My son is recording his CD this weekend
 

Just wanted to share with you all that my son and his band will be recording their first demo CD this Sunday! I am so excited. The boys have waited months practicing and fine tuning and making their music tight!

Congrats ! who's paying for this ? mama or they got signed ?

I wish they were signed :)

Actually the boys in the band are all splitting it 4 ways.
They have played gigs and earned money that way.

what kinda music is it ? please dont tell me it is emo punk or indy type of music

if so ... tell them to go back to the 9-5 wont get signed

Not trying to be harsh or rude just tellin the truth

I'm in the music industry

wish them success, hope they get the big break :thumbsup

In what capacity, may I ask?

yeah, i am interested too....

I listen to music too! :)

BTW, Congrats and the best of luck to your son!

Witch kind of music?

Actually its their own style of music. More pop rock.
What do you do in the music industry ?

Enough to know if a group will get signed or not. :):) Why do ya ask ? You got something for me to listen to ?

Thank you! I should have mentioned its both my sons. But, my oldest son leads the group.

hehe no, i was just wondering/being nosy :)

Everything from standing on stage looking like a goober and out of place to finding new talent.

Pop rock ? Hmmm ... they have a website?

Thank you lover boy! I hope they get signed too. :winkwink:

Yes actually they do have a website that my son built himself.

Its not all that great but, he did it himself.
http://www.colorblindrocks.cjb.net/

Good luck with it ! i hope they do well.

post some samples after its all gone so we can listen to them rock :thumbsup

I sure will after I get the CD copyrighted :)

That is awesome Jasmine.Cant wait to hear some samples..Hope they make it!!:thumbsup :winkwink:

Thanks I appreciate that! :winkwink:

how much studio time do they have? we just did a demo and found we had way too little time

we just recorded our demo for super cheap. in our guitarists bedroom with a four track, a pre amp and eight mics.

rock and roll

Wow, they are young! LOL I love "marital status" I would hope an 11 year old isn't married! haha.

no rap? :(

how can you tell that without even knowing their music background or fan base?

10 hours for $300 and the will get 10 CDR's

How long did it take you and how many songs did you get done ?
:)

hehehe sorry no rap :winkwink:

Good to hear it... [Well minus the rining in my ears from wembley last night .. stupid punk concerts :p]

What are you spouting man? :1orglaugh

hahah really, im still waiting on his response to me. he must not know much about the music industry even though he claims to work in it.

I'm just laughing because my friends have interest from several big record labels and they are in fact emo. One of the bands they play with from time to time just signed a 1.4 million $$$ deal and they are .......emo. Ah well.

Thats awesome they got a record deal. Hopefully my sons will be able to accomplish that :)

damn mom... the least you can do it buy them a domain for $9

btw I would love it when he comes around to gfy after he sees the ref coming from here :1orglaugh

The only reason I have not bought him a domain name yet is because the band is going to change their name shortly. :winkwink:

Congrats:thumbsup

As a matter of fact, because they signed to a major they can't be emo.

Emo is a classification for a musicstyle that has it's roots in hardcore/punk. And hardcore/punk is known for the fact it's a countermovement against mainstream. So basically no band can claim to be "emo" and in such way related to hardcore and sign to a major.

About the money thing... Talking about alternative music and emo in specific. There are few bands who got signed by majors, that 1.4 million $$$ thing could be Coheed and Cambria who recently signed to Columbia. But I doubt if they'll get such an amount though.
But there isn't really a future for those bands. Indie and emo is at the moment a big thing, but it's just a trend and those bands won't get a strong fanbase that will make 'em permanently big enough to live from.
There's a big group who's into this kind of music, but most of these kids are more involved in the scene and as told above, signing to a major isn't really something that's supported there and most of them rather enjoy all other who play this music but who stick to independent recordlabels and sell their cds for much cheaper than to support the "sellouts".

And besides that, the mainstream music industry is much more interested in short hip hit selling concepts than long lasting bands. Out of sooo many bands, just a few will get big enough to make enough money to live through life.

And for the record, I work for an idenpendent record label (the biggest hardcore/punk label of Europe), play in a "signed" band myself and have tons of friends active in the biz, operating both in the underground scene as in the mainstream.

Starting making music for money isn't a smart choice.



And Jasmine! Great to see you support your kids, I always had parents supporting my "musical creativity" and making music is one of the greatest things to do.