Spreading Jam Blog / music

What’s New with Facebook? 3 new changes you should know about now.

Facebook Apr 18, 12 by Dan Osburn

There’s been a few changes under the hood at Facebook recently, and we’re not just talking about the recent Instagram acquisition. Here’s everything you need to know about the 3 most interesting recent changes: ...

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Interview with The Broken Hearts (video)

Music Sep 15, 11 by Dan Osburn

We interviewed the super cool Broken Hearts who are well on there way to becoming more than a DJ duo. ...

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Branding me, branding you, aha

Sep 7, 11 by Dan Osburn

With the rise of celebrity endorsements from Lady Gaga becoming the creative director at Polaroid, Justin Timberlake buying Myspace and every other celebrity dipping their toes into collaborations within the fashion world, is it now the turn of the big record labels? The latest edition to the fashion world is Sony BMG’s ...

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The X-Factor tour with The Sun's Buzz Magazine

Mar 22, 11 by Andy Hyland

On Sunday, Jam took a small group of Bloggers (and their plus ones) to the O2 Arena for an exclusive performance of the X-Factor tour, courtesy of The Sun’s buzz magazine. In November 2010, The Sun ran an X-Factor promotion to reward their readers and give them the opportunity to watc ...

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An interview with Har Mar Superstar

Jan 20, 10 by Tom Hyde

Who would've though that landing a job as a social media planner in Jam would entail interviewing popstars for the internet. Late last year I found myself in the hot seat attempting to conduct an interview with none other than Har Mar Superstar (that's me on the right BTW). Another Jammer Huw was manning the camera - trying admirab ...

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An homage for people keeping the fake real - Air Guitarists!

Aug 13, 09 by Christian Lindman

I have always been impressed with people that are a bit too lazy to learn the real thing, but still very keen on practicing it. Like people becoming the world champion playing Guitar Hero instead of learning how to play the guitar, or just not being able to keep from singing really loudly with a false voice at parties, to their peers' great appr ...

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Remix Space Oddity; that's pretty freaky, Bowie

Jul 8, 09 by Mark Allred

David Bowie's going to be rereleasing his tune "Space Oddity" to mark the 40th anniversary of the moon landings (as you do). But it's not just any old rerelease.  Instead, it's a digital remix edition. Not digital remix in god awful techno nineties way, or even in a filthy dubstep style, but in a way that gives fans the ability to ...

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We all love Spotify

Apr 30, 09 by Sam Waymont

Jam are big fans of the breakthrough act in music consumption Spotify. This blogger is obviously a fan too having come up with a lovely way to share his music collection. Having burnt all my CD's during the rise of the MiniDisc sadly this is not an option for me. ...

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Moog machine

Apr 29, 09 by Mark Allred

Moog (pronounced "mogue", like vogue) is probably the most well known synth manufacturer in the world.  The company started tweeting about a month ago, so I thought I'd mark the occasion with a post about the brand. This company produced one of the most influential bits of kit in po ...

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I heart Hobnox - free beat making online

Apr 22, 09 by Mark Allred

Hobnox "is an online entertainment and publishing platform, a network for creatives and their fans. We unite broadcast-quality web media with cutting edge community-enabling technology." Which is great. But even better is their daringly named "Audiotool".  ...

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