After our meeting at the Lincoln College, we have a found a funk/soul band. They are a six piece band based in Lincoln, and from what we saw they are very talented. This is going to be a great opportunity to work with them. They are called ‘The Square Bears’.
We have made some changes to how we are structuring our project. As there are three of us, we had to go big. So what we’ve got planned are three roles. The first one which I will be undertaking are the visuals, so in terms of this I will be creating a music video for the band on whichever song they like, this will involve all the editing and filming (we are planning on getting help from second year media students to help me film this). Another thing I will be doing is the album artwork, so all the photography and design that goes with this!
Another Job is the actual production of our EP. This will be undertaken by Oliver. This is going to be a four track EP, which the person is going to drive the desk and give feedback to the band on how they can improve things in their music. They will also be in charge of mixing and mastering the tracks. Me and Niall will be there on studio days to engineer in the process.
The final job is the marketing and branding, which will be run by Niall. This job consists of creating dedicated pages over social media for the band (Facebook, Twitter) and even setting up a website for them. Throughout the process this person will be in charge of updating the pages with what is going on. They will also be looking at arranging a radio slot on Siren FM, where before the album launch they will do an interview and a live session!
We have arranged a meeting with the band this week, where we will work out production plans for the music video and the EP. We will also talk to them about the process, what were going to do and how they will be marketed across the process.