There was a time when businesses would hire artists to write and record jingles for their ad spots. Now, though, it seems that the age of the jingle has passed. In recent years, commercials have ...

Advertisers love using old-school famous rock songs in their commercials. It makes sense why: They’re easily recognizable and utterly jam-worthy. If anything, they’ll at least get the viewer’s ...

A jingle is a song or melody of short duration (5 to 60 seconds) and easy to remember, which seeks to promote a product or service, usually by alluding to its attributes or some emotional link with ...

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 ...

Every year, the Super Bowl features some of the flashiest – and costliest – advertising on television. An abundance of these spots uses classic rock songs as their soundtracks. The use of classic ...

Like many people, John Sebastian, a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee for his years as a founding member and vocalist for The Lovin’ Spoonful, was getting ready to write off 2020 as a wash. After ...

Even if you're years out of school and not actively taking an English class, it's hard not to note how we use literary and sound devices in music, art, advertising and writing. You've got "Snap, ...