Create a band and produce their debut album cover.

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                Music Industry Coursework.

We were asked to create a band and produce their debut album cover. Before we were set this assignment we did research on the music industry both in and out of class. In class we watched a documentary on Robbie Williams and we saw clips of him in front of the public and behind the scenes in his spare time. What surprised me the most about the documentary was that Robbie put on an act while he was in front of an audience pretending to enjoy himself. But when he was off-stage he was very unhappy with his life even though he was a millionaire.

From my research things that struck me, as key features in the music industry were tours, promotion such as T.V. and radio appearances, your single being on the play list, interviews and the quality of your music video. I think the way different acts are presented depending on their style of music most influenced my project. I found out that certain acts are directed to a certain audience.

In the music industry the genre and image of an act are very important. They need a certain genre and image to appeal to their target audience and so people can identify what style the act have. I have chosen the genre of my band to be R’n’B pop. The look of my band will be modern, fashionable and simple. They will mainly be seen in denim and vests while on stage. Their music will range from fast tracks to slower ballads. A lot of groups such as ‘Blue’ have a range of fast and slow tracks so they vary their music. Also like ‘Blue’ for the faster tracks the group will learn dance routines with back up dancers.

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I choose this genre because I think it’s modern and popular. I decided to have a mixture of the two genres because I think if I had chosen just one of them the band may not succeed because of competition. I also think pop is getting a bit out of fashion so to modernise it and make more ‘street’ I mixed it with R’n’B just like ‘Blue’ who are a very successful group. It’s conventional of pop music because it uses similar speeds and beats to pop music and the group will learn dance routines with backup dancers.

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