RESEARCH: Unsigned Artist/Band Research

Initially when doing our artist research for unsigned bands we used many different sources to try and find a suitable band in an indie rock genre, as the genre allowed for alot more freedom, expressionisim and had a more likely chance to find decent bands that were also unsigned as record labels like to monopolise talent quickly in other genres like grime or rap.

Our first idea was to use my band, as we're local, unsigned and more than willing to make a video. We had a small loyal fan base and lots of gigs around london meaning we could incorprate goodwins theory of live performance.

However our music at the time had only a few acoustic songs and didn't represent ourselves as a band in the indie rock genre. 

Our discography was small and our lyricisim wasn't ambiguous enough to allow creative risks inside our video which would mean linear and uninspired narratives which we wouldn't want.

I found a recent band that dropped a self titled Lp with Jake clarke around the same time, the band was small, under the radar, unsigned and had numerous songs that could fit into the indie rock genre.

We contacted the band and they allowed us to use thier songs as they were all available on mp3 on thier soundcloud.