Tag: Art director

Hypercreators Own The Music Industry & You Need To Become One

Here Ryan Kairalla explores the idea of hypercreation, and why musicians should now work to make as much quality music as often as they can in order to achieve success. Continue reading

Guest Post on 03/22/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: 311, Agora Theatre and Ballroom, Airbnb, Airway Heights, Albert Einstein, Anaheim, Art director, California, House Of Blues, lawsuit, music, New York City, Washington

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A$AP Rocky Named Creative Director Of MTV Labs

MTV and Viacom Velocity, its in-house creative agency, today named A$AP Rocky as Creative Director for MTV LABS, a creative incubator developed in partnership with rapper. Rocky and his own creative company AWGE. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/30/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Advertising agency, Art director, Artist, Chief creative officer, Creative director, Heineken, Italy, Milan, music industry, Publicis

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Pokemon Go: A Competitive Social Formula For The Music Industry? [George Howard]

Here George Howard looks at how the social, fun, and competitive formula which has made Pokemon Go the massive success that it is could potentially work in the music industry,. Continue reading

Guest Post on 07/22/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Action-adventure game, American Idol, AOL, Apple Inc., Art director, Associated Press, Game mechanics, Nintendo, Twitter, YouTube

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Developing A Strategy: A New Definition

As artists and managers are aware, having a solid strategy is critical to a successful marketing campaign, but what exactly is a strategy? This article looks at how the term. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/28/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Adam Quinn, Advertising agency, Amanda Hardy, Art director, Chief creative officer, Cinematographer, Creative director, DDB Canada, Line producer, Vancouver

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Welcome Our New Community Manager Owen Davie

Please join me in welcoming our new community manager, Owen Davie. He's been toiling behind the scenes on both Hypebot and MusicThinkTank for several weeks now, and it is time. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/08/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Andy Warhol, Apple Inc., Art director, Art school, Atari, Atari Video Music, Bernie Taupin, Elton John, graphic design, Graphic designer, IPhone, Learning, Los Angeles, music industry, Performance, Pro Tools, Reading (process)

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Sleeping Through A Revolution – How To Reclaim The Creative Class

Every city, state, country and human being should be very concerned about the hollowing out of creators, and Professor Jonathan Taplin articulates a succinct thesis for recognizing the problem and. Continue reading

Guest Post on 04/06/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 1960s in music, Anti-war movement, Art director, Artist, Austin, Berklee College of Music, Bob Dylan, Texas, Toronto, Trackback, YouTube

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Live Nation Reports $186.5 Million Q4 Loss

Revenue was up but major losses continued at live music industry leader Live Nation Entertainment. Concert income was down in the last quarter of 2014, often a slow time for. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/27/2015 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Airbus A350, Ariana Grande, Art director, Artist, Bandsintown, concert, Disc jockey, India, Philippines, Thailand

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Thom Yorke Releases His Latest Music Sales Experiment On Bandcamp

[UPDATED] Tom Yorke is now selling his new music via direct to fan platform BandCamp. With Radiohead, Yorke was the first major artist to offer new music using the "pay-what-you-want". Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/29/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (4)

Tags: American frontier, Art director, Artist, Big Cartel, Black Friday (shopping), Brazil, In Rainbows, music industry, Pay what you want, Radiohead

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5 Snarky (but Simple) Design Tips That Will Immediately Improve Your Content

By Evan LePage on Hootsuite Blog Design is an essential part of all the content you produce, from your blog posts to your Tweets. It’s also one of the most challenging, especially. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/04/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Adobe Photoshop, Android (operating system), App Store (iOS), Art director, Calvin Klein, Creative director, Hootsuite, Image, Instagram, Twitter

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