Brad Rourke

Category: music

  • A Lesson In Collaboration

    I recently spent an evening with two friends, working on a soundtrack for a DVD. My friend Ed Corr’s company, OPX, is creating a video presentation about what the office of the future might look like, if you ask the twenty-somethings who are going to have to work in them and design them. To its…

  • So Dreadfull A Judgment

    Last weekend my band, The West End, played a show and in the midst of it I had just the best feeling. I looked out at the audience and saw that everyone was paying attention, listening to the music. They weren’t distracted by the ball game behind the bar, weren’t playing Liar’s Poker, weren’t embroiled…

  • Internet Radio, The Next Plastics

    According to MinOnline, a little noticed phenomenon began to coalesce last year. While everyone was watching social networking and video sites soaring in popularity — Internet Audio was quietly taking off too. It may be one of the Big Things of 2009 — indeed, it may already be. Says Arbitron: 33 million Americans listen to…

  • The Power Of Music

    My friend Caryn Martinez has this interesting story about subliminal advertising. Seems that when hearing French music, more shoppers purchased French wine. During German oompah music, it’s all Piesporters and Rieslings. The kicker: in post-purchase surveys, only a handful ever mentioned the music when saying why they bought what they did. Such is the secret…

  • An Interview With Prince

    I ran across a very interesting piece the other day. It’s LA Times pop critic Ann Powers’ blog post about her five-hour personal interview with none other than Prince. This piece was interesting for two reasons. First, it was interesting on a journalistic level. The piece is a great example of how a reporter can…

  • Changing The Meaning Of "Community Work"

    I do a lot of work with organizations trying to change how they relate to — and work with — communities. As a result, I write a lot of reports about “changing work habits in order to make change in communities” and whatnot. There’s a challenge in writing such things. Often, it is hard to…

  • Changing The Meaning Of "Community Work"

    I do a lot of work with organizations trying to change how they relate to — and work with — communities. As a result, I write a lot of reports about “changing work habits in order to make change in communities” and whatnot. There’s a challenge in writing such things. Often, it is hard to…