Dec 092009

Kid Rock and Fathead!

Fathead, the leading brand in sports and entertainment graphics, announces the launch of their much anticipated music category and has chosen rock and roll superstar, Kid Rock, as the first musician to kick off the Fathead music roster. Fathead, known for always going Real Big, has produced NINE eye-catching images for loyal fans! The Kid Rock Collection by Fathead is the first-ever individual collection of Fathead images, in a variety of Fathead styles and sizes, from huge portrait/murals and life-size likenesses to the more space friendly but just as cool, Fathead Jr. sized Kid Rock. Also featured on fathead.com are the logos of Kid Rock’s apparel label, Made in Detroit in the Real.Big. format.

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Kid Rock – Made in Detroit

Dimensions: 2′6″W x 6′4″H
Price: $99.99

Nov 182009

“Our job is to help artists get their ‘brand’ in front of people,”
-Bill Zysbla of RZO, partner in Wines That Rock

And…what better way to get classic rock brands in front of people than to slap some album cover art on a wine bottle?

RZO’s partner in Wines That Rock is the The Mendocino Wine Co. From Billboard

The Mendocino Wine Co. is known for following environmentally friendly production standards through sustainable farming, 100% green solar and wind power, eco friendly packaging, and carbon neutrality. Mendocino Wine Co. winemaker Mark Beaman says each wine “truly captures the essence of an album.

The Woodstock Chardonnay was produced to express the mixture of revolution and the vitality of Woodstock, the Forty Licks Merlot needed to be timeless with a bit of spunk, and the Dark Side of the Moon Cabernet Sauvignon was created to bottle up the soft, haunting complexity of the album.”

uh…yeah…carbon neutral, revolution…timeless spunk…soft, haunting complexity…all sounds real good but, I think I’ll hold out for the “Never Mind The Bollocks” Pinot noir.

If you are interested in the current trilogy of Wines That Rock…

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…click here and get all three for $50.97.

Nov 122009

One new trend is corporate tie-ins with street musicians and buskers like this one from AdAge

Coca-Cola has signed up buskers to sing its familiar festive jingle “Holidays Are Coming” to a captive audience of the London Underground’s 3.5 million daily Tube riders.

In a deal with the London Underground, Coca-Cola will sponsor the licensed busking scheme in the run-up to Christmas. Singers and musicians at stations around the network will be given sheet music or CDs so that they can perform the official holiday song.

It will not be compulsory for the buskers to perform the song, but Coca-Cola is planning to provide incentives to the entertainers to sing “Holidays Are Coming” as often as possible. The song will also be heard on TV spots throughout the festive season.

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Note: photo is of a random busker not, an officially licensed Coca-Cola busker.

Seems like a pretty sweet deal.

I have considered the idea of doing a little busking for extra dough but traffic out my way mostly consists of drunk house framers, drunk fishermen and senior citizens with poor eyesight all whizzing through the curves at 60 m.p.h.