ComMUSICation
From Pavlov's Dog to Sound Branding
Published on 19. October 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-1-78119-076-0 (ISBN)
Description
Music can say so much. It can make us laugh or cry - it can make us remember our first kiss as though it was just yesterday. Just one chord in a film score is enough to tell us that someone is hiding behind the curtain. We can even hear how a person is feeling just by the sound of their voice. By understanding how such processes work, we are able to create sounds that trigger the desired associations in a branding context. John Groves, a music consultant and composer with a long track record of creating memorable melodies for brands such as Olympus, Mentos, Bacardi, Mars and Visa, documents the birth of a new discipline - Sound Branding. He shares personal experiences and anecdotes of how music can be responsible for suicide, revolutions, and making people pay more for a glass of wine. He explains how sound and music can be used strategically to provide identification, differentiation and generally to steer perception. COMMUSICATION is a mix of cutting-edge scientific findings and one man's analytical - and sometimes humourous - views, ending in a walk-through of his structured system for developing and managing Brand Sound Identities.
This book is a must-read for anyone involved in marketing, advertising, branding, music - in fact, for anyone who has ears!
Music can say so much. It can make us laugh or cry - it can make us remember our first kiss as though it was just yesterday. Just one chord in a film score is enough to tell us that someone is hiding behind the curtain. We can even hear how a person is feeling just by the sound of their voice. By understanding how such processes work, we are able to create sounds that trigger the desired associations in a branding context. John Groves, a music consultant and composer with a long track record of creating memorable melodies for brands such as Olympus, Mentos, Bacardi, Mars and Visa, documents the birth of a new discipline - Sound Branding. He shares personal experiences and anecdotes of how music can be responsible for suicide, revolutions, and making people pay more for a glass of wine. He explains how sound and music can be used strategically to provide identification, differentiation and generally to steer perception. COMMUSICATION is a mix of cutting-edge scientific findings and one man's analytical - and sometimes humourous - views, ending in a walk-through of his structured system for developing and managing Brand Sound Identities.
This book is a must-read for anyone involved in marketing, advertising, branding, music - in fact, for anyone who has ears!
This book is a must-read for anyone involved in marketing, advertising, branding, music - in fact, for anyone who has ears!
Music can say so much. It can make us laugh or cry - it can make us remember our first kiss as though it was just yesterday. Just one chord in a film score is enough to tell us that someone is hiding behind the curtain. We can even hear how a person is feeling just by the sound of their voice. By understanding how such processes work, we are able to create sounds that trigger the desired associations in a branding context. John Groves, a music consultant and composer with a long track record of creating memorable melodies for brands such as Olympus, Mentos, Bacardi, Mars and Visa, documents the birth of a new discipline - Sound Branding. He shares personal experiences and anecdotes of how music can be responsible for suicide, revolutions, and making people pay more for a glass of wine. He explains how sound and music can be used strategically to provide identification, differentiation and generally to steer perception. COMMUSICATION is a mix of cutting-edge scientific findings and one man's analytical - and sometimes humourous - views, ending in a walk-through of his structured system for developing and managing Brand Sound Identities.
This book is a must-read for anyone involved in marketing, advertising, branding, music - in fact, for anyone who has ears!
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cork
Ireland
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
347 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78119-076-0 (9781781190760)
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11/2011
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Person
John Groves is a composer, music producer and consultant on the use of sound and music in advertising and communications. In the early 1990s, he became one of the pioneers of Sound Branding, by developing a structured system for creating and implementing brand and corporate Sound Identities, which has provided the basis for what has become a market standard.
John Groves is a composer, music producer and consultant on the use of sound and music in advertising and communications. In the early 1990s, he became one of the pioneers of Sound Branding, by developing a structured system for creating and implementing brand and corporate Sound Identities, which has provided the basis for what has become a market standard.
John Groves is a composer, music producer and consultant on the use of sound and music in advertising and communications. In the early 1990s, he became one of the pioneers of Sound Branding, by developing a structured system for creating and implementing brand and corporate Sound Identities, which has provided the basis for what has become a market standard.