Music Think Tank, a Pampelmoose essay

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

I was invited to become an author for the web site, Music Think Tank, a site where musicians and industry professionals can air their views. I posted my thoughts on musicians and social media today. Regular readers of the Moose may have read an earlier version of the essay at my other blog Social Cache.

howard wolfson, music, politics and the moose

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

In one of those random and yet surgically precise ways I electronically met Howard Wolfson yesterday. Wolfson was Communications Director for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign and is currently continuing his career as a political commentator for Fox News. He also runs a music blog, Gotham Acme, that I learned about by reading an article [...]

Rock the Vote and MySpace Band Competition

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock all year you’ll know that this November is time to vote for president. Presumptive Republican nominee, Senator John McCain, will face off against the presumptive Democratic nominee, Senator Barak Obama. Whoever you vote for the only way to do that is to register to vote. Rock the Vote [...]

social media, blogs, music and advertising

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Portland band, Hockey, in a social networking environment.
I have some homework for those of you who like to read. Having been on many conference panels in my time, attempting to inform musicians and others about the value of using the Internet for marketing, my research led me to notice how the online social networks and [...]

myspace and the major labels

Friday, April 11th, 2008

No Age on the Lamar Bridge at SXSW 08 ©Nilina Mason-Campbell
Things just got a little more confusing. One of Wired’s blogs covered the MySpace/major labels story [it might even turn out to be a non-story] - MySpace has partnered with three of the four major record labels in an effort to create “a one-stop source [...]