Comments on: Indie Bands: Taco Bell Wants to Feed You Burritos, Promote You on Hot Sauce http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/09/04/indie-bands-taco-bell-wants-to-feed-you-burritos-promote-you-on-hot-sauce/ The latest gear, software, and techniques for electronic music production and performance Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:26:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: BUZZGRINDER » Morning Buzz: Carcass, Civet, Pink http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/09/04/indie-bands-taco-bell-wants-to-feed-you-burritos-promote-you-on-hot-sauce/#comment-614203 BUZZGRINDER » Morning Buzz: Carcass, Civet, Pink Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:01:40 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/?p=3966#comment-614203 [...] :: Firsty Dennys, now Taco Bell is looking to profit off the hard work of indie bands. [...] [...] :: Firsty Dennys, now Taco Bell is looking to profit off the hard work of indie bands. [...]

]]> By: Taco Bell's Feed the Beat : Taco Libre | Key Of Grey http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/09/04/indie-bands-taco-bell-wants-to-feed-you-burritos-promote-you-on-hot-sauce/#comment-593682 Taco Bell's Feed the Beat : Taco Libre | Key Of Grey Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:55:47 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/?p=3966#comment-593682 [...] Feed the Beat via CreateDigitalMusic [...] [...] Feed the Beat via CreateDigitalMusic [...]

]]> By: simon http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/09/04/indie-bands-taco-bell-wants-to-feed-you-burritos-promote-you-on-hot-sauce/#comment-593639 simon Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:25:07 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/?p=3966#comment-593639 So it comes full circle.... In the 70's David Van Koevering used to put on shows in Taco Bell restaurants promoting the Moog Synthesizer. Taco Bell was just starting up and wanted to build its customer base and Moog obviously wanted to spread the electronic word to Taco lovers. A little bit of cross promotion obviously did them no harm. You can read a bit more about it in Pinch and Trocco's excellent Analog Days book. There is also some really good stuff in the Grand Royal Moog special that came out in the 90's. Here is a link to the Analog Days http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3hjvWzkMK-sC&pg=PT164&lpg=PT164&dq=moog+taco+bell&source=web&ots=M1L9K6hxdg&sig=pjkvjwZ-D53czuMU6TQk8OAoNGg&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result So it comes full circle…. In the 70’s David Van Koevering used to put on shows in Taco Bell restaurants promoting the Moog Synthesizer. Taco Bell was just starting up and wanted to build its customer base and Moog obviously wanted to spread the electronic word to Taco lovers. A little bit of cross promotion obviously did them no harm.

You can read a bit more about it in Pinch and Trocco’s excellent Analog Days book. There is also some really good stuff in the Grand Royal Moog special that came out in the 90’s.

Here is a link to the Analog Days
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3hjvWzkMK-sC&pg=PT164&lpg=PT164&dq=moog+taco+bell&source=web&ots=M1L9K6hxdg&sig=pjkvjwZ-D53czuMU6TQk8OAoNGg&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result

]]> By: kris http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/09/04/indie-bands-taco-bell-wants-to-feed-you-burritos-promote-you-on-hot-sauce/#comment-593258 kris Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:47:40 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/?p=3966#comment-593258 i'd totally sign up for this if i was touring. free food on the road would be a godsend. that and i recently discovered their fresco menu that is far less poisonous than their usual fare. it reminds me of the denny's promotion where they feed a few bands for free as they tour, and they also consult bands for recipes. as weird as this whole "corporate restaurant getting involved in music" thing is, it's really a great thing for aspiring bands who might be in danger of going broke. i’d totally sign up for this if i was touring. free food on the road would be a godsend. that and i recently discovered their fresco menu that is far less poisonous than their usual fare. it reminds me of the denny’s promotion where they feed a few bands for free as they tour, and they also consult bands for recipes.
as weird as this whole “corporate restaurant getting involved in music” thing is, it’s really a great thing for aspiring bands who might be in danger of going broke.

]]> By: Darren Landrum http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/09/04/indie-bands-taco-bell-wants-to-feed-you-burritos-promote-you-on-hot-sauce/#comment-592938 Darren Landrum Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:37:43 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/?p=3966#comment-592938 The term "viral condiment marketing" is definitely one I never expected to hear in, well, pretty much my entire lifetime. It's surely a Carlin-esque sentence that has never been uttered before. The only thing I can think of like that is for a band's web site to get flogged on the slips of paper in fortune cookies. The term “viral condiment marketing” is definitely one I never expected to hear in, well, pretty much my entire lifetime. It’s surely a Carlin-esque sentence that has never been uttered before.

The only thing I can think of like that is for a band’s web site to get flogged on the slips of paper in fortune cookies.

]]> By: Nonplus http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/09/04/indie-bands-taco-bell-wants-to-feed-you-burritos-promote-you-on-hot-sauce/#comment-592639 Nonplus Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:48:04 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/?p=3966#comment-592639 i need tacos! i need them or i will explode. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3ZFUe_08-c&NR=1 i need tacos!
i need them or i will explode.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3ZFUe_08-c&NR=1

]]> By: 4lefts http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/09/04/indie-bands-taco-bell-wants-to-feed-you-burritos-promote-you-on-hot-sauce/#comment-592313 4lefts Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:41:00 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/?p=3966#comment-592313 i used to work for maccas. there's definitely milk in those shakes. and a shitload of fat. and sugar. i used to work for maccas. there’s definitely milk in those shakes. and a shitload of fat. and sugar.

]]> By: Vanceg http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/09/04/indie-bands-taco-bell-wants-to-feed-you-burritos-promote-you-on-hot-sauce/#comment-592200 Vanceg Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:35:28 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/?p=3966#comment-592200 NICE one NewMiracle. I remember vegans I knew in school drinking McDonalds shakes claiming they had no milk in them.... like I'd trust THAT? NICE one NewMiracle. I remember vegans I knew in school drinking McDonalds shakes claiming they had no milk in them…. like I’d trust THAT?

]]> By: violet http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/09/04/indie-bands-taco-bell-wants-to-feed-you-burritos-promote-you-on-hot-sauce/#comment-592186 violet Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:26:23 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/?p=3966#comment-592186 Your post made me hungry for Taco Bell. Its cool that they're reaching out to aspiring bands too. I once met a guy from the Taco Bell marketing team. I asked him what was up behind their "talking" sauce packet campaign. He said, "we're trying to create a two way dialogue". It was then, I looked him straight in the eye, raised my eyebrow and skeptically said, "with a sauce packet?" He look flabbergasted. LOL! Your post made me hungry for Taco Bell. Its cool that they’re reaching out to aspiring bands too.
I once met a guy from the Taco Bell marketing team. I asked him what was up behind their “talking” sauce packet campaign. He said, “we’re trying to create a two way dialogue”. It was then, I looked him straight in the eye, raised my eyebrow and skeptically said, “with a sauce packet?” He look flabbergasted.
LOL!

]]> By: m477h3w http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/09/04/indie-bands-taco-bell-wants-to-feed-you-burritos-promote-you-on-hot-sauce/#comment-592045 m477h3w Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:14:57 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/?p=3966#comment-592045 how about Sriracha-sponsored dj battles? how about Sriracha-sponsored dj battles?

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