This blog is specifically tailored to my favorite genres in life: music & fashion. Having a devout interest for public relations concerning both topics, this website is dedicated to expanding the genres in the world of digitality.
The music world has been immersed in a digital world varying from the recording process to the distribution. It has been amazing to watch recording artists literally become national and international sensations by just posting tracks on music blogs. I have to admit I have literally become addicted to following up and coming recording artists on blogs, and it has influenced my decisions of concert selections and album purchase as well. A website and music blog that I have avidly followed for a couple of years now is Pitchfork, an internet site that is dedicated to reviewing albums, publishing music and concert updates, as well as posting new tracks by artists. Pitchfork is a little more focused on the artists and bands that are starting out with playing for a handful of listeners versus a stadium-filled audience. It sort of plays into a rhetorical situation providing indie music enthusiasts or otherwise known as the audience with songs that invoke them with a certain message or discourse. I really do enjoy this site, not just for the content but for the easy navigation of the layout and design. Visual rhetoric is based on design and how the audience perceives that design, so I easily can find myself exploring the content for hours. The easy to maneuver play list allows for viewers to listen to a sequence of tracks in accordance to their release date. Pitchfork is also accessible by social media genres as well, I actually follow their blog on twitter, which has actually become a very resourceful tool. The sight has awakened my senses to artists that I never imagined I would absolutely love. For instance Pitchfork has showcased tracks by music producer Clams Casino, a New Jersey band titled Real Estate, and covers from different artists for tracks by The Strokes, that I never knew existed. I encourage any music enthusiast to check this site out and transfix himself or herself in music they never have experienced before.
Here are some videos posted on the website as well as performances from their various music festivals:
No Age- "Fever Dreaming"
James Blake at the Pitchfork Music Festival 2011
Smith Westerns- "Tonight"
The Black Keys- "Lonely Boy" (New Single)
Lana del Rey- "Blue Jeans" (Remixed by Odd Future)
For some magazine enthusiasts, either purchasing or receiving the newest monthly edition is its own sentimental treasure. As ridiculous as it may sound, I actually cannot wait for the day each month that a new Vogue issue is on sale and I buy it immediately. It is also a bit ridiculous that I don’t have a subscription and instead buy the magazine for sale price, wasting about $4 an issue. Yet it will a be sad day, when myself as other avid readers will not be able to see an extensive selection of magazines as well as other genres of print media on the stands. Some speculators state that in 2009 print readsership seemed to have decreased because advertisers would rather pay less on a web article versus a print article. So not only has digitiality, or the condition of living in a digital culture affected people, but certain media genres as well. Yet some magazines have taken initiative of the cultural shift, and progressed into attracting another audience of readers by posting most of the same information on their website, an example is Vogue magazine. Vogue.com has launched and has attracted fashion enthusiasts on a broader spectrum, accessing them to a wide variety of editorial shots, designer updates, and even daily fashion blogs, accurately titled Vogue daily. Below is a couple examples of Vogue.com’s daily posted pictures, these are just couple ones that caught my eye.
This last shot is of the magazine's November Issue Cover Story, Actress Rooney Mara who stars in the newest film adaptation of Steig Larssen's Girl With the Dragon Tattoo directed by David Fincher. I believe the shot is absolutely captivating, and really showcases the incredible design by Marchesa.
My name is Stacey and I am currently enrolled at Florida State University majoring in Editing, Writing, and Media as well as Communication. The intent of my blog is to explore the facets of Fashion Public Relations as well as Music Public Relations, ever-changing and evolving into the digital age. Although both genres completely contrast each other in style and structure, music and fashion feed off one another in media and publication.
