Author Archives: John Furnari

Where the Grammy’s Fell Short On Bridging the Social Media Divide

By John Furnari | Published: February 1, 2010
They’ve been fading away from relevancy for years.  The street-cred of the Grammy Awards has slipped in parallel with the steep decline of sales for the recorded music industry they celebrate. This year was supposed to be different. A new strategy, and a call to arms. “We’re All Fans” was the tagline for the 2010 Grammy [...]
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We’re All a Part Of It Now: What I Learned About Social Media With the Family Over the Holidays

By John Furnari | Published: January 4, 2010
I felt it even before the stats came out, noting that Facebook was the most visited site on the web Christmas day 2009.  It was incredibly interesting, after years working in this industry, to hear the words “blog”, “Twitter”, and “Facebook” used so casually and effortlessly by the extended clan. Or to finally be able [...]
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It’s a Google Week in a Google World

By John Furnari | Published: December 9, 2009
Even in this fast paced world (wide web) it’s mind-blowing sometimes what can happen over the course of just a few days. I was traveling throughout the weekend - first having the honor of helping put together a legendary night of music with Ian McCulloch of Echo and the Bunnymen, and then spending quality time discussing [...]
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An Old Dog Teaching Us Something About New Tricks

By John Furnari | Published: December 3, 2009
We’ve been working with the Bill Cosby team and it’s been a pleasure on a number of levels. Clearly there’s the simple history of having grown up with the man in your living room every night. Of course there’s his pure and true desire - whether you agree with his perspective or not [...]
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Music Ally’s “Can Music Be Free?” Week

By John Furnari | Published: November 30, 2009
The guys over at Music Ally have a really interesting feature going this week - a series of Q&A sessions revolving around the debate “Can Music Be Free?” It’s a serious question to tackle, and they’re bringing the best and brightest out to take a stab at it.  Today they spoke with Robin Kent of Rebel [...]
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