4 CommentsI just watched a very interesting Panorama special on the BBC about Internet music sharing.
It talked about a proposed new law that is threatening to disconnect the millions of internet users who unlawfully download free music, films and TV. Jo Whiley looked at how broadband use at home may never be the same, and could even be cut off. It left me thinking is Illegal downloading the Gift or the Curse for the music industry?
Some interesting facts on why it is a curse:
- Record Industry claims to be losing £200m …
One of the funniest and yet brilliant music success stories i’ve seen actually happened to my former flatmate, Lee Kirby.
About 3 years ago, Lee picked up the guitar for the first time and spent hours practising and writing songs. During this period he also started singing songs in Vietnamese, which was not surprising because he loves the Vietnamese culture. This started 7 years earlier when he said he would be the 1st English player to play professional football in Vietnam. He achieved this and since then his love affair began. …
Twitter was definitely THE social media network phenomenon of 2009. Both celebrities and us common folk alike got slightly carried away with the fun of being able to randomly announce to our followers what we were doing, as and when we wanted. Whether as a means to occupy us whilst bored at work or on the move using phones, everyone seemed to get the Twitter bug and became addicted to the challenge of communicating in no more than 140 characters!
One of Twitter’s big attractive features was that it bridges …
If you have been living under a rock this Christmas or don’t live in the UK, then you must have been aware of the Xmas battle for Number 1 in the charts: X Factor’s Joe McElderry Vs Rage Against The Machine (RATM). It’s no secret that the power of Facebook made RATM victory, so here at The Worst Kept Secret we took it upon ourselves to have a bit of fun and see what TV reality music stars have the largest presence on Social Media.
We used the big 4: Facebook …
I have worked in music and online for over 10 years now and I used to think that it was just this industry where it was not based on talent alone to break in. However over the years I realised it’s every industry. It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.
One of the reasons social networks have become so powerful is because people are becoming famous overnight. Unless you were already a celeb, the 1 thing in common people who became famous all had were powerful communities ie, …
As you know Britain’s Got Talent is a TV phenomenon but online we crush them. Showing again the dominance of online video vs. television.
Find out how and why through this video…
When it comes to being media trained there is one key skill:
Have at least one key point that you want to get across.
If an interviewer asks you only one question, try and get this point across. If 10 questions are asked , try and get this point across. Even if no question is asked, start a conversation and get your point across.
Last year I met Usher to talk about his album. Usher has been around for over a decade and is very well media trained and not much gets …
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Yet again, the power of Social Media is becoming more and more important in the direction of music. Watch the video above with rapper Fabolous talking about how he changed direction with his new project based on Twitter. I like seeing or hearing an artist who listens to his fans and then acts upon it. Whats good about twitter is that it gives any artist (or anyone with talent) leverage to take feedback to their record label. If …
I am sure you have all seen or heard about Kanye West’s appearance on ‘South Park’ last week. Most people probably watched it online – I know I did – but would the hype, news stories and even Kanye himself taking to his blog site to comment about it, have happened without the influence of social media? I think not. Here’s why.
The Pre-Match Hype: As soon as it was announced that Kanye West was going to be on ‘South Park’, the bloggers were the first to go crazy about it. …
I have been fortunate enough to meet many music artists on my travels, and i have a lot of very interesting stories about a few of them too. I have also learnt a lot from them, not just by interviews but also watching the way they hold and conduct themselves. One of the people who have impressed me the most was 50 Cent. I have interviewed a lot of rappers and the one thing I can guarantee from 90% of them is that they will be late. Now this can …
