Press Release Photos

Press Release Photos

Press release photo's are another key area that needs to be specifically tailored to display our band in the exact way that we need them to be shown in. This area is key to making sure our artist seems to be more for the music than the image, and are different to the rest of the music industry.

Gigs

Our band needs to be shown as one that gigs a lot and performs at small venues in their hometown. This is key to their portrayal as it shows them as a band who have risen from their hometown and have not been simply picked up and manufactured. It also makes people want to see them as they have shown that they are good live, and have some natural talent which will be worth them going to see. Having them at small venues also shows that they are an indie band, as it shows that their music is intimate and means something to them, rather than the manufactured music played frequently on the radio and not as much live.

Band Photos

Our band also needs group photo's to portray them as an indie band. This is something nearly all indie bands do, as it allows them to show all the band members together and give them some artistic freedom to show what they are about. Jumpstart would need to use lots of colour in their band picture, as it is a running theme throughout their media portrayal and needs to be reinforced through their band photo. The photo could also be used for magazines etc, such as NME and other indie music magazines.

Daily Life

The band also need some photos in the press of them in their day-to-day lives. This is because it helps to make them relatable, as if they seem detached and "above" everyone else, they will seem too mainstream as this is something mainstream artists do. Indie artists need to be shown as more about the music so pictures of them normally will help to show them as people who don't care about what photo's go in the press.