The Band

After researching existing bands and artists I have decided to have a band made up of three male members, this is because when I was looking at existing indie pop artists most of them were in a band of about three or four people.

I have also done a lot of research into the naming of the band, it took me a while to come up with a suitable name but after looking at existing bands I found that the names of indie bands are more random and different than pop bands. So taking this into account I wanted to create a name for my band that would be recognisable and quite random, but also have some meaning to it to make it an interesting band name. After thinking long and hard about the band name and creating a shortlist of around 5 names that I liked, I have chosen to use 'Golden Castles' as the band name.
The list of 5 names were:
- Golden Castles
- Magic Castles
- Black Bears
- Crystal Scars
- Magic Panthers

I have decided to use this name as it is quite random so it fits as an indie band name, it is also quite short and simple making it easy for the target audience to remember. Another reason for the name is that both golden and castles have good meanings. Golden suggests of great value and importance, which is what a band wants to be, and also castles symbolises a strong figure dominating the surrounding area, so these two together suggest a band with great importance dominating its surroundings, and I thought that it was a good meaning behind a quite random name.

The members of the band are Dwight Simpson(Bass and backing vocals), Sam Foster(Vocals, piano, keyboard, guitar), and Andrew Clayton(Keyboard, piano, bass).