OUR SONG & INITIAL IDEAS

After our genre research we then moved onto finding an unsigned artist to use in our final piece. We had decided on the Indie genre and were open to sub-genres of indie too. We took on the task as individuals and then came back together as a group to discuss what we had found using online sources such as Spotify, YouTube and Soundcloud. We were looking for a song which would allow us to challenge the conventions of the indie genre. Amy and I primarily focused our search towards youtube and found a indie music channel, which promotes unsigned indie artists. I later found a song called 'Talk To Frank' by an unsigned British group called 'High Tyde' - we all loved the song and felt that it had an equal mix of indie/pop and indie/rock, allowing us to experiment more with conventions. Amy later emailed the group's manager to ask for permission to use their song, which they granted.