New Music Act Stuff...

Solo artist or group?: Group, mix of boy & girl members

Name: Not yet sure about what the bands going to be called...need to do a bit more thinking to think of something original and that will stand out, and that doesn't sound like any artist name thats around at the moment...I have come up with the idea of calling my music act The Disadvantaged. I have chosen this name because I think it goes well with the bands image and sound. I also think it would be something memorable and people of a similar age who listen to their music could maybe relate to the bands name.

Back story: Band made up of 5 members, 3 girls and 2 boys. All met at secondary school, and set up their band through being in the same music class and joining their school music club. All had Saturday jobs and saved up their money to hire out a recording studio to record their songs, which they then uploaded onto their own Myspace page. They put their songs up for free download and advertised themselves on similar bands Myspace pages in order to attract a wider audience. This increase in popularity led to them being signed by an independent label.

Ideology: Values are to make music that doesn't sound like anything else that is in todays charts. They want their music to be completely different from other bands that are around today, and want to bring an original sound to todays music charts. They write their own songs and play their own instruments, and their songs all have lyrics which refer to experiences members of the band themselves have experienced.

Image: The members of the band all have an indie rock type style, though the type of clothes they wear are quite ordinary and what you would expect to see everyday people wearing as they don't have the 'perfect' record label styled look, which is something they pride themselves of never having. No one in particular has styled them, instead they have styled themselves to fit in with their unique sound.

Record Label: Signed by independent label, Echo Label, which sign various bands that have a unique and different sound. Bat for Lashes, another group bringing their own unique sound to todays charts, are also signed to this label. The band would rather be signed to an independent label than one of the majors, due to the fact they want to have their own say in the music they make and the image they have. They don't want to be changed or styled in a particular way which would make them like every other act, which a major label may do. They also thought it would be better to sign to an indepedent label, as they have seen from other music artists that when particular artists have been signed to a major label after a while it becomes all about making money and not about the quality of music that is made.