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What is Sonic Branding?

How a peacock gave birth to the first sonic brand. A true story. Way more mellifluous than a squawk. More memorable than any chirp, hoot, cluck or quack could ever be. Over ninety years ago, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) — the network that years later would be canonized as the proud peacock — aired three distinctive chimes on radio for the very first time. Chimes that global marketing experts […]

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Campaigns Sonified: How Candidates Use Music to Seduce Voters

“Don’t Stop [Thinkin’ About Tomorrow]”; “Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours)”;“Hold On, I’m Coming.” This time of the year, you don’t have to dial up Spotify or Apple Music to hear popular tracks, you’ll encounter them all along the campaign trail. Sonic branding for political campaigns is a real science. From the very founding of the Republic, candidates have been using popular songs to tug at the heartstrings of constituents and […]

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