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.