Thursday, 8 October 2009

The band interview and quetsionaire




The band consists of Jake(guitar), Ade(drums), Jamie(vocals) and Jack(bass).(From left to right). Hardcore / Punk / Progressive is the genre they have given themselves.
They describe themselves as 4 kids who are sick of everything.

On the left is the current artwork someone has previously created for them.

Ten Years

Jamie Jack Jake and Ade, are all part of a band that formed in 2007. They all attended Claydon high school and became close friends. All finding they were very similar to each other, have been un separable ever since. Finding they all had a talent when it came to playing their instruments, decided to form their band. When it came to deciding what genre, it was decided that it should be hardcore, as around this time, there was a lot of metal out there, so their decision was to be ‘’outside the box’’. They intensely focused sound that perfectly caught the dark undercurrents of the music scene.

At the age of 17 they all decided on forming a hardcore band after their closest friends, another band, named Dungeons had formed a hardcore band with influences from Anti Flag, Black Flag, Gold kids and the Legacy. The last two of which have played locally in Ipswich. Including Dungeons themselves.

They first had their vocalist as a man named Ben, they then decided against the idea, and the guitarist Jamie, was then made the vocalist, so a band of 5 went to 4. I benefited them greatly, and they began to start recording their music professionally.

Most of the lyrics were based on past experiences from the band. Their tagline on there My space was ‘ 4 kids sick of everything’ which portrays the image they were trying to get across. Ten years have played many gigs locally in venues such as:

The Spread Eagle

The Rose and Crown

The twist

And they have traveled across parts of the country to play, touring.

1st post brief

This year out objective is to create a 'Pop Promo' the idea is to show representation and ideaology. We will have to find a track for our pop promo, this can either be from a band we already know, or a artist or band well known. If so, it would be harder to create the promo. We need to create album artwork, being an album cover, an advert for a magazine etc. The promo itself will last around 3 minutes.

R.A.I.L.I.N.G
Who the intended audience is
E.C.M.S
Forms and conventions
Visual effects
The relationship between the lyrics/music and visuals
Use of intertextuality
Whether it is performance based or concept based
How it promotes the band's image
We don't have too long to do this, christmas is the deadline, but already we have our band and song.