Peter Levitan & Co.
The New Business of Advertising
Hey, you could be reading a bunch of marketing… advertising… ad agency… how to do social media, etc. stuff. This is much better advice.
“If I feel a little unsafe where I am going – I am going in the right direction…”
So like I’m starting to re-study Spanish. Heading to Sayulita for XMAS with the family and moving to Mexico in 2016. Why not? I can work from anywhere and the time zone is right on.
Aterciopelados (English: The Velvety Ones), also referred to as Los Aterciopelados on some albums and other promotional materials, are a rock band from Colombia. Led by Andrea Echeverri and Héctor Buitrago, they have been one of the first rock bands from Colombia to gain international notice and they are among the country’s top groups. Their music fuses rock with a variety of Colombian and Latin American musical traditions. Time magazine wrote that “Aterciopelados’s true skill lies in its ability to take north-of-the-border musical styles…and breathe new life into them, all while giving them a distinctly Colombian sheen.”
I say: Digo, visita este video y cavar a su sonido. Perfecto para un fin de semana de otoño.
Once again the great Jools Holland** turns me on to brilliant music. You do watch Jool’s “Later“, the best music show ever… right? See way below.
This week, he turned me on to Songhoy Blues from Mali. Just watch the video and get ready to dance out of your office and enjoy the summer.
From the Songhoy Blues website:
Produced by Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and Marc-Antoine Moreau (Amadou & Mariam, K‚naan), “MUSIC IN EXILE” marks the arrival of a powerful and truly unique new band. Though their music bears elements of contemporary rock and hip hop, at its heart is Songhoy Blues‚ deep attachment to the homegrown songs and dances of Mali‚s Songhoy people as well as such iconic West African guitar heroes as Baba Salah and Ali Farka Touré. Songs like “Irganda” and “Al Hassidi Terei” see Songhoy Blues blending the traditional and the modern, the homegrown and the foreign, the youthful and the ancient.
Have fun!
** Jools… From the BBC website:
Jools Holland has introduced hundreds of established and new musical artists, from solo performers to bands and larger ensembles, since this program debuted on BBC2 in 1992. It’s still going strong more than two decades later, with millions of fans around the world — including those watching on Palladia in the U.S. — enjoying the hourlong episodes taped in a studio near Holland’s home in Kent, England. “Later …” features multiple songs by each guest, and Holland — a founding member of the band Squeeze — interviews one or more of the performers and frequently jams with them.
He produced 7 out of the top 10 highest grossing worldwide rock tours (U2, Lady Gaga, Madona…). His shows raked in $6.5 billion last year. He is profiled in this movie.
(And, you thought that producing last week’s Facebook promo was difficult).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld049oJ4hAk
