11 Nov Ping on Twitter
Apple’s Ping social network for music fans continues to get flack for not integrating with Facebook. But it’s taken a step towards openness today through a deal with Twitter. billboard.com...
Author: Daniel Cross
11 Nov Merch Sales Survey
Are increased merchandise sales helping to offset lower revenue from recorded music sales? Or is that just another bit of new music industry wishful thinking? Just 34% of those that took Hypebot’s recent pollthought merchandise was helping all that much. Read here what esles the survey...
11 Nov Your Life on FB
Imagining how Facebook keeps track of everything from the first login to the last logout is overwhelming, but this stunning video makes the phenomenon seem natural. From tragic endings to happy beginnings, here’s the story of a life on Facebook. youtube.com...
11 Nov More Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga topped the winners at the MTV European Music Awards 2010 in Madrid, scooping the awards for best pop, best female and best song for “Bad Romance.” Lady Gaga thanked MTV and her fans via satellite from Budapest, where she was performing the latest date...
11 Nov New Michael Jackson Song
A new song called ‘Breaking News’ by Michael Jackson is to hit the shelves on Dec. 14. It’s on the first album of unreleased Jackson material since Jackson’s death. But apparently even family memebers are questioning if its Michael’s real voice. billboard.com...
11 Nov We7 to Focus on Radio
The U.K. ad-funded streaming service We7 is to relaunch with a greater focus on radio, like automated recommendation services Last.fm and Pandora. Two years after its full launch as a streaming service We7 claims 3 million monthly users. billboard.com...
11 Nov Queen Quits EMI
British band Queen has signed to Universal Music Group after nearly 40 years with EMI, and preparations are under way for the release of remastered versions of Queen’s studio albums in 2011. The switch is a blow to EMI, which has lost artists of the stature...
10 Nov F1 + Music
Virgin F1 want to be the rock and roll team of F1, so asked us to help develop an event based at Stowe School neighbouring the UK's F1 track, Silverstone. We helped find artists whose live performance would engage fans of racing as well as present...
09 Nov The Age of Stupid
Released in 2009, The Age of Stupid was the first of its kind, launching a new model in crowd funding for films. Directed by the infamous Franny Armstrong (downed out, mclibel), The Age of Stupid uses a fictional character who considers why we were inept...
09 Nov Dosage music supervision
Last year saw the release of the epic climbing opus Progression following on from King Lines,we supervised the soundtrack which featured Emu, Broken Keys, Amon Tobin and Whitey. We are currently working on the new film, due later this year. ...