3712% from a year ago)
3. Now the big question. Should you get your own website? Well it depends. Once upon a time it was mandatory, now it would be according to your budget. But in this social media era you can definitely survive without one
4. And what about facebook: As it is the biggest social network as of today, creating an account is also mandatory but be aware that facebook is not that friendly for bands and music in general but is pretty cool for your communication.
5. Then you could go on forever and create profiles on more that 50 other music social networks but at the end get nothing. My advice is to find a couple of website where you have a higher percentage to find your actual or future fans. For example, when it comes to rock we work a lot with purevolume.com because the target & audience of this website is the rock, indie and hardcore community.
In summary find a smaller community which has a great content quality.
6. Pick 2 other websites: probably an “online radio” like last.fm and another more dedicated to taste sharing & music discovery like imeem.com and work on them (another advantage: last.fm and imeem have iPhone apps)
7. Develop your communication on a couple of music blogs in order to get exposure. How? give them exclusive content, news.. work on something creative 
All in all you’ll end up with already 10 different accounts and it will take you guys a lot of time to be active, create your community, share interesting content with your fans.. what will happen if you try to manage to many accounts? Your work will be diluted, quality will be lost and you’ll become boring for your audience.
Try to find the social networks which fit your needs, work on them, your fans base will then do the rest by spreading your contents on other social networks. Stay also updated about what is going on in the social media world by following a couple of great music technology blogs so you’re always ahead of the new trends.
And if this is still too much for you, contact a social media management company like lost penguin media which will prepare a tailored fit marketing plan.
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The band blink 182 might be well in their 30’s but are fully aware of the importance of the social web in the 21st century. In a previous post I wrote about how important branding & social media is for any band right now. In this post we’ll see the impressive numbers a famous band can get when it starts to use social media in an effective way.
At the 51st Grammy Awards ceremony on February 8, 2009, all three members of the band appeared on stage for the first time since December 2004 and announced the band’s reformation, stating “Blink-182 is back!” A message appearing on the band’s website the same day confirmed the reformation and added that the band was in the studio writing and recording a new album and preparing for a world tour.
1) The buzz created by the rumors was just insane for music blogs. On absolutepunk.net the numbers went crazy. Ususally, a thread about a regular band gets between 50 and 100 replies from the community. When the rumor of the reunion became concrete, the community lost its mind: The post “David Kennedy Appears to Confirm New Blink-182 Album” got 11′500 replies in 2 days, then the posts about “Blink 182 Return” and the annoucement at “the grammys” had around 6′000 replies each in more than 10 days, added to a couple of minor post this gives us a total of 25′000 replies in 10 days on a single music blog! In terms of engagement, for a blog which has a monthly traffic between 120′000 and 140′000, it’s a pretty huge number.
2) the google search Blink 182 back together returns around 120′000 results! (on this result comes a some post, articles about a possible reunion, so prior to their announcement). On monday May the 18th they played live one song on television at the Jay Leno show, you can already find already dozen of videos on youtube counting around 200′000 views.
3) It is also pretty interesting to notice that while a lot of bands still communicate mostly on their website or myspace, blink 182 has a very basic website with almost nothing on it (still). But they are spreaded all over the net through facebook, youtube, twitter so it’s even easier to follow them and get fresh news from them. For instance Mark Hoppus twitter account started February 27th (20 days after the announcement). In 3 months he can count almost 490′000 followers (more than biz, the co-founder of twitter) and 1′300 tweets, Mark write also on its blog himynameismark. You are also able to follow Tom Delonge almost every day on his modcam on modlife.com, blink 182 has also an youtube channel dedicated to their past work, and blink 182 is asking its community to help them decide their set list on their upcoming tour here on pickrset.com
Blink 182 are using all the relevant channels to stay connected and entertain their fanbase while they are recording and preparing for their summer tour. They have always been an entertaining band on stage and now they are doing that through social media tools. They give and create daily content for their fanbase and let them spread them around the web by their community. This really shows us the power of a committed and loyal community even after a 4 years break.
any other facts or comments appreciate
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on the other side of the border
things are changing for wall street.. excellent, have a look 
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procab studio new website
we have just launched our new website. You can check it out here: http://www.procab.ch also available for Iphone
We have 3 main departments and are now a full internet communication agency:
1.websdesign
2.SEO/SEM
3.viral marketing/reputation management
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viral video
I don’t understand a word of what they’re saying but the concept is quite funny
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wiimote + guitar combination
pretty decent effects created with a wiimote on a guitar
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if you don’t see yours; contact me and I’ll be pleased to add your website to the list. This post is not primarily for fantasy sports… I started the list about a year ago with 52 listed websites, now we have 57 (few new and a few disapeared) we’ll see where we end up
GENERAL
- loopd.com
- sponsorhouse.com (help you find a sponsor)
- eteamz.com (over 3 mios users, manage your team & league)
- sportsvite.com
- isporty.com
- yousport.com
- active.com
- mixsport.com (coming soon)
- sporgle.com (organize your sport online)
- sportingo.com (sports discussion)
- takkle.com (high school sports community)
- ourplaybook.com (create profiles, share media & connect with other athletes)
- sportme.com (UK based, focus on athletes & teams)
- joinmysport.com (french based; find players, organize your activities)
- sportkin.com
- smackmaster.com
- fannation.com (owned by sports illustrated)
- fanspot.com (fan club, team stats, blogs…)
- sportsmates.com (included 1000 communities)
- sportspundit.com
- efans.com
- fanvoice.com (NBA official social network)
- mynfl.com (NFL official social network)
- nhlconnect.com (official social network)
- actionprofiles.com
- boardride.tv
- skuff.tv
- shredordie.com
- twinzer.com
- bnqt.com (bought by USA today)
- xtrm.com (mostly motocross)
- surfspot.com
- x3mpeople.com (beta)
- snowboardrevolution.com
- adrenalinehub.com
- athletefocus.com (community for athletes)
- nevermodest.com
- stream19.com
- seshn.com (niche blog)
- shredunion.com (snowboard)
- socalactionsportsnetwrok.com
SKATEBOARDING
- subpublic.com (find skatespots, find your crew, news, …)
- youfoot.com (beta)
- kickkickboom.com
- joga.com (owned by google & nike)
- footbo.com
- soccerflaw.com
- oleole.com (social media site has everything a football fan want – news, blogs, photos, videos, history and fantasy football. Everything is 100% UGC)
- peoplessoccer.com (want to buy or start a soccer team?)
- footbo.com
- golfbuzz.com
- golfnuts.com
- igolf.to
- golflink.com (personal golf analysis)
- golfshake.com
- sandwedged.com
- skispace.com (ski)
- sanoodi.com (map & monitor activities)
- swimroom.com (online community for swimmers)
- tennisplayers.net (help you find new tennis player)
- viabasket.fr (basketball)
- ur7s.com (Rugby))
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