http://www.brandsbandsfans.com Business Perspective on Brands, Bands and Fans Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:57:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wimpy’s suburban heart of glass With some of my South African relatives finally touching down in the UK post the volcanic ash cloud flight embargo, it was interesting to pick up on a musically led campaign emanating from the region this week. A new Wimpy ad from South Africa offers an ... http://www.brandsbandsfans.com/archives/1788 Music Matters 2010 Music Matters is conducted in the heart of the world's most dynamic region and is Asia's only annual conference dedicated to the business of music. The event was created with and for the Music industry, bringing together major players from the entertainment eco-system to discuss, debate, do business ... http://www.brandsbandsfans.com/archives/1763 Nike takes gaming to the streets Nike's experimental Alternate Reality Game (ARG) campaign is set to kick start this Friday across London. The footwear brand is promoting both its products and a positive fitness message via Nike Grid, a 24 hr urban running game that divides the capital into a game-board ... http://www.brandsbandsfans.com/archives/1752 Day 1 of the British Council music mission to China kicks off with a presentation to invited guests from the cultural industries in Beijing. The FRUKT philosophy is quite visionary in some ways - multi-channel brand story-telling through entertainment... tripping of my tongue like it's skipped off the pages of ... http://www.brandsbandsfans.com/archives/1740 Forthcoming... Everyone's talking about BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) and the bounty that awaits us in these foreign lands... the big tech brands are trying to figure out how they can create solutions to the challenges that geographical scale and remoteness create with innovative programmes including getting entire villages to share ... http://www.brandsbandsfans.com/archives/1735 Developing a real Bond with music fans Bonds underwear in Australia is promoting the brand's Original Hipster underwear – and its 'hipster' credentials - via an all girl rock group performing in their underwear. Simple, yet effective, this ad is part of the brand's 10 year underwear celebration and ... http://www.brandsbandsfans.com/archives/1630 Scared of beards Fosters has launched a quirky new series of ads promoting its Carlton Draught beer. The 'Any Excuse’ campaign sees a bizarre folk music trio (with creative facial hair) performing musical renditions to various male body parts in order to sing the beer’s praises. Each ad sees the ... http://www.brandsbandsfans.com/archives/1710 What does your website sound like? We stumbled on an interesting new site last week entitled Code Organ, which lets you 'play' websites. You simply drop in a URL and it generates music from the HTML code. The results can them be shared socially (via Twitter/Facebook). We decided to test run a few ... http://www.brandsbandsfans.com/archives/1671 BRIT (Ad)wards 2010 The BRIT Awards, the UK's answer to The Grammys, is over for another year. Liam Gallagher threw an award, Kasabian fell over, Lady Gaga sang a song no-one knew, and Cheryl Cole's lips operated from another dimension. However, aside from the myriad of performances, acceptance speeches and dubious ... http://www.brandsbandsfans.com/archives/1635 WIN tickets to WIRELESS sponsored by Barclaycard With a line up looking stronger than ever, where better to enjoy your summer than the stunning surroundings of Hyde Park at Wireless sponsored by Barclaycard?! The opening day of Wireless already boasts a stunning line up with superstar P!NK headlining on Friday 2 July, ... http://www.brandsbandsfans.com/archives/1657