From Aretha to Jacko, Bob Marley to De La Soul, Prince to Kanye – they’ve all been on Top Of The Pops. Now, after 42 years, the world’s longest running weekly music programme is coming off our screens. At its peak it was a must-see pulling in 15m viewers, but BBC bosses reckon the show’s been left behind by the internet and round-the-clock music channels.
[sourced from BBC 1xtra]
A new Jupiter report ‘Music and Community: Low Cost, Authentic Promotion,’ finds that 53 % of consumers discover music through videos and 87 % through radio. But word-of-mouth is the most powerful way to expose and influence musical tastes. So it stands to reason that sites incorporating community features and functions can become influential music marketing platforms. Certainly the folks at MySpace have figured this out.
[sourced from www.kurthanson.com]
ToyahWillcox.com – its a mystery – or is it? these little myspace shrines! to the demigods of pop – http://www.myspace.com/toyahwillcox
we used to sit in a living room and as a community/family watch the box. 1 box 4 channels. Now we don’t, we want to gather in virtual rooms with strangers who like us and what we like for a rice paper thick relationship. “I want to be free” or even 99c. You get what you pay for.
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