Through BASM’s mobile distribution partner Vio Mobile, US Rizers can now purchase ringtones and truetones from four of RIZE’s latest albums: K.O., Experience, Alterna and Spit & Yell. All tones are $2.99 and are available via short code purchase through the following national and regional mobile carriers in the United States:
Alltel
AT&T
Boost
Cellular One
Nextel
Sprint
T Mobile
US Cellular
Verizon
Virgin Mobile
Cellular South
NTelos
Cellcom
Bluegrass
Centennial Wireless
Cellular One of East Central Illinois
Appalachian Wireless
Immix Wireless
Revol Wireless
Unicel
West Central Wireless
Farmers Mutual Telephone Company
For short code purchase details, read on below:
Alterna
TEXT RIZEUP1 TO 69937 FOR “28″
TEXT RIZEUP2 TO 69937 FOR “124℃”
TEXT RIZEUP3 TO 69937 FOR “AMERICAN HERO”
TEXT RIZEUP4 TO 69937 FOR “FEELING”
TEXT RIZEUP5 TO 69937 FOR “GHOST”
TEXT RIZEUP6 TO 69937 FOR “HEIWA”
TEXT RIZEUP7 TO 69937 FOR “KAMI”
TEXT RIZEUP8 TO 69937 FOR “PINK SPIDER”
TEXT RIZEUP9 TO 69937 FOR ROAD II RAION”
TEXT RIZEUP10 TO 69937 FOR “TEN TO CHI NO HAZAMA NI LKIRU SHONEN”
Experience
TEXT RIZEUP11 TO 69937 FOR “EXPERIENCE”
TEXT RIZEUP12 TO 69937 FOR “GET THE MIC”
TEXT RIZEUP13 TO 69937 FOR “GOTANDA”
TEXT RIZEUP14 TO 69937 FOR “JESUS AND MARIA”
TEXT RIZEUP15 TO 69937 FOR “ME”
TEXT RIZEUP16 TO 69937 FOR “MIDDLE FLOWER”
TEXT RIZEUP17 TO 69937 FOR “MUPPET”
TEXT RIZEUP18 TO 69937 FOR “XL”
TEXT RIZEUP19 TO 69937 FOR “YUZURIHA”
TEXT RIZEUP20 TO 69937 FOR “ZERO”
K.O.
TEXT RIZEUP21 TO 69937 FOR “DEAR MR. PRESIDENT”
TEXT RIZEUP22 TO 69937 FOR “HAE”
TEXT RIZEUP23 TO 69937 FOR “I’M A BICH”
TEXT RIZEUP24 TO 69937 FOR “KAZE”
TEXT RIZEUP25 TO 69937 FOR “HUSH BERRY”
TEXT RIZEUP26 TO 69937 FOR “LADY LOVE”
TEXT RIZEUP27 TO 69937 FOR “LIVE OR DIE”
TEXT RIZEUP28 TO 69937 FOR “NANDEMONAI HI NO LWAI HOU”
TEXT RIZEUP29 TO 69937 FOR “PARADOX TAISOU”
TEXT RIZEUP30 TO 69937 FOR “PLEASE OH PLEASE”
TEXT RIZEUP31 TO 69937 FOR “RIZE”
TEXT RIZEUP32 TO 69937 FOR “TELEVISION SONG”
Spit & Yell
TEXT RIZEUP33 TO 69937 FOR “BLACK FLY”
TEXT RIZEUP34 TO 69937 FOR “BUSH”
TEXT RIZEUP35 TO 69937 FOR “CRY”
TEXT RIZEUP36 TO 69937 FOR “FRADE”
TEXT RIZEUP37 TO 69937 FOR “HAVOC”
TEXT RIZEUP38 TO 69937 FOR “KONOMAMA-TENSAIBAKA (RIZE BACKING DEF TECH)
TEXT RIZEUP39 TO 69937 FOR “OWTKAST”
TEXT RIZEUP40 TO 69937 FOR “RIZE IN YA AREA”
TEXT RIZEUP41 TO 69937 FOR “STAND UP”
TEXT RIZEUP42 TO 69937 FOR “STRAY DOG”
TEXT RIZEUP43 TO 69937 FOR “SUNAHAMA”
TEXT RIZEUP44 TO 69937 FOR “SUNDAY MORNIN”
TEXT RIZEUP45 TO 69937 FOR “TOKYO RATS”
TEXT RIZEUP46 TO 69937 FOR “YOUTH II YOUTH”
RIZE is a hard rock/metal band that debuted in 2000 with major accomplishments such as performing at Live 8 in 2005 and Live Earth in 2007, having their song “Zero” licensed by Coke Zero Japan/Asia, various songs used for PS2 games such as “BioHazard”, and have appeared live with NIN, Run DMC, Jay Z & Oasis. RIZE is a trio comprised of Jesse McFaddin (founder, guitar & lead singer), KenKen (bassist) and NK (drummer). Both the group, RIZE, and the individual members, are major icons in the Japanese music and pop culture scenes, influencing music, entertainment, gaming and fashion. All three members are considered “rock royalty” in Japan since their fathers are members of the legendary Japanese rock band Pink Cloud.
Through BASM’s mobile distribution partner Vio Mobile, US fade fans can now purchase ringtones and truetones from three of fade’s latest albums: To Find a Better Tomorrow, Age of Innocence and Kings of Dawn. All tones are $2.99 and are available via short code purchase through the following national and regional mobile carriers in the United States:
Alltel
AT&T
Boost
Cellular One
Nextel
Sprint
T Mobile
US Cellular
Verizon
Virgin Mobile
Cellular South
NTelos
Cellcom
Bluegrass
Centennial Wireless
Cellular One of East Central Illinois
Appalachian Wireless
Immix Wireless
Revol Wireless
Unicel
West Central Wireless
Farmers Mutual Telephone Company
For short code purchase details, read on below:
Kings of Dawn
TEXT 11FADE1 TO 69937 FOR “BLACK HEARTS & DOLLAR SIGNS”
TEXT 11FADE2 TO 69937 FOR “BORN READY”
TEXT 11FADE3 TO 69937 FOR “COSMICALISM”
TEXT 11FADE4 TO 69937 FOR “KINGS OF DAWN”
TEXT 11FADE5 TO 69937 FOR “RELAX”"
TEXT 11FADE6 TO 69937 FOR “TIDES OF CHANGE”
Age of Innocence
TEXT 11FADE7 TO 69937 FOR “FACE”
TEXT 11FADE8 TO 69937 FOR “IT WAS YOU”
TEXT 11FADE9 TO 69937 FOR “LAST MAN STANDING”
TEXT 11FADE10 TO 69937 FOR “LET IT GO”
TEXT 11FADE11 TO 69937 FOR “REALITY LOST”
TEXT 11FADE12 TO 69937 FOR “REFLECTION”
TEXT 11FADE13 TO 69937 FOR “SO FAR GONE”
TEXT 11FADE14 TO 69937 FOR “SPIN”
TEXT 11FADE15 TO 69937 FOR “THE AGE OF INNOCENCE”
TEXT 11FADE16 TO 69937 FOR “TRAPPED”
To Find A Better Tomorrow
TEXT 11FADE17 TO 69937 FOR “BREAK AWAY”
TEXT 11FADE18 TO 69937 FOR “FILTER”
TEXT 11FADE19 TO 69937 FOR “FOOL”
TEXT 11FADE20 TO 69937 FOR “MISS YOU”
TEXT 11FADE21 TO 69937 FOR “SLITTING REGRET”
TEXT 11FADE22 TO 69937 FOR “THE SOUND OF LIGHT”
TEXT 11FADE23 TO 69937 FOR “TILL THE END OF TIME”
fade is a unique five member rock group from Japan that truly embodies the ability to effectively bridge Eastern and Western cultures by seamlessly blending the iconic 1980’s American rock sounds with their inherent international flavor. Of its band members, four are originally from the United States. Kansei (guitar), Noriyuki (bass) and Rui (drums/writer/founder) hail from New York and their lead singer Jon Underdown is from Seattle – two influential cities known for heavily shaping the American music scene over the years. The fifth member 5° is from Japan and a noted artist within the community.
For more information about fade its members and their individual projects, visit http://www.fadeonline.com.
For US/North American inquiries, interview requests & bookings contact:
Big Apple Style Marketing LLC
Attn: Dorian Smith
Dorian@BigAppleStyleMarketing.com
For International inquires, interview requests & bookings, contact:
C.E. United, Inc/Official International Rep of RIZE
We took this straight from our client CuffLink® iPhone Wristband blog because we wanted to share the news:
This is a quick and easy post! This image was forwarded to us by a friend of ours who plays Words With Friends (and seriously, who doesn’t because that game is addictive and so much fun!!!). As we all know, in the free version of WWF, there are ads that play between each move made. And lo and behold, what should show up but an ad from Sky Mallfeaturing our CuffLink®! Check out the image below!
The CuffLink featured on a Sky Mall ad during Words With Friends for the iPad
Coming right off of the heels of our news yesterday regarding fade’s month long featurette on Windows Media’s “Artist on the Rise” page, we have even more developments to share!
Last month Big Apple Style Marketing paired up with Promo Only – the largest retail entertainment content distribution and DJ record pool service in the US – to begin distributing select fade tracks for in-store distribution. So, as of mid-October, fans & general consumers across the US have been getting exposed to select music videos and audio tracks from “Kings of Dawn”, “Age of Innocence” and “To Find A Better Tomorrow” in top retail locations & vacation spots across the country such as Macy’s Department stores, Marriott & Hilton Hotels, and Princess & Disney Cruise Lines.
Yes…that’s a lot of visibility for a new to market (US Market!) band. But BASM wasn’t satisfied with just that. We’ve taken it a step further and over the past few weeks have been working closely with the team at Shazam – a mobile app focused music discovery service. As of this week, consumers first experiencing fade, can use the free mobile app to “discover” fade’s music on the go!
fade is now searchable through Shazam!
In case you’re not familiar with Shazam…the premise:
A consumer hears a song while out (in a club, restaurant, store, etc.) and doesn’t know the name of the track, the artist or the album. They activate the Shazam app and click “Tag”. As long as the consumer’s mobile speakers can “hear” a snippet of the song (usually takes no longer than 5 – 10 seconds for the Shazam app to “listen” to a song), it will then query the snippet against an existing (and rather large) catalog of songs. Seconds later, a screen appears with the name of the song and artist listed along with “buy now” buttons directing consumers to purchase the song either through iTunes or Amazon. To add to the wonder of this app, you can have Shazam “listen” to a song even without an Internet connection and then initiate the query once you return to a wifi or cellular service area (great for commuters who rely on subways to get around!).
The Shazam app is available on iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android, Windows Phone 7, Windows Mobile 6, Nokia, and Blackberry devices and the service can be accessed in 200 countries worldwide.
Big Apple Style Marketing, LLC (BASM), (www.bigapplestylemarketing.com) a digital entertainment marketing firm, is pleased to announce that they have begun supplying original music to Pandora Radio (www.pandora.com), a streaming online radio platform for consumers in the United States via their various avenues for in and out of home/on the go listening. Through this opportunity, BASM can now provide a platform for major label and independent international artists to tap into the highly coveted US music listening demographic.
With a listening audience of more than 90 million American consumers, Pandora is an interactive Internet radio service that focuses on the listener’s responses to create personalized radio stations that mirror the listener’s interests. Consumers can access Pandora through a variety of avenues: laptop and desktop computers, smartphones, connected Blu-ray players, connected TVs, and plans for automotive integrations in BMW, Ford, GM, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, MINI and Toyota. The Pandora app for mobile devices has been one of the top downloaded applications since it debuted in 2008.
Founded in 2009, Big Apple Style Marketing is a NYC based full service digital entertainment marketing firm representing producers that create original music, film and television content. BASM focuses on marketing, distributing and monetizing original entertainment content through digital platforms such as Internet, mobile and television (terrestrial and out-of-home platforms). BASM assists clients with music licensing, television licensing, music distribution, product placement opportunities and the creation of long term residual income streams. BASM’s approval by Pandora to provide international content from Asian artists is one of the first steps being taken to actualize the company’s initiative to create a bridge for entertainment between the East and West with a focus on Asia and the United States.
For more details regarding Big Apple Style Marketing, please contact Dorian Smith at contact@bigapplestylemarketing.com.
Big Apple Style Marketing (BASM) is a digital entertainment marketing agency that assists our clients with promoting, distributing and monetizing their original entertainment content. One of our favorite partners to work with is Windows Media – the online, mobile and stand alone Microsoft media player. Their online entertainment guide features a variety of content from independent as well as more well known production firms. This week, BASM has three clients with their content featured on the platform. Up first, a video remix DJ from Brooklyn, NY – Eric Voz. Eric Voz was featured on this blog earlier this year with a live set performance from his travels in Japan in November 2010 for Japan Music Week. This time, he shows us his remixing skills with a very uptempo video remake of the Adele chart topper, “Rolling in the Deep”:
Eric Voz featured on WIndowsMedia's home page with his video remix of Adele's "Rolling in the Deep"
Eric Voz featured on the WM Music Homepage with the remix of Adele's "Rolling in the Deep"
Eric Voz’s “Adele: Rolling in the Deep” video house remix is featured on the US Home Page and on the Music Home Page - do make sure that you check it out! For more information, tracks, performance dates and details about Eric Voz, visit his official website at http://www.ericvoz.com.
Up next, we have our own DJ Eloy with their hot video mashup of Cee-Lo’s ever popular “Forget You” (yes the clean version) mixed with the classic favorite “Sugar Pie Honey Bunch” from The Four Tops! His mashup debuted on Windows Media last week on their Windows Media US Music Home Page. If you still haven’t seen this version yet, you can still catch it on Windows Media on their US Music Dance & Pop Page!
DJ Eloy on WM Dance & Pop page with his Cee-Lo/Four Tops mashup of "Forget You" & "Sugar Pie Honey Bunch"
For more information about DJ Eloy, his performances and his musical style, check out his official page at www.djeloy.com.
Our final client on Windows Media this week is Rachel Parsons of The Peregrine Dame with her clip of “New Delhi”. Last week this clip debuted on the Windows Media US home page. This week, if you still haven’t had a chance to watch it, you still can by heading over to the Windows Media US TV home page! Definitely make sure that you watch as Rachel takes you through the bustling streets of New Delhi and to some of the more touristy places as well.
Rachel Parsons of "The Peregrine Dame" featured on WM TV home page with her "New Delhi" clip
For more details about Rachel Parsons, her series The Peregrine Dame and other updates, visit www.theperegrinedame.com.
WindowsMedia.com, WindowsMedia.com/mobile and the Windows Media player for PC are all a division of Microsoft. They are considered an entertainment guide and receive roughly 250 million hits a month, with 14 million of those being unique. Although the majority of the traffic is from the US, they also receive a large amount of international traffic. Content is featured from around the world and spans television, music, film, video game and radio station content. If you’re interested in having your original entertainment content posted on Windows Media, please contact BASM at contact@bigapplestylemarketing.com.
Big Apple Style Marketing, LLC (BASM), (www.bigapplestylemarketing.com) a digital entertainment marketing firm, is pleased to announce that they have officially signed with Ameba, a streaming set top box platform that provides quality children’s content in a variety of languages to subscribers around the world.Ameba is available to consumers through the web, their proprietary set top box platform and via the Roku network. Through this opportunity, BASMwill now provide a platform for existing and new children’s productions studios to highlight their multi-lingual content to a highly valued niche demographic – children from ages of newborn to roughly ten years of age and their parents.
Ameba is a children’s content only video on demand platform based in Winnepeg Canada. The network was born from the frustration of parents struggling to find consistent quality and age appropriate programming geared towards youngsters in the newborn to age 10 demographic. Ameba focuses on giving parents control of the types of visual content that their children watch and is also striving to provide more diverse content that resonates with the diverse cultures around the world. Based on the user’s profile and browsing habits, Ameba’s platform will suggest similarly themed content for future viewing.
Founded in 2009, Big Apple Style Marketing is a NYC based full service digital entertainment marketing firm representing producers that create original music, film and television content. BASM focuses on marketing, distributing and monetizing original entertainment content through digital platforms such as Internet, mobile and television (terrestrial and out-of-home platforms). BASM assists clients with music licensing, television licensing, music distribution, product placement opportunities and the creation of long term residual income streams.
For more details regarding Big Apple Style Marketing, please contact Dorian Smith at contact@bigapplestylemarketing.com.
Big Apple Style Marketing (BASM) is a digital entertainment marketing agency that assists our clients with promoting, distributing and monetizing their original entertainment content. Earlier this year, BASM signed the docu-reality travel series The Peregrine Dame as a client to help promote and license the series. Now in its third season, The Peregrine Dame is a show that follows one woman, Rachel Parsons, as she travels completely solo with just her camera to document her experiences. Sometimes she visits well travelled locales like Spain or Sydney, and sometimes she finds herself in less well worn areas, like the African Bush country in South Africa! My hat goes off to Rachel because even though she makes it look so easy and simple, there’s no way I’d go traveling solo!
The Peregrine Dame "The Outback" clip on the Windows Media US Home Page
Anyway, this week I’m pleased to announce that The Peregrine Dame has debuted on Microsoft’s Windows Media Online Entertainment Guide, with her clip covering her experiences in the Outback. I highly recommend that you check it out! It’s not your typical travel series and has just the right amount of irreverent humor that is refreshing and keeps you hooked! “The Outback” clip from The Peregrine Dame is featured on the US home page as well as the US TV home page.
The Peregrine Dame featured on Windows Media's US TV Homepage
WindowsMedia.com, WindowsMedia.com/mobile and the Windows Media player for PC are all a division of Microsoft. They are considered an entertainment guide and receive roughly 250 million hits a month, with 14 million of those being unique. Although the majority of the traffic is from the US, they also receive a large amount of international traffic. Content is featured from around the world and spans television, music, film, video game and radio station content. If you’re interested in having your original entertainment content posted on Windows Media, please contact BASM at contact@bigapplestylemarketing.com.
So, I just saw this commercial while getting my reality fix on Bravo. The concept, there’s a woman by the name of Veatrice who will be celebrating her 100th birthday shortly. Sprint invites us to call, email or text Veatrice to offer our well wishes on her landmark 100th birthday. The verdict…this is kind of creepy.
Although I think Sprint’s heart/marketing concept has good intentions, this commercial is (IMO) over the top and crosses the line. Veatrice’s number and email (although I’m sure they were specially created just for this ad) are going to be bombarded – and potentially with more than just well wishers. Even though this is a great “call to action” concept and I’m sure the response will prove successful, we all know that there are way too many nuts out there who are going to take this “call Veatrice” concept too far.
A quick post before bed…this is a commercial I’m really loving – one because it’s funny and two because it helps to rationalize for consumers why Verizon might be better than the competitors. Verizon Wireless has been doing hardcore promotions for their 4G “super fast” network. Well, rather than just telling people that they have a fast network, they decided to show them with a series of commercials (there’s another Verizon commercial comparing their 4G download speed to a rocket hitting a target very far away). This time, we’re treated to a “mock scene” of the roughly five minutes or so that you have between the time you get on the plane to when they close the doors and force you to turn off all electronic devices.
One, I love this commercial because it’s so true how trapped you feel when you’re on a long flight with nothing to do. I’ve resorted to buying the wifi option when the flight is over four hours! Two, regardless of whether or not you’re a Verizon customer (or interested in becoming one), this commercial helps to solidify the concept of speed when doing mobile downloads. The idea of being able to download a movie and a game on your laptop and/or mobile device via a wifi connection in roughly 5 minutes is pretty impressive!
