Until June 13th, venues will host Rock Band Bar Nights. Some of the locations are in: San Diego (CA), San Jose (CA), Los Angeles (CA), Denver (CO), Washington (DC), Miami (FL), Buford (GA), Chicago (IL), Joliet (IL), Boston (MA), Atlantic City (NJ), Stateline (NV), Las Vegas (NV), New York (NY), Columbus (OH), Windsor (ON), Erie (PA), Dallas (TX), and Seattle (WA). Top scoring bands (from each bar night) will get a chance to enter and compete in the 2010 Total Rock, Total Rewards Rock Band Competition on July 1 and 2 at Bally’s Atlantic City hotel and casino. There, the winning band will receive $10,000 and meet Ringo Starr.
If you need a band member, there's a place on the "Rock Band Total Rock - Total Rewards" website where you might be able to locate one.
(For those who can’t get out to a qualifying location...)
There is a sweepstakes you can enter for you and up to three others to ride a private XOJet round trip to Atlantic City, and have two rooms from June 30 to July 4. And, you and your band will have the option of competing in the Total Rock Total Rewards Rock Band Big Event...and also win tickets to the Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band concert at Caesars Atlantic City on July 3. You can enter every day, once a day, until the giveaway ends...
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Monday, July 6, 2009
How Teens Use Media
I was able to glance over the "June 2009, How Teens Use Media" report from Nielsen...
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Media Consumption of a Typical U.S. Teenager as measured by Nielsen
"...there is no 'typical' teen-age consumer, just as really there is no typical consumer overall..."
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Myth: Teens use media—10 screens at a time
Reality: Teens are more likely than adults to use their media one at a time
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Myth: Teens are abandoning TV for new media
Reality: ...They’re watching more TV than ever
"In the U.S., there’s been a slight shift in teen TV viewing from broadcast to ad-supported cable..."
3 hours, 20 minutes per day
"The most popular genres for U.S. teens are Evening Animation, Participation/Variety and General Drama. Family Guy and American Dad drive the animation category...American Idol...the top U.S. program among teens in 2008—as it was for everyone else..."
Myth: Avid commercial skippers, teens favor the DVR
Reality: Teens prefer their TV live
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PC use
52 minutes daily (including applications)
Myth: Teens use the Internet in wildly different ways than adults
Reality: Teens flock to many of the same categories and sites as adults
Myth: Teens are the most avid users of the Internet
Reality: Teens browse less than half as much as the typical user
Internet, 23 minutes
Myth: Teens are driving the growth of online video
Reality: They watch less online video than their elders
Online video...If they watched, watched 6 minutes per day
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Myth: Teens are the biggest gamers of all
Reality: Teens account for just 23% of the console audience and less than 10% of PC game minutes
The most anticipated video game among gamers 13–17 since 2005 has been Halo 3...Grand Theft Auto IV tied Guitar Hero: Aerosmith for the second most anticipated video game. Mario Party 7 (33%) and Guitar Hero: World Tour (32%) round out the list of the fve most anticipated games...
Console Gaming, 25 minutes daily
Reality: More than a quarter of U.S. teens say they read a daily newspaper and more than a third say they read on Sunday
"...older teens 18–20 measured by Scarborough Research were less likely to read a daily paper than average, but still more than a quarter (29%) of U.S. persons 18–20 say they read a daily newspaper on an average day. About a third, 34%, say they read a paper on an average Sunday.
(Which brings me to the section where I rant) IF YOU GIVE THEM A REASON TO READ IT, MAYBE THEY WILL!!! No different than TV, radio, vodcasts/podcasts: give them, your audience, a reason to be interested in your content! Show an interest in them, and their interests...
Newspaper, 1 in 4 read
I remember the joy of perusing and reading the newpaper with my great-grandparents. I intentionally would not pay for cable television to force my children to look at the newpaper I would bring home.
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Reality: Radio is the top source of music consumption for 16% of teens globally and the secondary source for another 21%.
"In the U.S., a 2008 study by Scarborough Research showed that 'Pop Contemporary Hit Radio' was the most popular format among older teens 18–20 (listened to by 40% of this segment), followed by Rhythmic Contemporary and Country..."
Reality: Advertisers are more likely to target teens with messages about health and beauty
Myth: U.S. teens are the world’s couch potatoes
Reality: Far from true…South Africans and Indonesians take the prize
Myth: The only way to reach teens over their phone is texting
Reality: Teens text at incredible rates, but are EARLY ADOPTERS OF ALL MOBILE MEDIA
Myth: The silver screen is too old-fashioned and expensive for today’s teens
Reality: Teens go to the movies more than any other age group
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It seems that this demographic is no different than any other: if you want them, you will need to put in the effort and "fight for them".
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Media Consumption of a Typical U.S. Teenager as measured by Nielsen
"...there is no 'typical' teen-age consumer, just as really there is no typical consumer overall..."
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Myth: Teens use media—10 screens at a time
Reality: Teens are more likely than adults to use their media one at a time
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Myth: Teens are abandoning TV for new media
Reality: ...They’re watching more TV than ever
"In the U.S., there’s been a slight shift in teen TV viewing from broadcast to ad-supported cable..."
3 hours, 20 minutes per day
"The most popular genres for U.S. teens are Evening Animation, Participation/Variety and General Drama. Family Guy and American Dad drive the animation category...American Idol...the top U.S. program among teens in 2008—as it was for everyone else..."
Myth: Avid commercial skippers, teens favor the DVR
Reality: Teens prefer their TV live
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PC use
52 minutes daily (including applications)
Myth: Teens use the Internet in wildly different ways than adults
Reality: Teens flock to many of the same categories and sites as adults
Myth: Teens are the most avid users of the Internet
Reality: Teens browse less than half as much as the typical user
Internet, 23 minutes
Myth: Teens are driving the growth of online video
Reality: They watch less online video than their elders
Online video...If they watched, watched 6 minutes per day
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Myth: Teens are the biggest gamers of all
Reality: Teens account for just 23% of the console audience and less than 10% of PC game minutes
The most anticipated video game among gamers 13–17 since 2005 has been Halo 3...Grand Theft Auto IV tied Guitar Hero: Aerosmith for the second most anticipated video game. Mario Party 7 (33%) and Guitar Hero: World Tour (32%) round out the list of the fve most anticipated games...
Console Gaming, 25 minutes daily
Reality: More than a quarter of U.S. teens say they read a daily newspaper and more than a third say they read on Sunday
"...older teens 18–20 measured by Scarborough Research were less likely to read a daily paper than average, but still more than a quarter (29%) of U.S. persons 18–20 say they read a daily newspaper on an average day. About a third, 34%, say they read a paper on an average Sunday.
(Which brings me to the section where I rant) IF YOU GIVE THEM A REASON TO READ IT, MAYBE THEY WILL!!! No different than TV, radio, vodcasts/podcasts: give them, your audience, a reason to be interested in your content! Show an interest in them, and their interests...
Newspaper, 1 in 4 read
I remember the joy of perusing and reading the newpaper with my great-grandparents. I intentionally would not pay for cable television to force my children to look at the newpaper I would bring home.
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Reality: Radio is the top source of music consumption for 16% of teens globally and the secondary source for another 21%.
"In the U.S., a 2008 study by Scarborough Research showed that 'Pop Contemporary Hit Radio' was the most popular format among older teens 18–20 (listened to by 40% of this segment), followed by Rhythmic Contemporary and Country..."
Reality: Advertisers are more likely to target teens with messages about health and beauty
Myth: U.S. teens are the world’s couch potatoes
Reality: Far from true…South Africans and Indonesians take the prize
Myth: The only way to reach teens over their phone is texting
Reality: Teens text at incredible rates, but are EARLY ADOPTERS OF ALL MOBILE MEDIA
Myth: The silver screen is too old-fashioned and expensive for today’s teens
Reality: Teens go to the movies more than any other age group
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It seems that this demographic is no different than any other: if you want them, you will need to put in the effort and "fight for them".
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Sunday, July 20, 2008
E3 not 2 good
...After drawing 60,000 people two years ago, it was downsized to about 4,000 people last year and moved from its usual home at the Los Angeles Convention Center to a handful of hotels in Santa Monica. This year, it returned to the convention center, but the feel was still small, maybe 5,000 attendees...president of Ubisoft North America: "...it's like a pipe-fitters show in the basement"...bring back retailers, who have abandoned the show...
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