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    Are musical tastes genetic?

    A recent study on twins by Nokia and professor Adrian North reveals that 50% of our musical taste is predetermined. Watch this!

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    Help us choose a book cover!

    slb_final_02_02Sounds Like Branding the book is released in Scandinavia in February 2010. Written by Heartbeats International founder Jakob Lusensky, it’s the first in the field of music branding. It tells an exciting story about how brands became record labels and consumers turned into fans. It also presents the models and tools at hand to work with music branding in practice.

    The publisher is Norstedts, Sweden’s oldest publishing house, founded in 1823. Together with Swedish online book store Bokus we now let you choose the cover for the book (only the Swedish version…).

    Discussions are being made with various international publishers and an english version is planned for later on in 2010.

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    Brands & Spotify

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    Sound moves. Not only is online music service Spotify a cool hit with band fans, it’s catching on with brands too. Read the full article by By Simon Fuller on the great new marketing blog brand-e.biz

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    What does your music taste say about you?

    A study of 26,000 people by professor Adrian North from Heriot-Watt University shows a strong link between music preference and personality…

    reggae

    REGGAE

    High self esteem
    Creative
    Lazy
    Ougoing
    Gentle
    At ease

    rock/metal

    ROCK/METAL

    Low self esteem
    Creative
    Not hardworking
    Introverted
    Gentle
    At ease

    rock'n'roll

    ROCK’N'ROLL

    High self esteem
    Creative
    Hardworking
    Rough
    At ease

    soul

    SOUL

    High self esteem
    Creative
    Outgoing
    Gentle
    At ease

    indie

    INDIE

    Low self esteem
    Creative
    Ougoing
    Rough

    country

    COUNTRY & WESTERN

    Hardworking
    Outgoing

    dance

    DANCE

    Creative
    Outgoing
    Rough

    rap

    RAP

    High self esteem
    Outgoing

    classical

    CLASSICAL

    High self esteem
    Creative
    Introverted
    At ease

    jazz

    JAZZ

    High self esteem
    Creative
    Outgoing
    At ease

    punk

    PUNK

    Low self esteem
    Creative
    Ougoing
    Rough

    chart pop

    CHART POP

    High self esteem
    Creative
    Outgoing
    At ease

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