Re: (TV) Television: the name

["Brian Young" <raggedglory57@hotmail.com>]

> ps someone seemed to suggest that it would be good to give a band a name 
> that would be easily searchable on the net.........what a soulless 
> idea.......sorry but that's how I feel.

It all depends on the goals of the band. If they want to sell lots of cd's, 
it would be stupid to pick a name today that would not be easily searchable. 
 Would that make them soulless? Beats me, but if a band's goals are to sell 
a lot, they better also have a memorable album cover and clever title.

As someone rightly pointed out, Television as a band name is exempt from the 
Internet search question because it was chosen in the early '70's, but if 
they were a new band whose goals were to sell a lot of copies, to chose that 
name would be a bad idea.

It's like re: Richard Lloyd's latest album: does the cover really matter?

Only if you want to sell more than 10,000 copies.

I don't know of any band that gets into the music business to lose money and 
be unsuccessful. So to choose a name today that can't be searched and found 
easily is self-destructive and a bad Marketing practice.

Does wanting to be successful, wanting to have a memorable and easily 
searchable name preclude the existence of their soul?

Cheers,

Brian



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