Music

On the same day music video site Vevo announced its UK launch, London based site Muzu.TV announced its partnership with Metacafe and subsequent expansion in Europe. Both platforms have set their sights on dominating the UK online music video market, but who has what it takes? Continue reading “The Battle of the Music Videos: US vs Home Grown” »

As well as toiling away here in the beating heart of 99moves I also like to help out making music videos and short films, and here is the latest one. Continue reading “Behind the Scenes of Black Biscuits Latest Video ‘Anonymous’” »

Uber Hip art rockers Everything Everything have given a little something back to those fans that couldn’t make it to their gig last week. With help from LoveLive productions, theirs was the first gig to be streamed live to iPads and iPhones via a free, specially designed app.

Yes, streaming gigs over the web has been done before but Everything Everything was different as it was shot in HD and delivered the highest quality sound, it might have actually been better than going to the gig, cheaper and less hipsters at least. Continue reading “Calling all Music Addicts…” »

Up and coming hip hop duo, Black Biscuit have unleashed an electrifying new video for their latest track, Anonymous . The band who hail from North London, have been hotly tipped as ‘ones to watch’ as they have been making waves in the UK underground scene for a while. This video showcases the band’s catchy sound and recognisable beats in a fresh and original way. Continue reading “Hip Hop Duo Black Biscuit unleash New Music Video” »

With Lady Gaga hitting over a billion views on YouTube, we are told two things:

1) music videos online are big news and

2) that Gaga’s videos are nuts.

When I first came across the news that Gaga had been the first artist to break the billion views mark, the article was peppered with twittering’s from an industry expert about how views don’t equal sales. After a discussion with my colleagues at Zeta it didn’t take long for us to come to the conclusion that he is wrong. Continue reading “The World Through Gaga’s Eyes” »

MTV used to have a young upstart snapping at its heels; now it has a fully grown company creeping up behind it! Vevo harnesses the combined powers of Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Abu Dhabi Media and EMI, and in September it was the number 5 video site in the US.

Nearly 34 billion videos are viewed online every month, cementing the theory that music videos have moved to a new digital home and left TV behind. Vevo has been growing steadily in popularity since its launch in December 2009, always with the intention of evolving beyond an online video site. Continue reading “Vevo vs MTV” »