Influx

Take a look at the video below from Gracenote and you will see an application to select music by mood. It’s an interesting idea and mood is something you see being played with by all kinds of designers from cars to hotel rooms. The idea of giving the user the opportunity to customize the...

HTC is trying hard to find the right route forward in the complex and challenging world of mobile phones. This is an industry that has the power to make or kill brands in what seems like a flash; just look at Apple, Nokia and Motorola as examples. HTC is been one of the lucky ones- it has managed...

One of the most appealing aspects of the proliferation of new technological channels has been the ability for content creators to allow their content to be accessed on new these new formats. The traditional hardware of old has now given way to multiple increasingly mobile forms. However, the simple...

While Mumford and Sons might be one of the most despised bands of the moment, accused of and charged as guilty for hijacking American folk music and selling it back. However, they are shifting units thanks to a loyal following of fans and an interesting approach to building and marketing their...

Amazing graphic from Bain Consulting on the rapid demise of the music industry. It reacted far too late digital and allowed a generation to grow up with the concept of free music.  Posted by Ed Cotton

There are a couple of interesting examples of the emergence of Twitter as a tool for creative collaboration.Mike Skinner- a UK musician and the man behind The Streets, is actively using Twitter as a tool for song ideas and inspiration as The Guardian reports."The new Streets website – which...

The beauty of mobile is that it unshackles people from their desks and lets them roam the real world and still have real-time access to their interactive world. This is going to be an area where we will see artists and brands try to mine. This is not about just simply running ads on mobile devices,...

There's something great lurking in this idea developed at Music Hack day.The idea of dropping tracks in geographic locations brings a whole new way of thinking about how music can work in physical space. Great for bands wanting to tie tracks to venues or to areas of inspiration and therefore give...

Everyday it seems like a new canvas emerges that could provide a potential opportunity for engagement. Faced with the rapid pace of change, we sometimes forget about how we can use the technology that already exists, but in a better way.A great example is how Arcade Fire, them again!, thought about...

At Hatch Show Print, the art and craft of handmade letterpress poster has been alive and well since 1879. In their time, Hatch Show practically invented the poster and created art like objects for some of the legends of the music world and more recently their craft has been demanded by the likes of...

There once was a time when attending a music festival meant buying a $50 ticket, sleeping in a tent and not washing for days. As the demographic axis of the Western world has shifted, those who made music an integral part of their lives, now have the cash to enjoy their passion with style.This...

The Beatles are one of the strongest and most enduring brands in the world. Without having the benefit of new material, the only way of staying relevant is to support each shift in technology. From remastered CDs through to staged performance of their songs with Cirque Du Soleil, The Beatles have...

Rockband and Guitar Hero have changed the face of video games. Now we have some stats from the folks at Guitar Hero that show the impact of the new title- Guitar Hero 3.- $1billion in sales in a 26 month period- the first video game to reach $1 billion in sales- 25,000 songs created and posted in...

MTV or Music Television built its brand celebrating the new art form of the early 80s, the music video. It gave the music industry just what it needed, the eyeballs of a young generation to promote its product which it made a buck a disc for. Fast forward several decades to the emergence of MySpace...

DJ Frank is a New York-based DJ and like any good DJ, he is on a constant quest to discover new sounds. The difference is that he's not content with digging in old record stores and flea markets in the US, instead he travels to West Africa to find records, before they get destroyed. This new...