My Info

Here is what I wrote up, thanks for doing this Maria!!

When did the band form?

            - Last Fall

            - Been friends a while

            - Got the name because it was the first thing his older brother said when they             asked him

            - They just wanted to record their ideas, started in October, recorded in December,             finished in May.

                        - Recorded it all in dorm rooms

 

How is the CD selling?

            - Sold probably 100 out of the 500 copies

            - Selling it at the school store

            - Using MySpace, mass email, and word of mouth to spread the word about the             band

 

How would you describe the band?

            - Just a bunch of friends who like to play music

            - Care most about their music and promoting the music rather than promoting the             band

            - Want to promote self-reliance, self-expression, and creativity

                        - Want people to express themselves, be active about their dreams and try                                     to do whatever they can to achieve them

                        - “Stretch yourselves in all directions”

            - Album is “green”

            -Want people to learn about other cultures and all get along

 

What do you want to focus on in terms of promotion?

            - Would ultimately like to play more shows, because that’s where people really             get to hear their music and enjoy it, but don’t have any gigs lined up right now

            - Focus on promoting CD at school store and MySpace

            - Do not want a logo for the band

            - In terms of advertisements, they want “something noticeable in its uniqueness”

                        - Want all their advertisements to be very different and unique

            - Want a sign for the bookstore

                        - His idea he was thinking of: Posters and signs usually are text on a                                     rectangular background, wants to take the background away, so there is                                     just text

            - He also wanted Turtle Buddy t-shirts

                        - His idea: design t-shirts that say “Turtle Buddy Sucks”, reverse                                                 psychology

 

Who is your target audience?

            - Don’t really think about the audience

            - At McDaniel- targeting students

            - Right now their followers are “the Bohemians on campus”, some people that just             like them because they have a citar player, and some just like their more catchy             songs

 

Are there any other adjectives to accurately describe the band?

            - “Reaching the unkown”

            - “Questing for lost lore”

            - Quirky, but would be 3^rd place in terms of adjectives

            - Weird, peculiar