CREATING A DEMO

Welcome back to our musicians info series. In today’s addition, we will look at the importance of creating a demo for your band. A demo is short for demonstration and that is exactly what it is, a demonstration of your bands songs. When a band is coming up it is important that they create a professional sounding demo as this will probably be the first bit of music that most people hear of them. I am going to break down the most important aspects of bringing a demo CD together.

10 FOR TUESDAYS WITH MIKE MOSS

This week we have given singer-songwriter Mike Moss the task of completing our '10 For Tuesdays. So lets get straight into it!

When did you start making music and what was the main reason behind it?

I was at school and I remember going out and buying a 4 track recorder.  I put it in my bedroom alongside my mic and my amp, but I didn’t even own a guitar at this stage!  The first song I ever wrote came from a short composition that a friend of mine had left on that 4 track recorder, combined with a poem I’d written to create a very early version of what is now ‘Morning Call’ on the album. 

Who are your main influences?

My musical tastes are quite eclectic and always have been.  There are obvious choices such as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, George Harrison, and U2.  On other days you could quite as easily find me listening to Metallica, ACDC, Paul Oakenfold, The Prodigy, or Matt Monro.

10 FOR TUESDAYS - EL. TRAIN

Welcome back to another edition of '10 For Tuesdays.' This week I am going to be putting myself through the vigorous questioning! A little background on myself, I am a producer, I produced both my own stuff as well as production for look bands and also remix work. So lets get into it.


When did you start making music and what was it that led you to start?
My interest in music probably began when I first picket up the guitar aged 14/15. After a while I wanted to be able to record my own stuff so I got myself a copy of FL Studio and began learning about creating beats, playing the keyboard and also using live instrumentation such as my guitar.

10 FOR TUESDAYS - FOND OF RUDY

Welcome to the second edition of ’10 For Tuesdays!’ This week we have put ten questions to the front man of Brighton based indie band Fond Of Rudy. So lets get straight into the action.

When did you start playing guitar/singing and what was the main reason behind it?

I first started playing guitar about four or five years ago. Me and fellow band member Paul came to an agreement one day that we would start picking up the basics for guitar and eventually start making music. We both purchased cheap guitars from local guitar stores and got cracking. As we were both at different universities (St Mary's and Portsmouth respectively) we would set each other goals to reach by the end of each month and that was a big driving force behind my learning. 

Tell me a bit more about your music?

If I had to put a genre behind our music, I would probably say that we mix pop, rock, indie and a bit of reggae, quite a big fusion I know but we are still figuring out our sound and enjoy experimenting with different styles of music. We think it is important to be original and catchy. When we write we always strive to put our stamp on our music. We like to make music that audiences can dance to and be entertained by when listening to it, with the possibility of inspiring them to get involved in music/take up an instrument and create their own music.