We decided that we still wanted to work with a band so put some 'emergency actions' in place - we emailed back 'Howl' to find out if they split on bad terms to see whether they would still be able to work with us. However, we knew that this wasn't preferable because the members have each gone their separate ways so it would be logistically more difficult. We explored using a new band one of the members have joined but each have them have gone into jazz or 'afro-beat', neither of which we could make a music video for.
Whilst we were waiting for a response from them, one of our group members, Ed, who attends a performing arts club, put a post on his social media page 'Snapchat' asking if anyone could recommend a local band to us.
Whilst Ed did this, I spoke to one of my friends to get in contact with one of her old friends who is in a band and she spoke to him to find out whether he would be available to work with us.
Our other group member, Rob, also phoned one of his friends who writes original music to see whether he would be available as well.
Almost immediately Ed's Snapchat appeal got loads of responses recommending bands we could use. We researched these bands and found a small indie rock one called 'Tranqua Lite' based in Leeds who are releasing their debut single on iTunes this October. We thought this sounded perfect as they'd never had a music video made and are doing local 'gigs' through November which we could possibly attend and collect footage at which could be used in the music video to meet genre conventions effectively. It would also mean that our previous research would still be relevant to the band. Me and Ed sat down and constructed an email in which we outlined our suggestion and what would be involved.
Around this time we heard back from 'Howl' saying they split on good terms and might be alright to work with us.
Rob's friend said he would be interested in writing a song for us to make a video for.
My contact through my friend Lucy also showed interest and willing in the suggestion of a music video.
Later that night we heard back from 'Tranqua Lite' saying that they too are excited by our suggestion and thought our proposed music video would help promote their first single.
Then we had to make a decision. After serious consideration we decided that 'Tranqua Lite' would be our best option because they are a new band who are releasing their first song on iTunes during our coursework timeline making them the perfect group to promote online through social media. The problem with 'Howl' was that they were no longer a band, therefore we would be promoting a band that no longer exists as well as it being more logistically difficult. The other two options weren't as professional as 'Tranqua Lite' because they didn't have official songs on iTunes.
Once this decision was made I emailed them back saying we would be really excited to work with them and Rob added Toby Womack on Facebook as they said this was a good way to contact them in their email.
Toby got back to Rob almost instantly saying that they were really enthusiastic about working with us and asking what we were thinking. We said we were looking at influences from 'Kasabian' to which he responded that he loved that band would be really interested in looking at our ideas. We asked if he would be able to send us the lyrics and he responded by saying he would be able to send us an old demo of the song which is amazing because it means we can get a feel for the tone of their music because they haven't got anything on youtube. He also said their song was about British homelessness and would be interested in a narrative to give a meaning to the song which he described as bleak but hopeful. This is perfect because we wanted to do a narrative to add interest to our music video as well as performance aspects and this song clearly screams out for a story.
So, disaster averted. We are very relieved and excited about our new band and are currently waiting on this demo so we can get a feel for the song and start planning. He also said he would really like to meet up to come up with ideas with us which is positive and shows they are enthusiastic about the project.
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