Band Planning

What to think about when planning our act:

- Group or solo
- Genre
- If group: size, gender and age
- Target Audience
- Image of group and individual member
- USP
- Convey/Communicate image of each person - how they look: clothes, hair, etc

Band Planning

We are creating a band of four members, which will consist of one female lead singer and male band members. We have got this idea from 'Selena Gomez and the Scene'.      

The main focus is on Selena Gomez but she still has a band to create the music.
We wanted to use this idea because it will help our USP, it is very rare to find a pop band that play instruments within the music video. This is will help us be different from other pop bands. Also, we are going to have all girl members which play instruments, this will help the USP because it is unlikely to have female's playing instruments in a pop band.Our band are going to be age 19 - 24, we have chosen this because a convention of pop music is having the artist older than the target audience because they use the artist as an idol.

Image for the band

Our image for our band is that the band is going to be serious about the music and not how they look. This influence has come from 'Girls Can't Catch'



They are standing is a confident position, they have a very straight and presentable posture to show this. They are also wearing clothing that suits them and make them feel comfort and look like a normal teenager. The framing of this picture is very short and shows some surroundings and what the act is doing. The area they have shot in looks very descret and mysterious because you could have various views. For example, behind a building, by the sea (Right of picture), etc.

Another influence for our band's image is the pop band, Parade.

They all wear clothing that suits their personality. This is effective because it could inspire people in fashion to suit their personality that could be similar to a member of the band. This could influence us to have a different outfit for a different member to show there personality. This band is also standing very confidently but show through facial expressions as well as posture. The image shows some of the band leaning on the wall and standing so that we can see all band members. The framing of this image is effective because it has very bright colours to make clothing. Also you can see surroundings behind them which shows that they are outside near wildlife.


Our last influence for our image for our band is Wonderland.

This influenced us the band can were similar clothing. Wonderland are all wearing jeans but added their own style and individuality to it to make it their own. This is useful because it sends a calm and relax atmosphere to the band. The group are standing very confidently as well as indiviually, they are being themselves. They are posing for this photograph but they are being themselves and making sure that they stand out from the other band members and to be different. The framing of this image make to setting look like a mystery on what they are doing there. There are by a window with some show lights behind them, they could be at a photoshoot or a music video set. It shows where they are working.

Image for each member

Lead Singer:

We want the lead singer to be an idol for our audience, we want to show her as covered up (showing no flesh) but glamorous. Our influences is:

- Selena Gomez

We have chose Selena Gomez as our inspiration because she is very natural and doesn't use flesh to get audience. This has influenced us because we want our lead singer to be the main attraction and we want her to be respected and not shown as a sex symbol. This is another USP, we are not using our artist to be show as a sex symbol to sell albums, we are going to show her as her true self.

Band:

Our band is going to be laid back but smartly dressed. We want to have a relax feeling within the band. We want them to wear similar clothing to show that they are a new band. This influence has come from SoundGirl:

Our Band Member Profiles:

Lead Singer : Stephanie

Age: 19

Education: Attended Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Road, London
Hometown: Westminister,London

Style: Girly, Flowers, Dresses and accessories

Inspiration of style/look: Lily Allen and Selena Gomez

Favorite colour and Why: Lilac, because it is a girly colour and it isn't too bright to set a really bold mood, it's quite peaceful and sweet.

Choice of Fashion/Look:
Stephanie wears maxi dresses with sandals and jewellery. Stephanie is stylish but relaxed because she doesn't like to go over the top because it is a style that her audience can have too.
Stephanie doesn't wear alot of make-up but when she does it is natural colours to keep a natural look to her style. This is suitable for younger audiences because parents sometime don't like there children wearing make-up if it is really bold so by being natural and simple that audiences would like to follow it wouldn't worry parents by wearing to much make-up for a young skin type.
Representation this sets:
The impression this sends is that she respects who she is and can still look glamorous while not showing flesh and being shown as a sex symbol.
This sets the impression that you don't need make-up to look glamorous. It shows  that you can look natural and not stand out too much.

Guitarist: Laura

Age: 22

Education: Breklee College of Music,

Hometown: Morristown, NJ

Style:  Colourful, T-Shirts and Jeans

Inspiration of style/look:  Sarah Gillespie

Favourite Colour and Why: Red, because it sets a firery mood and fire cracks, fire cracking makes a peaceful atmosphere and relaxing atmosphere.

Choice of Fashion/Look:

Laura wears jeans (tight or fitted) with trainers and mainly graphic t-shirts. She has a laid back fashion but looks smart for the music industry and doesn't make it look scruffy.

Representation this sets:

The impression this sets is that it doesn't really matter what your wearing to make music sound good and become a success. It tells the audience that she is interested in music and not about how she looks, she is shown as a casual kind of girl.

Drummer: Michelle

Age: 24

Education: Attended Mcnally Smith College of Music, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Hometown: Texas, USA

Style: Bold,Variety of colours, Jeans and Jewellery

Inspiration of style/look: Dave Grohl

Favourite Colour and Why: Dark Blue, because it is a bold colour and Michelle plays bold music and takes it seriously.

Choice of fashion/look:

Michelle wears a variety of bold colour to suit her personality and own style, Michelle wears Tight tops with jeans mostly because she find that it is comfortable. Occasionally she would wear jewellery because it adds a little style to the look.

Representation this sets:

The impression this says to the audience is that she is quite chilled out as a person. By wearing jewellery on some occasions it shows that she can add some style to a basic, chilled out look. This tells the audience that you can make a style your own.

Bassist: Alexa

Age: 21

Education: Leeds College of Music, Quarry Hill, Leeds

Hometown: Watford Road, Saint Albans

Style: Basic but colourful, Jeans, T-shirts and Trainers

Inspiration of style/look:  Stephanie Ashworth

Favourite Colour and Why: Green, because it is quite bright to fit with Alexa's personality and lifestyle.

Choice of Fashion/Look:

Alexa wears basic graphic, colourful T-shirts with trainer. Alexa has a simple but different look, it shows a relaxed feel to her look. But she shows her personality through her favorite colour.

Representation this sets:

The impression this sets is that you can make a basic style and create it to suit your certain personality. It also shows that you can be expressive just through colour on basic style. Also, it shows the audience that you don't have to follow trends, they can just be themselves with basic clothing and colours.

Band Image
I look at different influences for our lead singer, Stephanie. I wanted her to relate to other pop singers and have an influence on their target audience. I analysed other singers and artists that have the same target audience and what they do to attract and influence there audience. This what I found: (This is an A3 Image and could scan so had to add picture)

Band History/Backstory

The band was created in University. They all have different background, different cultures and have learned music in different ways. This is what makes the band so successful, they all use their own experiences to create a successful career. They all attended The Royal Academy of Music, where they created 'Sweet Albis'.

The start of their career was like every basic band, they performed at local festivals and events for their university. They competed at all their university's talent competitions and won 3 years in a row.

Their career took off on the last year of university when recording agents visited a music performance and signed them to 'Angel Air Records'. This record companies release pop and rock bands within the UK. It is an English Independent record label which was established in February 1997.

What to look for when choosing a song?

If we are choosing a existing song we have to check for copyright and make sure we get full permission before use. But what we have to think about when we choose a song:

- Match Band Image

- Match Band Genre

- Listen/Read the lyrics - You can see a narrative that you can use in your music video

- Think about your target audience - has to relate to them, deal with situation they go through.

- Think about the pase of the song because the cutting rhyme will have to match.

We have chosen to use the song Selena Gomez & The Scene - Sick Of You, as this song  represents the image of our band and the theme of the music which is love and relationships can relate to the band wants to express. This is also an upbeat song, which our target audience wanted so that we can have dance routines. This is also a Pop song, so it fits the genre of the band. This song has lyrics that our target audience could relate to if they are in the same situation. Also, within the audience research they decribed artists that they liked and idolised; Jessie J and Rihanna. This song has a love side that Rihanna performs and enjoys to sing, and this has Jessie J's attitude and 'swagger' of the artists points of view.

Evidence of Email for Copyrights

This is an email for Fascination Record company for copyrights to use one of there songs they have produced; Selena Gomez and The Scene - Sick of You.

Sick of You Lyrics:

I'm sick of the sleepless never ending nights.
I just don't care who was wrong or right,
I'm sick of the rumors and the alibis
You tear me up

I'll cut you down a size
S-S-S-S-So Sick of You, So sick of you
Sick of all of your little lies
S-S-S-S-So Sick of You, So sick of you
Sick of feeling bad by your side

What you don't know,
Is how great it feels to let you go

I'm happier alone, taking down your pictures,
And I'll throw those memories out the door,
I'm sick of you, so sick of you,
Sick of all of your little lies.

I'm sick of the sleepless never ending nights.
I just don't care who was wrong or right,
I'm sick of the rumors and the alibis
You tear me up

I'll cut you down a size
S-S-S-S-So Sick of You, So sick of you
Sick of all of your little lies
S-S-S-S-So Sick of You, So sick of you
So I'm gettin' on with my life

S-S-S-S-So Sick of You, I'm so Sick of You
So Sick of You (Oh woah)
S-S-S-S-So sick of you, I'm so sick of you
So Sick of you, oh woah

What you don't know,
Is how great it feels to let you go

Our Narrative

The song we have chosen hasn’t got an existing music video which we have decided to be imaginative and creative and come up with our own ideas just listening to the song.

The narrative that we have created for this song is about a boy who is cheating on his girlfriend. We have chosen this narrative because this narrative relates to our target audience. This is a common within our target audience life and wanted something that they will feel familiar with.

Our narrative links well with song because it is say that she doesn’t need him to be happy, which is what the narrative is about. In the story, she walks away and leaves him. This shows are audience that they can do the same thing and that it could make them feel much happier that they can follow in their idols footsteps.

Facebook Band Page

This is our Facebook group page for our band. This can be used for posted information about the band, also to help get the band out to the public. Fans can like the page and get updates about the band and latest news about them. This page can be used to post pictures of the band and links to download music videos and releases on itunes. It can also be used for promotion and can also help to produce your fan base by inviting people to the page.