Thats right, it looks as if Angry Birds and the new movie Rio have teamed up to make a new App, check out the trailer for it. I dont know if it will be any good or just a gimmick but I do know that i’m buying it.
I’ve never seen a trailer for an App before.
Anyways just incase you dont know what Rio is check out the trailer for it here.
Permalink Post CommentJake Shimabukuro is one of the latest artists we’ve been honored to work with. It is true we are excited to have him as a client because of the unparalleled level of musical ability he embodies, revolutionizing what’s possible with the ukulele. But even more so, we are thrilled to work with him because of the goodness of his character and the positive change he is contributing to this world.
Read More… Post CommentA huge shout out to social media guru & analyst Brian Solis and data visualization specialist JESS3 as they have again teamed up for this powerful info-graphic “The Twitterverse.” In an attempt to decode the universe of services and apps leveraging Twitter, this info-graphic sections the apps into 19 rings. How quickly will this become outdated? That is dependent upon the innovators.
Feel free to click around on each icon to learn more about these Twitter applications:
Crowd fundraising—often referred to as crowd funding or crowd sourcing, is a method to raising money for new projects and/or businesses by inquiring micro donations from a large number of supporters and sponsors. Though this is currently becoming more and more popular, for years charities and non-profits have used this approach to gain public responsiveness. Nowadays, with the excessive shift in social media, crowd funding has developed into a sustainable fundraising mechanism for all new music, artists, films, creative ideas and projects, in addition to charities and nonprofit organizations.
There are a few drawbacks to this new web-based phenomena - the lack of quality, confidentiality, and the reliance of crowd sourcing. When you open the doors, anyone and anything can be posted on these sites without digression, which leads to inconsistency and trying to deal with matters out of your control. Another caution is to be careful not to give away competitive information. Intellectual property theft is a concern, so anyone who has an idea through a crowdsourcing platform has to be careful not to hand over a great idea on a public forum and never get credit for it.
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Long gone are the days of records, tapes, and compact discs. But what is in store for music storage? Music streaming services are surfacing, making it possible to not only listen to music on computers, but also in cars, on TVs, throughout home sound systems, and on mobile devices. Countless services allow users to access thousands of albums and millions of songs instantly on the device of their choice. Users can create libraries of their favorite songs, listen to pre-made or personally created playlists, share songs with friends, purchase songs and so much more. While these services allow users to sync their created libraries and playlists, many music fanatics are looking for what’s next.
Read More… Post CommentGuadalajara Joe directed yet another genius music video for ALO, this time for the hooky “I Love Music” from their 2010 Brushfire Records release “Man of the World.”
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Facebook introduced the new profile to its users this past December, and hoped to upgrade all users from the old profile to the new profile early during the new year. Gradually reeling its users towards the new profile allowed users to sample the new profile before it officially became mandatory, which stirred up different types of discussions between almost all Facebook users. Not only did the new layout get users talking, but the new features such as exposing all users to individual friendships and connecting interests between them, caused much debate between whether the old profile or the new profile was viewed as “better.”
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By : Erik Koral - FanManager Founder/CEO - 1.10.11
http://www.fanmanager.net
Hey everyone,
One of my new years resolutions was to do a bit more personal blogging and provide the music and marketing communities with some cool tips in navigating the web and managing your street campaigns. I have been in the marketing field for over 10 years now and running FanManager for 6 years, so I wanted to post some of my observations and let you know what has worked and what hasn’t.
The entry below will cover everything you need to know about online street teaming in this new digital era. Although physical street teams are still important and relevant for many hard touring bands, online street teaming is becoming much more prevalent. Here is why…
1) It has never become so easy to reach tens of thousands of people in just a few minutes. In today’s ADD culture, people want instant bite sized bits of information. People are tuning out billboards and traditional advertising and are much more willing to listen to a recommendation of a new track, video, or concert from a friend. This is why platforms like Twitter and Facebook are so important today
Read More… Post CommentIf you haven’t heard of him, you should probably go ahead and check him out. He’s not quite famous…yet. But he’s certainly getting there.
He’s tangled up in this world wide web with a social media presence equivalent to cotton candy on your tongue on a sunny July day. The words he puts out and allows to be put out about himself are warm, inviting, sweet.
He will melt your heart and inspire you to love this world and the people in it like you never have before.
I suppose you’d like to know who he is.
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It’s that time of year—the hype for Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2011 has arrived! Rumors of scheduled artists and headliners have tainted the web. Over 10,000 message threads and 400,000 individual posts occupy the official Coachella Message Board alone. Line-up wish lists from fans take up countless independent blog sites as well. While the actual 2011 artist lineup will not be released until the end of January or beginning of February, the history of the music festival assures festival fanatics that this year’s will be nothing less than sensational.
My favorite time of the year is here, it’s Festival Season!! The Santa Barbara International Film Festival is taking place from January 27th to February 6th.
This years festival promises to be a little bit different with the addition of New Media. They plan to update festival goers via Twitter and Facebook and even have a give-away or two. Here is what they have to say:
SOCIAL MEDIAThis year SBIFF will undertake a massive social media campaign throughout the course of the festival. SBIFF will utilize both Facebook and Twitter in order to enhance the festival experience for festival attendees, filmmakers, and press.
• Both Facebook and Twitter will serve as valuable resources, providing up to the minute information on program changes and announcements. With these tools, festival attendees will be given many new ways to actively participate in events and activities. Throughout the 11 days, there will be many exciting opportunities to win film tickets, party passes, tribute tickets, and festival memorabilia. SBIFF also encourages everyone to share their favorite moments, films, and photos as the festival progresses, many of which may be reposted or tweeted.
• For filmmakers, these tools will be utilized to both promote their film at the festival, and also to network with other filmmakers and industry insiders in attendance.
• Members of the press should also take note as these tools will be used to make valuable announcements and highlight published coverage.
Now as much as this sounds like a great idea, it has been my experience from other festivals and conferences that the promise is never delivered. Festival goers are promised to be given cutting edge to the minute updates but it is usually the main person running the festival who is in charge of updating, and he/she obviously gets too busy and does not have time to make any updates. Or the responsibility gets handed down to a new intern who is way too excited to be there and also does no updating but is instead throwing up in some green room.
I hope that the film festival has taken this new role seriously and will be updating frequently, although im not sure since their Facebook page does not have a custom URL (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Santa-Barbara-International-Film-Festival/141996919640), the bio is from 2010, and they haven’t even created any events for their panels and award ceremonies.
For more information on the festival where I plan to spend a lot of time check out the links bellow
SBIFF Website
Twitter
Facebook
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We all know the web was infiltrated by Facebook and Twitter last year. Understanding WHY and HOW they were successful goes beyond examining their respective business models. So let’s see WHO made the most impact on the web for Facebook and Twitter.
The infographic is from Digital Surgeons.
The obvious growing trend in 2011 for millions of TV viewers is to go online to see the shows (or clips) they want, when they want them.
Clicker makes finding shows and clips online quick and easy. If you are looking for a past season of “The Simpsons,” want to stream a full length movie or want to discover a brand new web series, Clicker may be for you.
The Facebook integration for recommendations, trending and connecting with friends and staff is already in place and growing. Decide which shows should be cancelled and have your voice heard!
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