Hewlett-Packard is teaming up with another celebrated musician to promote its ‘music inside’ laptop range with the Beats audio technology. The tech brand tapped award-winning British singer Plan B, who received three Ivor Novello Awards for his album ‘The Defamation of Strickland Banks,’ to front the new adverts to be released as part of a cinema advertising campaign and on digital platform (on official Facebook pages of HP and Plan B as well as on YouTube).
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PepsiCo’s Quaker Chewy is following in the footsteps of Converse, which has been one of the biggest brands committed to helping emerging music geniuses get a stage where their voices can be heard. While the shoewear brand is primarily targeting bands, the snack brand is launching young music talents competition, running in the USA, and is happy to welcome standalone singers aged 8-14, who can upload videos of them performing one of the four songs selected by the brand to the Quaker Chewy Superstar Search website. The winner of the contest will receive a contract with the industry expert, record a song and get $5,000 in cash—not a bad start for a superstar-to-be.
Beer and music do match. This was proved by numerous partnerships and collaborations with performers launched by many brands including Heineken, Grolsch, Carlsberg, as well as premium lager brand Kronenbourg 1664, which is to release a new music-centered addition to its ‘Slow the Pace’ campaign, devised by BBH. Just like Levi’s did within its ‘Pioneer Session’ where celebrated artists were remaking popular songs of past decades, the beer brand is helping old tracks be heard again and live a new life but with the same musicians.
Heineken is pleased to announce that they will be continuing their tradition of offering discoverable music experiences to their consumers, by expanding their annual summer music program. Heineken Red Star Access, which is the successor to Heineken’s popular music programs of the past, Red Star Soul and Inspire, will kick off on June 9 with an exclusive Kanye West presents G.O.O.D. Music event in New York City.