Music Marketing Stories of the Week

These are some cool links, sites and ideas that may help you in marketing and promoting your band. Not all are music relate. Some are major label ideas and some are out of the box “I wish I thought if that ideas!”

Have a good weekend!

Cool iPhone App matches your location and travels with music from local bands and attractions

http://www.amplifiedjourneys.hk/ and http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/amplified-journeys-creates-custom-travel-playlist.html

Dude from NIN getting all crazy when promoting his album

http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/new-marketing-strategy-buy-the-album-get-to-hang-out-with-the-artist.html

Take control of music videos

http://www.popmorphic.com/

Amazing presentation by Graham Brown of Mobile Youth on reaching young people all around the world

http://www.mobileyouth.org/post/1-billion/

When hip-hop marketing goes wrong with Mickey Factz

http://elitaste.com/blog/2009/03/04/honda-commercial-featuring-mickey-factz-when-hip-hop-marketing-goes-wrong/

No Doubt Gives Away Entire Catalog in Exchange for Concert Ticket

http://nodoubttourclub.musictoday.com/

Hypebot interview with Jed from Reverbnation

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/03/interview-with-jed-carlson-of-reverbnation-part-one.html

18 Music Tumblr sites including Travis from Gym Class Heroes

http://mashable.com/2009/02/22/music-tumblr-blogs/

Jango offers pay for play model

http://airplay.jango.com/music+promotion/home

Interesting take on the word Urban

http://www.ypulse.com/ypulse-guest-post-the-new-urban

Fall Out Boy video game trail

http://www.friendsorenemies.com/web/foe/ce/falloutboytrail/

CNN reports on labels and music 2.0 sites

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/03/internet.music/

Using iPhones to cover songs and create press

http://musically.com/blog/2009/03/05/mentalists-play-mgmt-cover-on-four-iphones/

-Greg Rollett