Rhino Records came to the wise fellows formerly known as Bryght for assistance in re-working the venerable Internet destination for a band which defines community participation - The Grateful Dead.

The Rhino team came with a good idea of their goals - mostly based on feedback from the Dead community who waited with bated breath for what would happen next to their beloved band's online presence.

SPIN Magazine isn't the first iconic brand Raincity Studios has shepherded into the brave new web world, but is definitely one of the most exciting projects we've ever brewed up.

Much is written about the tricky process of successfully publishing content both in print and on the web while maintaining brand consistency, keeping reader interest and still making revenue. Indeed print and web are different media but with the SPIN project, we've found a comfortable balance by creating a comprehensive online magazine publishing platform.

An elegant design with a sense of femininity and originality for fit the requirements perfectly for up and coming Sony Records artist Paula DeAnda. Paula's site is another in an on-going series of projects Raincity Studios produced in close concert with the Drupalists at Lullabot. The wise Lullabots created a custom platform specifically designed for artist fan sites and Raincity came in to handle design and implementation tasks.

The Nimble Company came to Raincity Studios with a big idea of building an integrated video recording/uploading/sharing/remixing tool for emerging hip hop artists with the goal of bringing street level hip hop culture to the web to encourage collaborative art creation. The full project development began with planning before moving on to creating a compelling design.

After significant code wrangling and a few technical advances, Raincity Studios created a high-quality, video sharing site built with efficiency and usability in mind.

Feared in the 1970s, reviled in the 1980s, embraced in the 90s and loved in 2000s - love him or hate him, few artists have managed to endure while remaining true to their roots. Indeed a scant few artists have build as strong a brand as the mumbling rocker from Birmingham.