Tribal Shorts
Certainly, what unites us here at Cut Through the Noise is music… but it’s more than that… more than just something that goes on between your ears. It’s an axiology that extends from the music to our music-lover lifestyles: how we vote, what we drive, what we eat, what we wear, etc.
We are a tribe — a super-tribe even, an “umbrella” tribe of sorts — a tribe that unites tribes.
So it’s more than the Pandora model (if you like Ryan Adams chances are you’d like Wilco). We’re talking about the sonic-psychographics of a demographic… a massive co-branding/cross-lifestyle union underneath the umbrella, the super-tribe of music, where all sorts of different sub-tribes overlap.
But it’s not age, race, gender or income… music is the magic that connect us.
That said, I thought that a brief monthly compendium of music/music lifestyle related whatnot — as it pertains to our tribal interests — would be in order: a tribal shortlist.
Feel free to add to it!
1. Tribal Fever
Speaking of tribes (and if you’re wondering what inspired me), if you haven’t heard of Seth Godin’s latest bit of marketing genius www.triiibes.com,” you MUST. An invite-only, uber-niche of entrepreneurs, creative thinkers, tribe-devotees, go-getters, type A personalities, risk-takers… who can really describe it? I’ve never seen so many interesting ideas exploding all at once… just logging in feels like your tapping the secret brain-juice of the universe. It opens to the public in October. I haven’t thought of a way to steal this crazy brilliant idea yet and make it my own but working on it 
. READ THIS BOOK!
2. Pandora
Damn. They’ve got a good thing going. Certainly, not monetizing it from the get-go wasn’t the best. But industry greed… that monster needs to be quelled once and for all. DO SOMETHING about it.
3. Web/Code Designers
On a lighter topic, these guys are either the new lawyers or the new bartenders. Everyone needs one/wish they had one in their family. Also, a great way to make side money while you’re working your way up the proverbial ladder.
4. Rock ‘n Roll Wine
I don’t know about you but I drink a lot of wine. Probably more than I like to admit. And now that I don’t live near a Trader Joe’s anymore, buying the stuff requires a little work. So how cool was it to discover that Fred Smith makes a great bottle AND is my neighbor? At a wine tasting over the weekend, we tried them all. Rock ‘n Roll Red got the top vote. Delish.
5. Obama Buttons
Remember that whole idea of getting your fans to work for you for free? Here it is in action. Go for the $20 purchase. Suddenly, you’ve got so many buttons, you HAVE to give them away. Genius.
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8/18/08
Categories: CUT THROUGH THE NOISE • KATE BRADLEY • OUTLANDOS MUSIC
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Kate!
Babe just dragged me to a show tonight and we danced till my feet have blisters. I would rather dance, sweat & bleed than watch and die….
Hope you are well.
Sister rock on!
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