Mike McCready

Here’s something you might be interested in: I’ve been silent recently due to being deep within a couple of projects. One is a new project at Platinum Blue and the other is a new web platform created by my friend Marcos Cuevas that is about to launch. It’s called Layers and it will be in private beta […]

At first, I was outraged that the mainstream media wasn’t calling the Republicans on their outright lies. Then you finally did when the lies become so blatant they could not be ignored. Now I’m outraged that you won’t stop talking about how smart it was of the Republicans to use lies to distract our attention. What […]

More mainstream awareness for Platinum Blue! On May 9, 2008 Platinum Blue’s Music Xray™ was a central part of the story line on the CBS television series Numb3rs. As we’ve seen before in the NBC series Studio 60: On The Sunset Strip, Platinum Blue makes for good and interesting drama. Music Xray is not always […]

The Washington Post has a story today that was all the buzz within the music industry yesterday and one that has been the topic of heated debate and controversy on various industry email groups I belong to. It’s about Warner Music Group hiring Jim Griffin, (a well known industry analyst and leading thinker) to […]

My friend Kyra Reed has just published a book about blogging I think will be a hit among those who are just getting into blogging as well as among experienced bloggers who know that the promotion, distribution and targeting of your posts are what successful blogging is all about. Blog 101: Why YOU Need a Blog […]

Click on the below video from last Friday to see our friend, Hal Vogel on Fox Business to discuss the on-going Writers Guild of America Strike. See Hal’s bio below the video. Harold L. (Hal) Vogel is the author of Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis (Seventh Edition) and of the companion volume, […]

I’ve got some serious stuff to say on the subject and will do so when I can come up for air after the holidays. For now, take a look at this funny video I came across the other day.

I have got to get back to doing some serious posting but a friend sent me this and I thought it was funny enough to share. I can think of places I’ve worked where by following this system we’d have had a case of Bud Light every day. At least!! Anyway (and to make this […]

NEW YORK and DALLAS — DreMāk Studios, Inc. has chosen Platinum Blue to provide its Music Xray™ technology as an analysis tool to mine talent, that will aid its customers seeking to discover and develop new musical talent. DreMāk is putting studios in malls all around the country where people can easily and inexpensively create a […]

Today I was pointed to a blog post from Ben Marshall at The Guardian where he is asking if Platinum Blue could save the music industry. The blog is here: http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/08/according_to_software_designer.html Here’s the reprint: Could Platinum Blue save the music industry? For today’s web trawl check out Mike McCready’s software, which promises to tell record labels whether their latest release […]