The Beat Machine | Bacardi’s New YouTube-based Music-Making Software

Bacardi is a brand well-known for making judicious use of social media platforms for its marketing endeavors. Campaigns like ‘Do What Moves You‘ and ‘Our History is Unbelievable’ have set a high bar for other brands when it comes to blending creative expression, marketing brilliance, and social media. With yet another creative innovation called The Beat Machine, Bacardi has lived up to the expectations set by the brand’s earlier campaigns.

Crafted by BBDO New York, The Beat Machine is an innovative tool that lets its users create their personalized beats without professional music-making software. All you need to do is visit Bacardi’s YouTube page, and access the video titled Beat Machine, and get busy curating your new beat by using YouTube’s fast forward functionality. The numbers 1-10 act as toggles that allow users to switch between different beats. By using nothing but the Beat Machine video, a viewer can create his/her personalized rendition of Major Lazer and Anitta’s song called Make It Hot.

We feel that The Beat Machine strengthens Bacardi’s position as a brand that knows how to fit in with the current technological landscape. It also paints a clear picture of the value that Bacardi provides to its customer base. Simply put, the campaigns works of all fronts!

Credits
Brand: Bacardi
Campaign: The Beat Machine
Advertising Agency: BBDO, New York, USA
Chief Creative Officer, BBDO Worldwide: David Lubars
Chief Creative Officer, BBDO New York: Greg Hahn
Executive Creative Director: Marcos Kotlhar
Executive Creative Director: Danilo Boer
Associate Creative Director: Gabrielle Attia
Associate Creative Director: Bruno Borges
Senior Project Manager: Noreen Masih
Head of Integrated Production: David Rolfe
Executive Producer: Sofia Handler
Producer: Molly Ross
VP, Production Services Director: Jessica Nugent
Sr. Business Affairs Manager: Kathy Bannon
Music Producer: Julia Millison
Executive Vice President, Senior Account Director: Steven Panariello
Vice President, Account Director: Josh Goodman
Account Manager: Meghan Wood
Account Executive: Aimee Chimera
Social Manager: Clare McGough
Senior Vice President, Group Planning Director: Jessica Strode
Senior Vice President, Group Planning Director: Steve Panawek
Communications Planning Director: Jen Leung
Communications Planner: Ali Goldsmith
Production Company: Stink
Director: Jovan Todorovic
Managing Director: Jeff Baron
Executive Producer: Fran McGivern
Head of Production: Nick Fuller
Producer: Mark Walejko
Production Supervisor: Tavo Muñoz
Production Supervisor: Giovanna Giangregorio
Commercial Coordinator: Shawn Vincent
Director of Photography: Stuart Winecoff
1st Assistant Director: Monty Greenlee
Stylist: Coco Cassibba
Stylist: Celia Arias
Groomer: Thomas Dunkin
Choreographer: Calvit Hodge
Editorial: Final Cut
Editor: Joe Guest
Assistant Editor: Lucas Moesch
Producer: Penny Ensley
EP: Sarah Roebuck
Music House: Sound Tree
Head of Music Production: Luis Almau
MD/Producer: Jay James
Sound Post: Sonic Union
Mix Engineer: Steve Rosen
Senior Producer: Patrick Sullivan
Studio Director: Justine Cortale
Post VFX: Blacksmith
VFX Supervisor/Lead Compositor: Daniel Morris
Compositors: Margolit Steiner, Jacob Coy, Jacob Slutsky, Eric Concepcion, Yebin Ahn
CG Artists: Tuna Unalan, Vitaliy Burov
EP: Charlotte Arnold
VFX Producer: Tina Chen
Color: The Mill
EP: Andrew Sommerville
Producer: Evan Bauer
Colorist: Mikey Rossiter
Color Coordinator: Blake Rice
Color Assist: Elias Nousiopoulos
Bacardi Pass The Beat – Social Credits
Production Company: BBDO Studios
Director: Andrew Osborne
DP: Tinx Chan
Producer: Raven Jensen
“How-To” Beat Machine Video
Studio Lead: Michael Gentile
Studio Producer: Andre Rowe
DP: Billy Siegrist
Studio Producer: Luke Butler
Editor / Animator: Alex Lubars

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