Showing posts with label Online Festival. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 26 November 2013

The Online Festival - Crowd Funder





As with everything in life we tend to outgrow things and The Online Festival is no exception. Over a year ago I wrote..... "where's the best place to go for a varied selection of unsigned bands I hear you ask.....where can I listen to anything from heavy rock, dubstep, electro-pop and acoustic flows......well it's The Online Festival of course.  

It's a one stop promotional shop for bands and individual artists to download their tunes and interact with each other whilst using its website and the social media phenom that is Twitter to promote them."




Since then The Online Festival. led by David Hubbard has made no small amount of effort to do just that by not only running the website and promoting online, but by organising three musical events and two compilation albums of artists featured on The Online Festival website. In order to take things to the next level The Online Festival are running a crowd funding campaign to raise the funds necessary to upgrade their website and online presence for the benefit of the musicians involved. 



Here's what David has to say.....

Ralph: The Online Festival already does a lot for it's members, what's the plan for the future?


Dave: "As the website has developed it has actually appealed to not only music fans but also the large amount of new bands, musicians, DJ`s and producers who are always looking for new ways to promote their music." 





"So as a result we need to improve and adapt our website accordingly so that it can become a lot more interactive for our members. At the moment we are limited as to what we can do because of the way the website was originally built. Our aim is to totally rebuild a big part of the site and to implement some new ideas which will hopefully appeal more to the artists who would like to use our site more to show off their music."


"We aim to improve our profile pages and redesign them so they can be used not only as a profile page but a place were they can link all their social feeds and online music together. This will help create a one stop bio page which can then be used to send off to record companies, radio stations etc. We also want to offer a better uploading and downloading service for our members music and videos with better options for leaving feedback as we know this is important. To go with this we will also be implementing a Weekly/ monthly chart so the more hits or plays the songs and videos get will reflect in the artists chart status. We want to try and link up with some record labels, recording studios and music hardware stores to offer some great incentives for topping the charts."



Ralph: What changes will we be able to expect? 


Dave: "The big change to the site will be the online festival internet radio which we aim to use as another totally interactive tool where our members get to do the broadcast. Basically we will be offering time slots to our members and they can then play whatever music they like to whoever is listening online. This is a great tool to use if you would like to show off your own music or maybe introduce people to a new band or musician you have just discovered."



"So as you can imagine to make all these changes it is going to cost us a lot of money and if we don`t make these improvements and changes now then we feel we can`t continue to help and support all the new bands/musicians and music people who have joined our site."


"We're asking people to please help us to continue building what we feel could be the largest online music community and help us to create a website that continues to grow and loves to support new music and new artists."
Ralph: What are the challenges facing you with this project?

"There are a number of challenges we face in designing this website and we are always open to new ideas and suggestions from potential donators and online festival members. We have set out a game plan on how to take this website forward but we do realize that there are always certain restrictions when it comes to website design. I have a website design and software company in place to help me build the new site and this will take a few months to take shape. Hopefully I can keep you all in the picture with screenshots and progress updates." 

"The big challenge if we do reach our funding target is to reach out and gain more members but I am confident that with a better looking and more interactive website this concept will appeal to a lot more people."


"So were looking to raise £15,000."


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"This is the amount of money we need to get the website rebuilt professionally and make it look ,feel and work a lot better for our members. We have factored in for some fantastic rewards for your donations inc digital downloads, online festival merchandise inc special edition t-shirts and a very special compilation album on vinyl with songs donated from our members."



"If we don`t reach our target then people who pledge wont lose their money."


So the message is - If you love Indie music, whether as a fan or as a musician please give what you can to help this amazing project flourish in the years to come.  You can access the pledges from the links below...

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Monday, 21 January 2013

The Online Festival



The third event in The Online Festival calendar is almost upon us and it's on their home turf, Grimsby in conjunction with Hourglass records and features an evening with local band Just Mammals who are headlining the night to promote the release of their first single 'Happy'.  Support on the night is Orphan Boy's Rob Cross doing an acoustic set, The Accord, Roxanne and Rick Emsley. 2 February at 19:00




Just Mammals are a four-piece band, local to the Grimsby and Cleethorpes area. Consisting of Luke Chester (guitar/vocals), Richard Smith (guitar/vocals), Harry Drakes (bass) and Troy Hutchinson (drums). Armed with an explosive mixture of upbeat melodic songs and a rough around the edges class, their fusion of ‘indie punk’ was fresh for the ears and eyes of Grimsby, a town always waiting for something to happen. They are influenced by The Libertines, The Cribs, Joy Division, The Clash, The Doors, The Smiths and their live shows are always lively to say the least. I caught them at the Dry Bar in Manchester where they performed a manic, entertaining and unforgettable set.


A real coup for the Online Festival is local boy Rob Cross of Manchester's Orphan Boy (who have just had a sell out gig at the Casablanca) performing an acoustic set. He's been with Orphan boy since 2005.  Many of their contemporaries have long since left the scene but Rob and the guys are made of sterner stuff and their stage shows are legend.





The Accord started out on early 2005 and, influenced by the likes of The Smiths, Stone Roses, Verve and The Jam they constantly strive to make interesting music.  They're a hard grafting band always writing new material and gigging.  The line-up includes singer, guitarist and primary songwriter Sam Simmons, guitarist Sam Carlton, bassist Rob Bywater and drummer Luke Whotton.









Another acoustic set on the night is Roxanne Mckerracher, a local girl who has an outstanding singing voice and they're really excited that she's agreed to perform on the night.  Roxanne has now departed from singing with a band in favour of performing with an acoustic guitarist which is better suited to her vocal style.





Rick Emsley is Grimsby through and through and is a upcoming singer songwriter.  He's constantly writing and recording tunes, getting signed and performing as many live shows as possible.  His videos on Youtube have attracted a lot of attention and his latest video for his song 'Tired of Pretending' featured fellow Grimsby lad and actor Tommy Turgoose. 




The evening is being held in conjunction with Hourglass Recordings who are a new independent record label that combines a love of music with a passion for quality.  They cover music of all genres including Indie, Folk, Blues and Rock. Pop and Electronic Dance.  Their aim is to help new and established bands, musicians and producers get their music released to a worldwide audience.

Hourglass Recordings mission is to discover, develop and ultimately market the amazing new talent that has joined their free music website www.theonlinefestival.com.  Talent that has the special unique qualities that today’s extremely demanding and challenging music market requires; real passion, energy, drive, a professional edge and above all, the ability to create great original music.

They aim to give artists a first step on the music ladder and offer them their help and support in releasing their music to a worldwide audience as well as helping them reach their full potential and building up the brand that they can be.
Their short term contracts are ideal for new bands, musicians or producers who are looking to sign to a label but are afraid to commit long term to somebody new for the first time. Offering single or E.P deals to artists to enable them the backing of a label but without the shackles of a lengthy contract.




 They hope to become a stepping stone label for theonlinefestival.com members and help them on their way to a successful career in the music industry and have recently released their first compilation album of Festival members music.
Theonlinefestival.com  presents 



Indie-Vidual  Vol 1 



01 - Mama Roux - Fire 
02 - Alexander Vann - I will be the air 
03 - Lisa Redford - Reminders
04 - Orphan Boy - Letter for Annie *
05 - Velocets - Naked 
06 - The Vindickers - Buddy song 
07 - Transition,Baby! - Manners are wasted on you 
08 - Crystal Seagulls - Ups and downs 
09 - The Relics - Been down to the bottom 
10 - Sonnic Image - Sunday Sofa Sisters 
11 - The Revival - Katie 
12 - Stolen Haven - Decent Shoes 
13 - Tomlin Leckie - Earthwalker 
14 - We came from the sea - dog dog dog 
15 - Cherry Head Cherry Heart - The Illusionist 



* Orphan Boy appear courtesy of concrete recordings, song taken from the album Passion,Pain and Loyalty 



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