Ultra Music Festival 2011
Ultra Music Festival 13 hit Miami on March 25–27, 2011 and if you attended, then chances are you got shot by the lens of Adam Jackson, corresponding photographer, at least once. Jackson is a prolific lifestreamer and photographer who’s made his way to UMF every year since 2004. Researchers have clocked him at 60 photos per minute. 40.
You Have 10 Seconds
10 seconds to engage someone. 10 seconds to impress them. In his research for Futurehit.DNA, Jay Frank discovered an impressive trend: Shorter song intros lead to better sales. “2/3 of bestselling songs have an intro that’s less than 7 seconds.” The average intro length for Top 25 songs is 6.6 seconds. “You really have 10 seconds to engage people.”
What Do These Performers Have In Common?
30 Seconds to Mars, 50 Cent, Adam Lambert, Adele, Al Madrigal, Alice in Chains, All Time Low, Allison Iraheta, Andrew Bird, Anvil, Backstreet Boys, Barry Manilow, Ben Harper & Relentless7, Bill Burr, Bon Jovi, Bonnie Raitt & Taj Mahal, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Chad Daniels, Cheap Trick, Chicago, Chickenfoot, Chris Cornell, Cirque du Soleil Zumanity, Cobra Starship w/ Estelle continue.
Fans Take The Power Back—RATM’s Facebook-Induced No. 1
Bill Burton: “Sometimes we limit ourselves by what we believe we can do. We don’t even start. We don’t even try.” Burton delivered this powerful point in his TEDx talk last week, called How To Have A Christmas Number One Single, where, citing RATM’s rise to UK Xmas no. 1, he exemplified the boundless force of social media, and, through a storytelling memorization activity, he demonstrated the limitless—but often unrealized—potential of the human mind.
Dancing Graffiti
The film Bomb It portrays graffiti as the “biggest art movement in humankind.” With any movement there is opposition and many see graffiti or tagging as mere vandalism. Art or vandalism—where do you spray the line? “Graffiti is energy” says Bronx graffiti artist T-Kid and “it represents life” says artist Pose 2. The same can be said about dance—
