Just finished the bass tracks on six songs tonight...its going to be a cool cd...just heard the Balkan Babes as well on some of the tracks, sweet stuff.
Looking forward to the CD release party, hopefully at the end of November...stay tuned...
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Stereo Bang Bang - a Metaphor for Life Itself
Nothing mixed...Stereo Bang Bang...a Cd title that sings, a title that it operatic in scope. What does it mean, some will say...explore your inner Child, engage in self-examination, indulge in a little introspection...and, then, suddenly you will look to the skies and see the words Stereo Bang Bang shaped by the clouds as they drift above you.
Stereo Bang Bang...the feature film, coffee table book, blog, website...a multimedia exposition of a band in motion, recording a new Cd...a follow-up to Middle Age Wasteland and We're Not Bitter. Will this be the Cd that launches the band to international superstardom? Will this be the Cd that finally produces sufficient revenue to buy a hydrogen-fueled, environmentally friendly band jet?
Stereo Bang Bang...the feature film, coffee table book, blog, website...a multimedia exposition of a band in motion, recording a new Cd...a follow-up to Middle Age Wasteland and We're Not Bitter. Will this be the Cd that launches the band to international superstardom? Will this be the Cd that finally produces sufficient revenue to buy a hydrogen-fueled, environmentally friendly band jet?
Stereo Bang Bang...I've heard it said that the Children of Celebrities are the best undiscovered band on the West Coast of Canada. Time will tell...the Children are definitely one of the oldest indie bands on the West Coast, that is for certain. With a new CD in the offing...there is always so much do when the band is independent, perhaps independent to a fault! Licensing of cover songs, digital uploads to sites like CD Baby and iTunes, the preparation of band bios, the distribution of a Cd...somebody help me, please, somebody help me now!
It's a beautiful thing...
The Children are hard at it again, hammer and tong in the depths of Mike's Studio. We are shaping the third album, and the working title is "Stereo Bang Bang."
Now there seems to be a lot of controversy over the title. So we jumped in the hydrogen fuelled, enviromentally friendly band jet and flew to New York. We asked the Madison Avenue marketing firms of Harris Polls and Decima Research to do a survey of 20% of the world's population to determine the suitability of the name, (you may have received a call.) In sum, after months of painstaking research, they told us there was a mixed reaction.
But what do they know, they are only right 19 times out of twenty within 3-4 percentage points. So we blew them off and we tried to stiff them but we are now on a payment plan with them that includes, among other things, bottle returns and shoe shines for life.
Unsquiffed, we conducted our own polls, asking our gig audiences what they thought. We sat in places like the Spiral Cafe and accosted whoever would talk to us between sets to see what they thought of the name. Strangely enough, (curse you Madison Avenue) the verdict was resoundly and resolutely
mixed.
Which suits the Children just fine.
You see, we aren't really about being completely one way or another. I think we are all at that point in our lives where we realise few things are absolute and being comfortable with opposing values and thoughts is one of the few things we can contribute to help build the global dialogue.
That and music.
So we will keep laying tracks and you keep the discussion going:
Stereo Bang Bang, love or lose it? Discuss...
thoughts from the middle child...
Kevin
Now there seems to be a lot of controversy over the title. So we jumped in the hydrogen fuelled, enviromentally friendly band jet and flew to New York. We asked the Madison Avenue marketing firms of Harris Polls and Decima Research to do a survey of 20% of the world's population to determine the suitability of the name, (you may have received a call.) In sum, after months of painstaking research, they told us there was a mixed reaction.
But what do they know, they are only right 19 times out of twenty within 3-4 percentage points. So we blew them off and we tried to stiff them but we are now on a payment plan with them that includes, among other things, bottle returns and shoe shines for life.
Unsquiffed, we conducted our own polls, asking our gig audiences what they thought. We sat in places like the Spiral Cafe and accosted whoever would talk to us between sets to see what they thought of the name. Strangely enough, (curse you Madison Avenue) the verdict was resoundly and resolutely
mixed.
Which suits the Children just fine.
You see, we aren't really about being completely one way or another. I think we are all at that point in our lives where we realise few things are absolute and being comfortable with opposing values and thoughts is one of the few things we can contribute to help build the global dialogue.
That and music.
So we will keep laying tracks and you keep the discussion going:
Stereo Bang Bang, love or lose it? Discuss...
thoughts from the middle child...
Kevin
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