Converse’s love for music catches on online. (Social War #28)

Converse offers ‘upcoming acts’ a chance to play at iconic stages. With Converse Rubbers Tracks they open the doors for twelve legendary musicstudios. From the London based Abbey Road to the Sunset Studio in Hollywood. Converse allows the ‘ordinary human’ inside these dreamlike places. And their followers love it. This week in Social War we’ll look at the way Converse let’s their followers be part of the brand in another renewing campaign.

84 studio sessions
After opening their first permanent Converse Rubber Tracks studio four years ago, Converse has been rolling out this concept worlwide. As part of Converse Rubber Tracks the brand opens up the doors of 12 famous music studios. Converse gives away 84 recordings and pays cost and (temporary) living of bands that live over 400 kilometer away. If that isn’t the dream of every musician! For the twelve different studios, divided over eight countries and four continents, 40 different nationalities can enroll. And especially important for the participating bands, they keep all the rights of the music recorded in the studios.

Together with the great
Converse doesn’t only open up different studios. They also let well-known names such as Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon tell about their experiences in the selected studios. It all creates a feeling of unity between the locations, the bands and the brand. Where other artists like Liam Gallagher go their own way altogether and don’t conform to anybody, forever rivals Blur deal with this differently. And together with Converse Blur goes on a search of new talent in legendary locations.

Music and fashion
The cooperation between Blur and Converse isn’t the first time that fashion and music come together. Where Adidas already worked with Rita Ora, Pharell with G-Star and Puma with Rihanna, Converse follows with Blur and twelve iconic studios.

Hard Facts
In the Social War measurement of the 29th of May until the 5th of June, we’ve measured a Facebook engagement increase of +149%. The connection with music and legendary locations is received enthusiastically by the followers of Converse. It doesn’t only open the studios but the brand as well, and this creates a lot of goodwill with their loyal followers. Converse has been working with unknown garagebands and tours for a long time. It is the ideal positioning for Converse’s target group: independent, not mainstream, edgy, creative and musical.

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