Mike McCready

It’s about time we sent this guy to the loony bin!

The official line is that the group fought with EMI (their label) to be able to post this video online and make it freely available. But we know that’s not true. Making viral videos has become OK GO’s trademark. Not allowing the video to go viral would be shooting themselves in the foot. OKGO is [...]

(text en català a continuació) Speaking of “hey look at me!” posts… early last year I thought I wanted to do a series of video podcasts that featured (rather, sort of compared and contrasted) Barcelona and New York. I go back and forth quite a bit so I thought I could get plenty of fresh [...]

In early November, just as the DotCat Song Blog was getting nearly 1000 unique visitors each day I had to stop updating it. I was just getting too overwhelmed and I needed to step back and get organized. Today, just in time for 2010 it’s back as the SongCat Blog (http://song.cat). Everyday we’ll post three [...]

In the November 2009′s issue of the BBC Focus Magazine you can read a 5 page feature article on Music Xray and how we’re helping labels and industry professionals find the best new music. down load the whole thing as a pdf and read it by clicking here It’s important to note that much of [...]

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In Spain you NEVER see pictures of the first family’s children. José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spain’s prime minister doesn’t allow it. However, this week in New York at the UN Sumit Spain’s first family had their picture taken with Barack and Michelle Obama and The US State Department posted the photo on Flickr. Of course, [...]

I get this question from time to time from bands and musicians who are seeking their big break. The world of social media is so new and is changing so quickly that it’s hard to give an answer and it’s even harder to know if any answer will hold true tomorrow. At any rate, I [...]

This is an interesting article in today’s Washington Post about Facebook’s purchase of FriendFeed for $47.5 million. If the author is right and it really does give Facebook a competitive edge they didn’t have without it, I think they got it for a song. What do you think? Read the article here.

The realization that a competitor who is socially networked better than you will eat your lunch has started a stampede of businesses and brands that are jumping on the social media bandwagon even faster than individual users were adopting Facebook last year – when 100 million users joined in just 9 months.