The Voices of East Harlem: A Gem…
I had a great holiday in France, spending some of the time heading off to Vide Greniers (attic clearances) in pretty villages. Hunting down vinyl and other interesting bits and bobs, I came across this. The group is called The Voices of East Harlem. This single takes two songs from their first album Right On...
A Cover Mount Compilation CD worth keeping
This Cover Mount CD came with Mojo magazine last Summer. I always planned to listen to it, but it just hung around in the wrapping for a long time.Not unusual for a cover mount CD…I have a fair few dotted around still calling out to me to play them. After having such low expectations of...
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The Return of the Boombox…?
Kids at the back of the bus. One plays a beat that he made the night before to his friends. They decide whether it lives or dies before the bus comes to a stop… There is the obvious outcome of high irritation levels of fellow passengers. Plus the future of the music industry could look...
Calm down kids and listen to this tune!
I love this. A school in the north east of England has played calming classical and sounds from nature to the kids at lunchtime and before they head off home. The same soundtrack has been played at the local metro station too. The aim has been to make lunchtimes a little less rowdy and the...
Gaming is for life, CD is for a second…
I have been posting a lot on the recent Understanding Digital Youth conference over on the citizenbay blog. At the conference, there were a panel of young people who were bombarded by questions from the conference attendees. Not exactly a true insight into youth culture and thinking, but of more worht than a staged focus...
Would a focus group have built Atlantic Records?
Not known for my love of focus groups as a way of getting insights on what consumer think about brands. Same for the world of music. No way that focus groups could have helped the late great Ahmet Ertegun when he set out to start Atlantic Records. We started Atlantic simply because we wanted to...
Goodbye independent record shop?
Really interesting post on the death of music retail by Andrew Dubber, degree leader of Music Industries at UCE Birmingham. His suggestion is for the independent stores to give up the ghost and go online, creating your community there. Very thoughtful piece from someone who clearly loves the independent store but fears for their future...
I confess, I am a MOG addict
I joined MOG thanks to John Ingham, but don’t know whether to laugh or cry. For those not in the know, it is a fantastic little place to share your music and discover new music from others. Nothing new I guess, but it really is great. Once MOG took hold of my iTunes library, I...