Wednesday 4 April 2012

Ancillary Plan

Digipack


Front Cover


A spoof of a famous cover, possibly Best Of Bowie, or Best of Blur. Maybe something to do with the name of the album - Multiple Personality. This would keep with the theme of the music video, jokey and a spoof.

Back Page


Track list containing 10 songs. Keep this simple, possible a picture of me next to it, similar to Adeles back cover.

Magazine Advert


This will need to include:

  • Album cover
  • Name of Artist and Album
  • Available to download on itunes logo
  • Date of album release



Middle Pages

A page containing the names of the writers, producers, engineers etc of all the songs, as seen on my powerpoint (Album research)

A thank you page to my fans, and people who have helped my artist through his "career".

Pictures of the artist.


Tuesday 3 April 2012

Album Research

Album Name

Album name was a hard decision for us as we feel that it is very important. Many albums have become well known and the name is key for that, Sgt Peppers Lonely Heart club is a prime example of this. Although the album is not believed to be the best, the name is still iconic and known by millions of people. It will probably be the first answer for most people when asked to name Beatles albums. Other artists name their album on their life as it is, Adele named her albums after her age when it was made, 19 and 21. This is a very simple and effective technique, and again is very memorable. Rock bands use extreme titles, such as Appetite For Destruction or The Queen Is Dead. This immediately gets the attention of their audience. However another option is to have a eponymous album (self titled). This has been used by many artists such as 10CC, Queen and Ricky Martin. It is most often used on debut albums as a way of easily promoting the album and the artist.

We have decided to call the album "Multiple Personality". Although we will spoof a lot in our video, we wanted to keep a sense of uniqueness. We believe the title would work well as a theme, due to multiple characters being used in the video.

Monday 2 April 2012

Artists Name

Choosing my artists name was very important. Of course the original artist was Steve Harley, however we weren't allowed to use that name. We could change the name to Steve Farley, or another name similar however that wouldn't be believable. We could of chosen a stage name, such as Madonna, Cher, Prince or Bono, however I feel that is only really used for artists who take themselves very seriously. That would not of fit with the conventions of our project. Another option was to use one name, such as Kylie, Beyonce, or Adele. Many artists change their name because other artists have the same name, an example would be Emeli Sande who was originally born Adele Emeli Sande, however as Adele is a major artist she believed it would be a confusion. Also David Bowie changed his name, David Jones, as that was the name of the lead singer of the Monkee's. However we decided on my name, Martin Jay, this is because artists are using their names more to bring a sense of realism to their work. Examples of this is Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber and Olly Murs.