Posts from ‘web video’
Pixel Pushing Artist/Producer!
DROCK’s mixtape “Beta Than Yours” coming soon! Graphic Artist and Producer making music from a designers prospective.
Check out the sample below. Spread the word for our friend and show some love.
Check out the latest trailer for the last chapter of the Twilight Saga!! Released on the Oprah Winfrey show earlier today.
Eclipse opens nation wide on June 30th!
Well, the countdown is close. Two days until you can all hold down a meal again! The second annual STREAMY AWARDS. Well, now it is annual, because it happened last year at this same time. Some of your favorite video content on the web are nominated, including makemealive’s favorite Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis. Last year, over 40,000 people tuned in to watch the first Streamy Award live @ http://watch.streamys.org/go/. I bet it doubles this year.
The Streamy Awards is an award show created for online web series and viral videos. The growth of the web has allowed a new era of web video content. Television is in a funky place, currently as web is beginning to be the new media medium. Monitor manufacturers are releasing web applications in there interfaces. Many people believe, before we know it, cable will be obsolete and web will be the way we watch content.
The concept is overwhelming to imagine. The floodgates have been opened and anyone from there own living room can become the next teen heart throb or popular series in you and your families lives. It’s a wild thought. Imagine when sony and samsung begin selling you a subscription to pick a number of webisodes you want to subscribe to. Why pay for content you don’t care to see??
Anyways, this got way to deep. The Streamy Awards will be streaming live April 11th. Go to the site to vote for your favorite nominees. streamy.org
I want to know where you think the future of video media is going. What do you think will happen to television networks and how the playing field will change??? Get at me!
photo by lincolnblues
This is a no-brainer, but so many people, especially in the entertainment business and wonder why they are still doing the same ‘ol thing.
Without products, you cannot make money. These can be in the form of services, physical, digital, affiliate or whatever else you can think of. The format doesn’t matter as long as they add value to your career and your business.
I talk to so many musicians locally here in Orlando and all over the world through my sites and products and the number one thing stopping their growth is that they have “0″ income potential.
If you aren’t playing shows, don’t have an album/movie/art, and aren’t looking at ways to monetize your talent, it becomes really tough to get that MTV crib.
The next variable is adding value through your products. Having a CD is like having a business card. Yea, bands get away with selling them at live shows, but the value in the plastic revolution is far passed. Fans are looking for something beyond what they can find for free with a Google or Torrent search.
I recently came across this promotion for 72 Musicians, a film about 20 bands who told their story about bring on the road and being musicians. Here is the trailer:
Now they are looking to make some money off this thing (how ironic that you would want to get paid for your hard work!)
The cool thing is that they are not trying to get into your Blockbuster or Netflix as the number one way of generating some revenue. Instead they are giving direct access to fans with a ton of options:
They have price points and mediums that reach every fan. From a $7.99 download all the way to a $400 Hard Drive of the raw files.
They even have a free download of the soundtrack in exchange for the coveted email address.
Looking at musicians and other artists, are there ways that you can adapt this model to work for you? How can you use your podium, microphone or other platform to turn what you love and work your ass of for into something that pays the bills and gives value to others?
This post was written by Greg Rollett, music marketing guy and advocate of taking musicians’s money to help them make more money.
We had to share this with you!!! 
A group called the Harvard Sailing Team is getting some serious viral buzz on the inter webzzz! The independent sketch comedy crew has been together for about 4 years and has generated some amazing credits in that time! Featured on G4’s Attack of the Show, CollegeHumor.com and even Sesame Street.
Check out there video: Boys will be Girls!
We recently wrote an article on funnyordie.com, the social comedy website created by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. Since then, I personally have become obsessed with the site. Especially one part in particular… “Between Two Ferns.” This is where Zack Galifianakis awkwardly and offensively interviews celebrities… and it’s absolutely hysterical!! Check out the latest interview with Ben Stiller!!!
Ok, I’m a little a confused… is this a music video or an ad campaign? Talk about product placement. I saw DIet Coke, Dr. Dre’s new headphone logo, along with lady gaga’s signature headphones, wonder bread, miracle whip, and VIRGIN MOBILE basically had a commercial within this “music video.”
Don;t get me wrong, I’m all about getting paid! Just don’t make it so blatantly obvious…
All I can say is WTF!!! This crew from Cape Town, South Africa. Word can’t explain how funny and disturbing the music is.
They are getting millions of view with there music videos on viral networks like youtube.com. I would call them the dysfunctional distant relatives of Lady Gaga. It’s a must watch if you want to have a laugh and waste 2 minutes of your life.
Below is just one of the videos but if you want to see more you can check it out here www.youtube.com/user/stewartridgway
Video is power the most powerful source on the internet!
It is almost common sense and almost hard for some people to swallow how obvious it is.
Individual stats like Facebook passing the 400 million users mark, Twitter hitting 50 million tweets per day, and YouTube viewers watching 1 billion videos per day are impressive on their own, but what if we looked at Internet-related stats in it’s entirety? Jesse Thomas did just that in his video State of the Internet.
The video — created and animated by Thomas with data from multiple sources highlighting the figures I feel like we all probably know deep down inside. Here is a must see video for anyone trying to wrap there head around the concept and power of online video.
- There are 1.73 billion Internet users worldwide as of September 2009.
- There are 1.4 billion e-mail users worldwide, and on average we collectively send 247 billion e-mails per day. Unfortunately 200 billion of those are spam e-mails.
- As of December 2009, there are 234 million websites.
- Facebook gets 260 billion pageviews per month, which equals 6 million page views per minute and 37.4 trillion pageviews in a year.
Check it out! This is really interesting breakdown of viewers on the internet and where they go to get there source.
JESS3 / The State of The Internet from Jesse Thomas on Vimeo.
Way to be Travis!! I’m all for freedom of the press and what not, but these paparazzi clowns are out of control! Go ahead and take photos of them at events like the Oscars & Emmys, not when they’re out to eat with their children! At what point does this harassment become invasion of privacy?!?!
These cameramen are no longer looking to make a living by photographing celebrities. Instead, they purposely provoke attacks in hopes of a quick payday.
Travis and friends, I salute you!
What do you guys think about the paparazzi?
