Tuesday 7 July 2009

Bands

Bands
There a few bands that I would consider using for my music video, I believe that a good idea would be using a band that I would be familiar as not only would I enjoy producing it but I would also have a little information about them making it easier to write about them.
The bands I would like to consider:

Tenacious D
Alanis Morrisette
Natasha Bedingfield
Arctic monkeys

MGMT
Paolo Nutini


A lot of these bands are significantly famous giving me easy access to a mp3 file.


Tenacious D
Tenacious D are an American rock band, who were formed in 1994. The band consists of two actors/ musicians Jack Black and Kyle Gass. They have a very unique lyrical style with a comedy and satire aspect which is one of the reasons they attract so many fans.








Alanis Morrisette
She is a Candian/ American singer/song writer, she has won 12 Juno awards and 7 Grammies. Alanis began her career in Canada as a teenager recording two dance/pop albums.
She has sold 40 million albums worldwide.

Natasha Bedingfield
Natasha Bedingfield is a British Pop singer and songwriter, recording her first album unwritten in 2004 the album primarily contained R&B and untempo pop songs it became an international success with 2.5 million sold worldwide. In 2007 she received a grammy award nomination for ' Best female Pop Vocal Peformance' for song unwritten. She has achieved 5 top ten singles in the United Kingdom and has sold over 10 million singles and albums worldwide.


Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band from High green in Sheffield formed in 2002, currently the band consists of Alex turner (lead vocals, guitar), Jamie Cook ( guitar), Nick O'Malley (Bass guitar, backing vocals and Matt Helders ( drumming, backing vocals), with there second single 'I bet you look good on the dancefloor' the band achieved a lot of success and reached number 1 in UK Singles Charts. Their debut album 'Whatever People Say I Am, Thats What I'm Not' released in January 2006 became the fastest selling debut album in British music history.



ABBA




ABBA were a swedish pop group formed in november 1970, it consisted of Anni- Frid Lyngstad (Frida), Benny Anderson, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Faltskog'. They topped the charts worldwide from 1972-1982. The band gained international popuarlity by empolying catchy song hooks, simpilistic lyrics, and wall of sound achieved by overdubbing the female singers' voices in multiple harmonies. To this day they remain a fixture on radio playlists and are one of the world's best selling bands, selling near 370 million records worldwide.



MGMT

MGMT are a American musical duo based in Brooklyn, New York, consisting of Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden. Their first album Oracular Spectacular debuted at number twelve on the UK album chart and number six on Austrailian ARIA charts and was named 'Best album' of 2008.


Paolo Nutini is a Scottish singer/songwriter from Paisley. He left school and spent three years learning the music business, performing live, alone and with Dome and Dick from the Dongues. His first demo got him signed to Atlantic recorda in May 2005, shortly after his 18th birthday. His first single was released, 'These Streets', as a free download in May 2006, followed by his next single 'Last Request', released in July 2006 and charted at #5 in the official UK charts. His third single 'Jenny Don't be Hasty' was released in September 2006 and making it to #20 in the UK singles charts. His fourth single, 'Rewind', the song I have chosen for his video, was released in December 2006 and reached #27 in the UK.

Music video

For my media production I have chosen to do a music video, choosing from the three choices I have decided to do a magazine advert and an album cover as I think I have a fair bit amount of experience in some of these areas, I also am interested in music videos and watch them regularly.