Bands on film
Audio video. Bands are buying into webisodes as a means of getting over their marketing message. Hardcore punkers Stick To Your Guns have come up with a series of videos documenting the making of their new album, The Hope Division, slated for a summer release. Head to Vimeo for STYG In The Studio Parts 1 & 2.
And Sweden’s ‘melodic death metallers’ Dark Tranqullity have just published the fifth in a series of videos about the making of their new – and ninth – album, We Are The Void.
Making Muzu. Music-video outfit Muzu.TV has cut deals with the likes of AOL Music, Bebo, Drowned in Sound, Habbo Hotel, Virtual Festivals and Mama Groupo to power video delivery on its new partners’ websites. The agreements include advertising revenue sharing.
By Mark Terry. Band gaming. Harmonix and MTV Games have beta launched an online store, 
Top video. Vevo was the most visited online destination in the entertainment/music category in the US last month, racking up close to 36 million unique visitors, according to comScore. And that’s a pretty good performance considering that the new premium music video service - created by Universal Music Group, Sony Music and Abu Dhabi Media Company – only launched on 8th December.
By Steve Mullins. Rock shave. Gillette has gone backstage with artists will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, country singer Tim McGraw, Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 and Tyson Ritter of the All-American Rejects to make a documentary film series, Gillette UNCUT, slated to bow in LA at the end of the month.
By Steve Mullins. Game on. Green Day is joining the Beatles in getting a standalone Rock Band game. Green Day: Rock Band, from MTV Networks’ game maker unit Harmonix, will feature the likenesses of singer Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tre Cool and allow players to grab songs from the group’s catalog, visit venues and view related artwork.