Each year, on the third Saturday afternoon in April my activities have been synonomous with one thing: buying music in Ireland’s record shops. Since 2008, Record Store Day has been celebrating those bricks and mortar…
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In This Week’s Day & Night – John Meagher’s Top 30 Irish albums of all-time
In Friday’s Day & Night Magazine with the Irish Independent, John Meagher counts down his top 30 Irish albums of all-time. Here is the list from A-Z. Pick up the mag today to read the…
Flattr deepens its pitch
When Flattr launched in 2010 offering a new way for creatives to make money through online micro-payments, the idea was an intriguing one. The brainchild of Peter Sunde, the co-founder of The Pirate Bay, Flattr…
I’m doing Vine now
At the risk of sounding like a one of those plastic goons who turn to the camera in an advert all wide-eyed and excited about a new product, “Vine! Everyone’s doing it!” Yes, after Instagram…
Irish music platform heads to the Lone Star State
It’s not just the 17 Irish bands heading to Austin, Texas that will be hoping to make a break in their careers at the annual South by Southwest festival (SXSW) in March. The festival may…
Relax, The kids are all right
It’s a fascinating time to like popular music. As a whole generation has grown up in a world of endless musical libraries, a new problem emerged. Does access to everything and routines formed by fleeting…
How to buy Youtube views
Whether it’s news articles in the paper, tweets or this very column, conversation around a “viral video” is usually accompanied with a statement like “plus it has over 20,000 views in 24 hours” or similar….
Facebook’s promoted posts fail
When Facebook released a promotional video in October that, among other things compared their service to a chair, there was much derisory howling and naturally, lots of parody ads. Yet, perhaps we shouldn’t be laughing…
