May 30, 2008 Unicef will hold a great concert in the Pacifico Arena in Yokohama, Japan. The performances will feature artists combining African traditional music with Japanese pop, hip hop and classical musicians. Japanese famous artists include X-Japan Toshi, Bledzz, Sojiro and Murakami Ponta
The proceeds from the concert will go to Unicef and HIV/Aids relief in Africa. The concert will be recorded live and released by Apple iTunes. Apple will also donate the proceeds of the sales to Unicef.
Jett Edwards and Gerald Gentemann are producing the concert.
I think when a product or a service kindles an emotional dialogue with the consumer the product or service can qualify to be a brand. As advertising becomes more ubiquitous across the country, it's increasingly difficult for companies and products to stand out from the crowd and avoid being ignored by ad-weary consumers. The shift in thinking is from asking how a company can motivate consumers to buy a product to asking instead how the product can touch consumers' lives.
My favorite brand is Apple ever since I saw that Super Bowl ad talking about how Macintosh would change the world.
I was reminded about why I loved Apple when this copy was used when Apple launched its iMac with their famous "Think Different" ad campaign. I got a real feeling of the mission of the company as well as its vision so I kept it in my files. This also ran and worked well in japan.
“Here’s to the crazy ones.
The misfits.
The rebels.
The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
They’re not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo.
You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them.
Because they change things.
They invent.
They imagine.
They heal.
They explore.
They create.
They inspire.
They push the human race forward.
Maybe they have to be crazy.
How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art?
Or sit in silence and hear a song that’s never been written?
Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?
We make tools for these kinds of people.
While some see them as the crazy ones,
we see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough to think
they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
Copyright, Apple Computer 2001
