When Jamiroquai released a music video for “Virtual Insanity” in 1996, it was one of the most innovative music videos anyone had ever seen. Budgets for music videos may not be what they once were, but artists continue to push the creative envelope with new shapes and forms.
All the music headlines today seem to be about Spotify landing in the United States, Google Music finally launching, and Grooveshark defeating UMG, but there’s one new and unique service that you may not have tried yet.
The Guinness Book of World Records holds some of the finest and strangest achievements of mankind. Whether it’s the fastest selling comic book of all time, or the person with the world’s stretchiest skin: there’s a record for everything. On February 16, 2011, Oreo cookies set a Guinness World Record for the most Facebook “likes” in a 24-hour period with 114,619 “likes”. Although the record was smashed only a few hours later by rapper Lil Wayne, both remain impressive feats.
If you thought Facebook was the ultimate social media platform, think again. Twitter? Nope. And no, it’s not Foursquare either. I’m talking about a completely different beast: Xbox 360’s gaming platform, Xbox Live.
Ah yes, it’s that time of year again. It’s the time of year for trick-or-treating, carving pumpkins, visiting corn mazes, throwing costume parties, reading ghost stories, watching horror film marathons, and eating way too much candy. I am of course talking about the spookiest holiday of them all, Halloween. This year, why not celebrate Halloween social media style? Below is a list of five ways to add a little social media “flare” to your Halloween festivities.
While live music innovation is a major trend in social music, it’s not the only trend. So how else is social media quenching our thirst for discovery in music? With the growth in digital music downloads record executives had to find a way to track their earnings. And that problem was solved with the introduction of the Billboard digital music charts and the iTunes charts. Although we can track digital downloads, how do we account for the amount of buzz or “listens” a certain artist has in the social media arena? Meet the hottest new trend in music: social media music charts.
Each year, more and more social media services are emerging that help make discovering and listening to music more social. First it was peer-to-peer services like Napster, then it was streaming internet radio, and now it’s about social music. As our appetite for discovery grows, so will our thirst for innovation in social media and music.