October 08, 2008
EMI Music Publishing and UK retailer Sainsbury's Tu Clothing division are collaborating to feature the lyrics to some of the greatest songs ever written on a brand new fashion range.
October 07, 2008
UK pop and rock stars are taking action to try to gain ownership and control of their work from record labels. Robbie Williams, Radiohead, Kaiser Chiefs and The Verve are among the acts who have signed up to a new pressure group, the Featured Artists' Coalition.
October 07, 2008
Getty Images, one of the largest creators and distributors of visual content and other digital media in the country, has unveiled Premium Playlist, a music collection that makes popular music available for commercial licensing in movies, TV commercials/advertising, broadcast, online and other new media.
October 03, 2008
Nestea has erected signage in Second Life's Junkyard Blues club that reflects the packaging design for their new Green Tea Citrus and Diet Green Tea Citrus drinks, and they'll be offering concertgoers free virtual samples and virtual t-shirts.
October 01, 2008
This 1960s Dusty Springfield ad for Mother's Pride makes a little more sense when you can understand why she's rudely waking everyone up with tea and white bread.
October 01, 2008
And the debate begins ... now! Is the punk-rock anti-corporate ethos dead or just the ideals of one of its founding fathers?
September 30, 2008
"What is men's lingerie?" wonders Woooha aloud. Well, we're hoping Ushe's line looks something like this photo illustration, which creeped us out something fierce while we were making it.
September 26, 2008
We don't know what any of this is about, but The Internet's Source for Jonas Bros., Idolator, has pulled up this clip of Burger King's King rocking out with the moppy trio on tour. It makes us feel cold, alone and a little bald.
September 24, 2008
As we become more strapped for cash, musicians who cultivate working-class, scrappy brands will be more and more attractive to mainstream marketers.
September 20, 2008
On Avenue K in Lancaster, Calif., Honda will turn your car into a musical instrument -- whether you like it or not. Apparently residents have been complaining and the city is paving over the road Tuesday, but for now, grooved strips in the highway will produce the "The Lone Ranger" melody from Rossini's "William Tell" overture as your tires rumble over them.
September 20, 2008
On this fateful day in the year of Our Lord 2007, Songs for Soap was born with a pretty ho-hum post about a European cellphone marketer. Many of you said we'd never amount to anything -- eat it, Mom! -- but we're still here, delivering joy and snark in equal measure on a nearly daily basis. Congratulations, us! And thanks for reading, readers.
September 19, 2008
In time for the fall fashion season, our favorite group of "entrepreneurs" are out and about, showing off their new ranges.
September 19, 2008
It's a music video! It's an ad! It's a music videad! It's the band Cloud Cult, fully animated, "Iron Giant" style, in a TV spot for Esurance, but there isn't a sales pitch to be found.
September 18, 2008
According to KFC's announcement today, "Guitar Hero World Tour" will feature integrations with the fast feeder. And we have some (made up) pictures.
September 18, 2008
Heavy metal supergroup Metallica, who have had a reputation for heavy-handedness with illegal file sharing, fans posting videos on YouTube and journalists who don't quite play ball, have taken a refreshing new approach to the Metallica brand and marketing strategies around the launch of their much-anticipated ninth studio album, "Death Magnetic."
September 18, 2008
This week's Billboard celebrates the 50th anniversary of its legendary Hot 100 Chart, so if you want to know who's had the most No. 1 hits, who's spent the most time on the charts, what the all-time top rock song was (you'd be surprised!) and you generally geek out for lists, check it out.
September 17, 2008
Did Dr. Dre nick the "sparkling vodka" idea from O2 Sparkling Vodka?
September 17, 2008
For the Jamaican market, Pepsi has enlisted Shaggy, T-Pain and the relative newcomer Tami Chynn to re-record Carl Douglas' Orientalist 1974 hit, "Kung Fu Fighting."
September 17, 2008
The service may not be in the wild, but the outdoor ads are nearly there for MySpace Music, which is set to launch in the coming weeks.
September 15, 2008
What will undoubtedly set MySpace Music apart is the scale it will provide, opening up instant access to a base of 35 million music fans who already (like myself) google "Mount Eerie myspace" in order to instantly hear music.
