Fitz and the Tantrums

AUSTIN, 2011, Fitz and the Tantrums

Fitz and the Tantrums

"We Don't Gotta Work It Out"

Their hit song Money Grabber is no comparison to their track : "Dont gotta work it out". from thier album Songs for break up Volume 1 (2010). Despite their newness to the music scene, they have a very historic and soulful sound.

Here's a link to a live performance of Fitz and the Tantrums . They are definitely one of those bands that you have to see in concert. It's not just a good music, its an energetic, interactive show.

I shot this photo at the 2011 ACL Festival, in Austin tx

Trying something new...

So Originally I started this blog as an "how social media influences music" blog, but it just wasn't working for me, so I thought i'd delve into my creative side and post pictures that i've taken and match a song to it, or what song I think would be a good fit to the sentiment behind the photo (not that I'm a pro or anything). That would be pretty cool though...hey kristin what do you do for a living?.. oh you know, I'm a professional photo-song matcher, no biggie.

Anyway this is my first post trying this concept out, so bare with me.

Neil Young – Harvest Moon

Listen:

Link to: Lyrics Chords

Because I'm still in love with you, on this Harvest moon.

I find this appropriate due to the whimsical, love-suck feelings that arise from this shot. A nice romantic sunset over the town bridge. Water flowing, warm summer breeze, complemented by a beautiful piece of nature, a bright golden sunflower.

Why Bands Need Social Media

If you are reading this you must have some sort of interest. But how much do you really know about “Social Media”? I would argue that if you want to make it as a band, your success will depend on your abilities in Social Media,even more then how big the marketing budget from your label is.

Social Media is really all about branding and marketing. It’s a brilliant opportunity to take a bigger part of how the band is presented, to form the image and to communicate directly with the audience. I know some people are sceptics, but what is it you really want to achieve as a band? When you release an album your goal should be to play concerts and with that meet the audience. And Social Media platforms allows us to interact with the audience we can’t reach in concert.

Use of Social Media platforms puts focus on the different generations. People aged 16- 24 have a way of using Social Media that the previous generations have problems understanding. And come to think of it, most of the bigger bands and label executives are not in this age.

The older generations are trying to cope, but for most people this means having 400 friends on a Faceboook profile that they check every lunch-break. And the lack of interest also makes it hard to keep up with the development: “Why do I need a Facebook profile, I already have a Myspace profile”, was a mantra 3-4 years ago. Now already it has changed to “Why Twitter, I use FB” and in near future it will be “Why Google+, I use Twitter”!

In a few years, this generation of young people will be the older generation, and Social Media platforms will be far more important then it is today even.

It takes some work to do this with the media, like every other process to build up a company or a band. I have been long enough in music-business to know that a band that consists of only brilliant musicians who think about nothing else then their music, will go nowhere!

FB, the New Myspace?

FACEBOOK is Taking over the world! Just kidding, but seriosly facebook is said to team up with Spotify, MOG, and Rdio, making in it the total social-networking package, by delving into a major part of American culture-- music.

Rumors have been circulating for quite some time that the company wants to launch a music service for facebookers. Accroding to Mashable, Facebook might partner with Spotify, MOG, and Rdio in the next month.

According to the report, Facebook is likely to announce this new music platform at the f8developer conference on September 22. The platform will provide this service, but in a different manner than other providers. Facebook will not hot or stream the actual music, but rely on their partners for media conent.

What Lies Beneath Beyonce's Purple Sparkly Jacket

A new Twitter record has been set. No it's not the Women’s World Cup, Japan’s New Year or news about Osama bin Laden’s death. The award for the most tweets per second (TPS) ever recorded for a a single event is all thanks to Beyonce's pregnancy announcement at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards.

That's right, Beyonce's preggers. This long-rumored announcement began tweeting frenzy that Beyonce's announcement hosted 8,868 tweets per second at 10:35 p.m. on Sunday.

She reportedly told a that she was expecting on the red carpet, before the show. Then, after her performance on stage, she unbuttoned her jacket and rubbed her belly, announcing to the world on live TV of her pregnancy.

No word yet on when the baby is due, but some sources are speculating she's about 4 months along.

Checkout Beyonce's Performance of 'Love on Top' followed by the big reveal:

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