Rogue Motel, A Tale of Almost Getting it Right and PR 2.0

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Incoming press release everyone duck… “If a foreclosed home in Detroit can be purchased for $1 (as I recently read in the newspaper) I have to wonder how much a night at a Rogue Motel would cost…? And while I can’t answer that question without doing some serious research with the band, I can promise [...]

gang of four, damaged goods ep, free mp3s from vinyl

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

The back cover of the Damaged Goods EP
On June 18 I spent an afternoon with the University of Oregon’s philosophy department class presenting a talk on Gang of Four and our place in the “creative, potentially transformative popular music pantheon.” It was fun. As a band our achievements are well known, mainly in critical circles, [...]

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 [...]

radio listening continues to decline, steepest decline among college grads

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Alex Mindlin of The New York Times reports:
Over the last 10 years, the average share of Americans listening to radio at any given time has shrunk about 14 percent, or 2.3 percentage points. Teenagers account for a well-recognized chunk of that decline. But Larry Rosin, a radio consultant with Edison Media Research in Somerville, N.J., [...]

pampelmoose has been validated by emarketer.com

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Well not just Pampelmoose but all of us trusty blogheads. Here’s the scoop. The report costs $695.00 which I won’t be shelling out…but I think I know what it would say. Some highlights below.
Once a haven for techies, there are now blogs for everything from celebrity gossip to political commentary to the most mundane personal [...]