After twenty top ten hits ’58 and ’62, Neil Sedaka’s hits dried up. His publisher gave him one last shot. Neil, anxious, sweaty, his weave starting to unravel, decided to order in every No. 1 record from around the globe. He played them over and over, analysing every detail. He then borrowed, or as we say in Advertising ‘was inspired by’ the melody from one, the hook from another a guitar sound from another and so on and soRead more
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BTA AWARDS: Don’t over think it.
Whilst at AMV/BBDO Sean and I got a brief to write an ad for the British Television Craft Awards. The BTA Awards with the word ‘craft’ inserted are less desirable than the ones without that word. But they’re awards none the less. It got us thinking – what creatives would enter an awards scheme aimed at recognising everyone but the creatives who came up with the idea? Initially it said ‘Shit at ideas?‘, but the word ‘shit‘ was felt to beRead more