The most 1980s TV commercials, with rock stars, from Michael Jackson shilling for Pepsi to Genesis hawking beer.

On Thursday morning, students in the University of North Texas Commercial Music class sat in a semi-circle, listening and giving input on their classmates' songwriting compositions. "We got it ...

Sitting through commercials is usually a pretty miserable experience. It feels like little sections of your life getting eaten up, 30 seconds at a time. Even the ones with good, home-made jingles are ...

The University of North Texas recently announced that starting in fall of 2025, it will offer a BA degree in Commercial Music, which will focus on “the contemporary music-making process from the early ...

Scout the Australian Shepherd has a favorite commercial of his own and gives it his full attention every time it's on the air ...

It’s difficult to underestimate how deeply and completely the iPod revolutionized music listening. Introduced in 2001, the pocket-sized device escorted music consumers out of the CD era and into the ...

David Paton's 50-year-old hit song "Magic" earned him $1 million from use in Ozempic commercials, illustrating the value of a musician's back catalog.

Like so many others, Elise Biscaro’s interest in being part of the entertainment industry began when she discovered at an early age that she liked how people responded to her as a performer. “I enjoy ...

The song "What About Now" that became a No. 1 hit for the band Lonestar in 1999 started out as a few lines written with a car commercial in mind. When writers Anthony Smith, Aaron Barker and the late ...

JSM Music, regarded by many as the world’s pre-eminent commercial music production studio, is leaving a 7,200 square-foot space downtown for a 10,500 square-foot penthouse near Times Square. Although ...

As some of you may be aware, Tesla Motors does not make commercials for its vehicles. While the brand has made a couple of promotional videos in its day, as well as various presentation vehicles, we ...