Entries tagged with: music licensing

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This week in Music Licensing (De La Soul, the Dodos, Passion Pit, Black Lips, Matt & Kim, Mates of State & more...)

by Ryan Barkan Miller Chili or mojitos anyone? Phone wars 2009 - Verizon vs. AT&T. It is always a battle when these two giants square off with their :60 second spots in tow to prove which company provides the best...

Posted on May 13, 2009 11:02 AM

This week in Music Licensing

by Ryan Barkan Smashing Pumpkins @ United Palace Theatre, NYC(more by Chris La Putt) Lately it seems all Billy Corgan wants to do is either get involved in political battles or license his music for entertainment purposes. Case in point,...

Posted on March 23, 2009 9:15 AM

This week in Music Licensing (Duffy, Justice, Sonic Youth, Franz Ferdinand, Radiohead, Sea Ray & more...)

by Ryan Barkan Duffy @ Lollapalooza 2008 (more by Bao Nguyen) The cola war has been heating up globally in the last couple of months with music as the weapon of choice. Pepsi's image rebranding campaign, including a new smile-esque...

Posted on February 23, 2009 3:25 PM

This week in Music Licensing

by Ryan Barkan The B.I.G.gest music licensing story last week was the release of Notorious, the film based on the life story of Brooklyn rapper Notorious B.I.G. As you may already know, a virtual unknown was cast to play Biggie....

Posted on January 21, 2009 1:56 PM

This week in Music Licensing

by Ryan Barkan 10. CLOUD CULT: "LUCKY TODAY" - ESURANCE.COM It's a music video! It's an ad! It's a music videad! It's the band Cloud Cult, fully animated in a TV spot for Esurance, but there isn't a sales pitch...

Posted on January 13, 2009 8:00 AM

This Week in Music Licensing (Crystal Castles, Stars of the Lid, Elbow, Battles, Tokyo Police Club, and more)

This weekly post was really just meant to be an (arguably) interesting news roundup of where (mostly BV-covered) music and musicians are showing up besides in our stereos/computers/headphones/players/etc. Like all news, it might be positive, negative or neither depending on...

Posted on November 17, 2008 3:26 PM

It's Not Selling Out Anymore -- This Week in Music Licensing

by Ryan Barkan Gogol Bordello @ Irving Plaza (more by Jefferson) The second edition of this controversial new feature is back. "It's Not Selling Out Anymore" (or is it?)... Aggressive racing game, Motorstorm, was one of the most successful titles...

Posted on November 10, 2008 5:30 PM

It's Not Selling Out Anymore -- This Week in Music Licensing

Love it or hate it, licensing songs seems to be the new reality for "indie" bands (or any bands) looking to make money and gain exposure. As an avid music fan and Senior Director of Advertising & Video Games at...

Posted on October 30, 2008 6:03 PM

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