What's in a Name? A major quandry has arisen. There is another band using the same name as my band 'The Rumble Strips.' This really is problematic & of great concern to us. We can go 2 routes: 1) Keep the name as is & say screw that other band... or....2) Change the name completely. This to avoid confusion & conflict. We do have a very good alternate name! So changing our band name is not the end of the world. However the problem is - we did very well with the 3 songs - we put out on IAC. We broke the top 500 and stayed there for a fairly long time. We also received mostly good, positive feedback from listeners. Not bad for a couple of 'pikers' from New Jersey that nobody had never even heard of! So what worries us is the 'name-transition' phase. 2,000 plus listeners heard our songs under 'The Rumble Strips' name. As a new independent band - that is huge for us. Not to mention the fact that we never would/could have reached all these listeners without the internet. So... we have to transition smoothly & not lose our cherished little group of listeners! We will also 'unveil' our new band name shortly. In the mean-time please check out our new song 'I Don't Need No Holy Man' on IAC. http://iacmusic.com/artist.aspx?id=30181
Sunday, June 25, 2006
What's in a Name? A major quandry has arisen. There is another band using the same name as my band 'The Rumble Strips.' This really is problematic & of great concern to us. We can go 2 routes: 1) Keep the name as is & say screw that other band... or....2) Change the name completely. This to avoid confusion & conflict. We do have a very good alternate name! So changing our band name is not the end of the world. However the problem is - we did very well with the 3 songs - we put out on IAC. We broke the top 500 and stayed there for a fairly long time. We also received mostly good, positive feedback from listeners. Not bad for a couple of 'pikers' from New Jersey that nobody had never even heard of! So what worries us is the 'name-transition' phase. 2,000 plus listeners heard our songs under 'The Rumble Strips' name. As a new independent band - that is huge for us. Not to mention the fact that we never would/could have reached all these listeners without the internet. So... we have to transition smoothly & not lose our cherished little group of listeners! We will also 'unveil' our new band name shortly. In the mean-time please check out our new song 'I Don't Need No Holy Man' on IAC. http://iacmusic.com/artist.aspx?id=30181
1 Comments:
Wow! Tough call! I hope you guys get this thing sorted out. Even if you change the band name, your fans will still be there.
Every band has changed their name at least once.
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