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Make your band’s own website! Promote your band over the internet. If you don’t have a website yet for your local band or garage band, Get one now! It’s a valuable tool for indie promotion in today’s internet world. Once you have your web address, start submitting your URL to local band listing websites. Do a research on your city and nearby towns and see what sites list local bands and show dates. Once you found one, email the site and ask to have your web link added. Moreover, e-mail concert calendars and have your band gigs and shows listed. You’ll be surprised how many you will find in your area and nearby town. In addition, email your local clubs with your website and see if they would like a press kit. (Source:Mediawebsource)

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If you are planning to form a band, whether its a rock band, reggae, grunge rock, etc., you MUST first think of the right name for your band that will catch the fancy of your would be fans/market.
Like any other industry, some names are good and some are not. Stay away from names that leave you with a negative feeling or names that will raise the eyebrows of the listeners. Try to choose a name that is positive and reflects the moods and music of your band. Picking a name that is controversial can also be good, but be careful not to choose a name that gives off harmful signals.
If you can combine a great name with a great logo, you’ve got the best of both worlds. A memorable logo helps with band identification and also serves as a handy marketing/merchandising tool for you.
You begin the name selection process by asking each of your band member to compile a list of names. Spend a couple of days or even weeks putting each individual list onto a master list. Then, during a band meeting, begin reading off the names to see if any of them strikes a chord. If you didn’t came up with something from this meeting, don’t force it. Some of the most famous band names came accidentally.
Then, once you come up with a name you all agree on, live with it for a while before you go spending lots of money on flyers and business cards. Is this name really you? Does it say anything about the type of your music? Is it easy to pronounce and to memorize? The point is : You’ve got to live with the name of your band—you’ve got to be proud to see it, to say it and to write it. And that’s all that really matters.(Source:Mediawebsource)

1. The Libertines
2. Blur
3. Goldfrapp
4. David Holmes
5. Richard X
6. Girls Aloud
7. Franz Ferdinand
8. Joss Stone
9. Mr Scruff
10. The Coral
11. Coldplay
12. Sugababe
13. Dizzee Rascal
14. Martina Topley-Bird
15. Broadcast
16. The Streets
17. David Bowie
18. Cinematic Orchestra
19. Basement Jaxx
20. Harvey P J
21. The Radiohead
22. Mis-Teeq
23. Robert Wyatt
24. Petshop Boys
25. Beth Gibbons
26. Spiritualized
27. Lone Pigeon
28. British Sea Power
29. Fallacy
30. The Darkness
31. Muse
32. Chemical Brothers
33. Lemon Jelly
34. Roots Manuva
35. Four Tet
36. Rishi Rich
37. Hundred Reasons
38. Sebastian and Belle
39. The Furry Animals
40. Selfish Cunt
This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 at 4:44 am and is filed under Bands.

YouTube has become more than the usual posting place for funny videos and commercials – it has become the launching platform for those who want to become famous.

One such group that has made it so far, largely due to their fan base from their posted videos on YouTube is Boyce Avenue. The groups prides itself with its upbeat and acoustic covers of famous songs. Even Justin Timberlake’s song ‘Lovestoned’ has not been spared, as a testament to the expertise and talent of the group to take a piece of music and make it their own.

The band is mainly composed of brothers Alejandro, Fabian, and Daniel Manzano. They have several gigs lined up, and have just finished a successful tour of the Philippines. From internet sensation to real-life stars, you can be sure that we’ll be seeing more of Boyce Avenue.

The Canadian rocker group has unanimously voted out their lead singer Kevin Matisyn who has agreed and has parted ways with the rest of the group. His departure was quite a shocker and unexpected but the move is said to have left no ill taste with the rest of the band members. According to the band’s founding member Parker Lauzon:

“I could go on a rant about how much of a bad person he was to everyone in the band or how we hated each other, but that’s not what it was about at all,” said Lauzon. “Creatively, four of us were going in one direction, and Kevin was on a path of his own.There was no question that the best decision was to part ways. It was strictly business.”

They simply put the break-off as a move for the better of all as they were heading in two distinct reasons and that happens to be mere business. Meanwhile, the rest of the band has found a replacement singer to take Kevin’s place but he still has to learn the ropes and has not been seen in public yet. Seems to need a lot of work to fill in the shoes of Kevin but they say they’re getting there. He has started working in the studio with the group along with producer Trevor Kustiak in pre-production of the next album slated for release this year. They only regret that Kevin happened to bring in a lot of innovative and hip lyrics into the group for which he was most known. But as they say in showbiz, “The show must go on!” and so must we.

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Kaiser Chief has promised its huge fan base that it will continue with their world tour inspite of being hindered by their keyboardist’s hospitalization when they were in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Kaiser Chief is set to conquer the cities in South America and are scheduled to proceed to the North America the following weeks. Their keyboardist, Peanut was forced to have his appendix removed as it may endanger his life. Although the operation on Peanut was a success, the keyboard player was not allowed to fly to the US until Wednesday. Peanut is okay and has managed to play in Brazil at Planeta Terra. Their show in the US will kick off at the Henry Ford Theater, without Peanut.

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The Eagles, the band that broke up in 1981, reunited again in 1994. 13 years was how long it took for them to come to their senses. So when they got back together, and with their live album ready to be released, they named the album, Hell Freezes Over. And now, after 28 years from their last studio gig, The Eagles is two months short of the historic release of their studio album release. On one of Don Henley’s solo performance in Nevada, he openly talked about the upcoming CD. He says that everything in life is a matter of timing, and just about now, is the right time. They recorded around twenty songs for the effort. And it will be solely distributed by Wal-Mart for 1 year. The album is named, Long Road Out of Eden. Come and get it.

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When concert tickets for some top artists go on sale, they sell within a matter of minutes. So this leaves you with a problem: if you know that your favorite artist will be going on tour, and you absolutely don’t want to miss the concert in your area, how can you ensure that you manage to get tickets? You know that the tickets will most likely sell out really quickly, but you don’t want to be one of the disappointed ones.

So what if the show sells out and you are still without tickets? Well, you still have one or two options available, but now you are talking higher ticket prices, because it is a seller’s market. The prices of the tickets will be determined by the age-old economic rules of supply and demand, with the more popular concerts costs very high ticket prices. Ticket brokers usually manage to have a reasonable number of tickets in the highly sought after areas such as front rows, and the center of the auditorium. Many ticket brokers actually have their available seats displayed online, so that you can browse for where you would like to sit. You may get good seats with the brokers, but they will most likely come at a price.

So, by continuing searching and not giving up, you may well come across those concert tickets that you are after.

Bands in the music industry are coming out of the wood works. Everyday, new bands come out wanting to make it big in an industry that is so highly competitive and full of talent. Live performances of music bands are one of the most popular displays of how good a band is. This is also a chance for their fans to see their favorite bands live and for all other reason, a promotion that can either make or break their career. Existing bands, new and aspiring has to promote their gigs to make it big in the music industry. A successful gig can give that desired break .

Music is one thing but overall representation is another. Bands get noticed for their unique style of presenting themselves. Some may sport weird hairdos or wear self-expressing wardrobes to get noticed. The point of it all is expression. That is what gets the eye of people no matter how weird it may seem.

Conservative bands normally fail to make it big because they lack character. They don’t have anything different from the usual bands that have made big strides. But while that is a given fact, it would be wise to consider it to support your band music’s success. It is bound to become a step towards fame and fortune.