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YEAR REVIEW 2009

NEWS & articles on everything that is happening on
www.bandfortheday.com
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WITH FEATURED INTERVIEWS FROM...
The Amateurs, Chestnut Blonde, Age of Element,

Organised Chaos Fleshwound and Just Defy
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ello and welcome to the second BFTD Annual Review 2009
yearly review magazine
from Band For The Day.
Band For The Day Ltd.
The year has really flown past and 20 Drum Brae South
there have been many highs and the Edinburgh
occasional low but we are all really Scotland
looking forward to 2010 and helping
our bands reach new audiences as
well as creating opportunities to make Edited by: Ged Brockie
income from songs, merchandise as
well as our BFTD audio ads which is Many thanks to all the bands/
detailed in this review. musicians who contributed
time and effort to make this
If this is the first time that you have publication a reality.
come across BFTD then we would like
to welcome you to the site and hope
that you check out exactly what it’s all
about. This review details what went
on throughout the site as well as intro-
ducing some of the bands on the site
to the thousands of people who read
this Ezine through interviews.
We hope that 2010 is one of real

growth for both our bands and the
website in general. If you would like to
make any suggestions or comments,
please get in contact with us...we
would love to hear from you.
Best wishes from the BFTD team.
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FEATURES
The Guys Behind BFTD........................4

The Changing Face of BFTD................10
Monthly Reports...............................15
Audio Ads........................................22
Search Engine Optimisation................27
Merchandise Madness........................32
Social Network.................................33
BAND INTERVIEWS
The Amateurs...................................5
Chestnut Blonde..............................11
Age of Element................................16
Fleshwound.....................................23
Organised Chaos..............................28
Just Defy..................... ...................34
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The Guys Behind BFTD...
Figured in a poll listing the worlds top three hundred acoustic guitar-
ist; although not confined to just acoustic guitar, Ged works exten-
sively throughout Europe and the US. With seven recorded albums
to his credit (including three with the Scottish Guitar Quartet) he
also is a composer of note, regularly writing for media, film and
soundtrack. His new album will be released in the summer as well as
a book on writing for film as a co-writer with Hollywood double
Emmy award winning composer Hummie Mann.
Ged Brockie (Director) www.gedbrockie.com
Lee has played guitar for six years and at university was involved with
the FreshAir Student Radio station in both presenting a show as well
as dealing with PR.
A recent graduate from the University of Edinburgh with a BEng in
Computer Science and Electronics, Lee continues to expand his web
development skills with BFTD.
Lee McLaughlin (Programmer)
Iain is a qualified chartered accountant who practises as Bolland &

Burke in Edinburgh. As a music lover Iain sees BFTD as an exciting
opportunity for unsigned bands to showcase their talent to a broad
audience of like-minded individuals. He was keen to support the
project and is delighted to have been part of its success. Iain looks
forward to continuing to watch the project evolve and become the
first point of call for unsigned bands.
Ian Bolland (Director)
An award winning graduate from the Leeds College of Music. His

virtuoso guitar playing belies his years and he combines a musical
maturity with a ferocious technique that is the envy of many a gui-
tarist.
Mike Nisbet (Director)
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THE AMATEURS
HALL OF FAME WINNERS 2008/09
This band are anything but “amateurs”, racking up huge amounts of

votes and gaining two out of the first three places in the Band For
The Day “Hall of Fame”...surely big things to come!
...Band For The Day
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BFTD 1. What is your line up, how did the group begin and how long
have you been working together?
We are a four piece Indie/pop/rock band and we have been together for just
under two years.
Matthew Colley/vocal/guitar/piano, Andrew Fletcher/bass/bv, Jimmy

Holliday/drums, Alex Wasley/lead guitar/BV
Myself (Fletcher) and Colley were musicians on our local Birmingham music
scene and we played abit here and there doing acoustic nights etc. We then
were asked to perform in a band with Robert Plant to do some shows for a
tsunami relief campaign as keyboard player and bass player with vocals
which of course we said yes. After many shows to alot of people we got the
taste for something better and decided to form The Amateurs.
BFTD 2. What are the biggest influences in your music and how do
you ensure that there is enough of ‘you’ in your sound to be differ-
ent?
All of us have totally different playing styles and influences which is kind of a
melting pot for our sound. All the greats have influenced us from The
Beatles, Bowie, Dylan to current artists like Razorlight, Jack Penate and
Radiohead. I think we get a unique vibe from our individual styles as there is
jazz, funk, acoustic and rock all rolled into one package.
BFTD 3. What would you say your biggest achievements to date have
been?
This and last year we supported Athlete, Guillemots, Reverend and the Mak-
ers, Kid British, Cage the Elephant, played at Leeds Festival, Guilfest and to
Thousands at Artsfest in Birmingham. So all of them were great and i can't
really separate any of them as they were as good as each other. To be fair
this year we won a Billboard award for our song HOMESICK which they
voted one of the top 500 songs of last year so that was a pretty good
achievement.
BFTD 4. What are your thoughts on the state of the music industry
right now?
Its hard to say. Everyone seems to have a strong opinion on the state of it
and what they think is the answer to the changes that are taking place. I
think the net is great for unsigned musicians as its easier to get your music
out there but on the same token because of that it has been swamped and
there is alot to listen to. I guess its good if you have the financial backing of
a major label and radio 1 behind you but otherwise its hard to sell your mu-
sic without money to advertise it.
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BFTD 5. What do you see as achievable goals within the next eight-
een months?
We have some deals on the horizon which may see us take a step towards
our goal. I think we will be releasing Singles and trying to get some radio 1
airplay really. Then when we have a buzz going we can do an album. The
timing has to be right, we don't want to waste any our songs and we want to
tour and play as much as possible this year to back up what we have already
achieved.
The Amateurs - live and kicking.
BFTD 6. How does the writing process work? Do individuals come

with complete songs or do you work together to create your music?
We tend to get a riff or a part going then take it in and work on it together
as a unit. We have tried most ways and this has had by far the best results
and made our songs quite unique. We have heated sessions sculpting songs
as we are four strong minded individuals with opinions and we have to battle
it out but it always ends up far better than any other way.
BFTD 7. What is the bands worst experience on stage and what has
been your best?
To be fair i think the worst experience is breaking a string or stick, we prac-
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tice hard and play to a high level so mistakes are little things. We always
joke about the James Brown thing when he fined his band $5 for every mis-
take. So if we do something little its like....i dropped a fiver in the middle
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Great live shot slightly spoiled by the t*&$ in the green top!
BFTD 8. Do you have any funny or weird story to share with the
readers?
Loads of funny stuff goes on when on playing around the country, the things
you get to see and be part of is well good. I love the chants you get from the
crowd some of them can be real funny. I think the one that stands out for
me is seeing a man in a wheel chair getting crowd surfed, always seems to
happen every festival i go to, fair play to them i say. Oh and the dancers, i
love the crazy dancers.
BFTD 9. How many gigs do you play in a year and do you tour much
abroad?
When we first started we played every week but now we do it in tours so we

do a couple of months of alot of dates then a rest then do it again. Its much
better that way i think. We did a tour of prague which we won in a competi-
tion. It was great to be flown out and stay in a plush hotel and be wined and
dined and get to play so cool places and meet cool people. Half the stuff that
went on over there can't be told, you know the rule....what goes on tour.
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BFTD 10. What is the best thing about being in a band?
Playing music. Its what we live for, the fame, money and attention for the
ladies is an amazing side of it but its the music that has to be good in the
first place. We always try our hardest and have high standards so we ensure
that our music is unique and also worthy for the music loving public to hear.
We want them to enjoy our sets and have a good time. That makes us feel
its worth doing.
BFTD 11. If you could have anything (as a group) what would it be?
We would like to have a album that people enjoy listening to and maybe the
industry and media like also. Its hard to get all those things but its the
dream really. A top ten single wouldn't hurt either.
BFTD 12. Any final comments for the BFTD readership?
Musicians out there keep doing what you do, its great meeting people of all
ages and races playing songs that mean something to them. Also get out
and watch music LIVE and support your local gig venues, i've seen far too
many close this year and its a shame. Peace.
No, the guys are not doing a DFS ad!
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NEW FEATURE
THE CHANGING FACE OF Band For The Day
upload all your tracks integrated into system
OVERVIEW
Band For The Day is now into it’s third year of running. What started out as a
settled plan quickly changed when we realised that constant upgrades and
development was required to keep up with the rate of change that is going
on in the music industry.
UPLOAD ALL YOUR TRACKS!
We will soon be offering all of our bands the facility to upload all of their
music tracks by album to their BFTD band page. This means that BFTD will
not only be a place for gaining exposure and winning competitions (as well
as selling merchandise), but a place where you can sell all your music whilst
keeping the main ethos of having a band featured on merit on any one day.
AUTO UPLOADER
With the new ability to add all your tracks up by album, we will introduce an
“auto uploader” facility. This means that BFTD will run pretty much on an
automated way for you. The system will see which non BFTD winning tracks
that you have uploaded have been listened to the most and if you win BFTD,
the system will choose your next BFTD track!
...Band For The Day
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CHESTNUT BLONDE
We have long admired the fantastic music of this sister act from Eng-
land but the name always had us confused. Anyway...answers on a
postcard please if you work it out (ahem)
...Band For The Day
Niomi & Jen who are

Chestnut Blonde
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BFTD 1. What is your line up, how
did the group begin and how long
NAOMI: It's just me and Gen. We're

sister's who have always been inter-
ested in music and performing and
have been writing since we were in
our teens.
GEN: Yeh but we were kind of 'dis-
covered' back in 2001. We were buy-
ing some music equipment from a
friend who was already gigging and
he wanted to hear us sing, so we did,
he liked it and asked us to do some
gigs with him.
Just a friendly punch in the face
ent?
GEN: There's so many bands that were an influence on us when we were

growing up,
like ABBA, A-ha and more recently bands like Evanescence, Coldplay and
Keane.
NAOMI: That's right but what really makes our music unique to us is writing
what we really feel and what we've learnt through our life expiriences and
expressing it through our music, vocal and lyrics.
been?
CHESTNUT BLONDE: Writing and producing our first album.
right now?
NAOMI: I don't think there's enough originality out there!

GEN: Definitely. Too many manufactured bands who all sound the same!!!
een months?
CHESTNUT BLONDE: We'd like to complete our second album which we're
working on at the moment.
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GEN: It's a combination of both really. Naomi usually writes the lyrics and
gets the basic melody of verse and chorus together.
NAOMI: Yeh and then Gen comes along and completely cocks it up!!! Just
jesting! Gen helps with the remixing, adds ideas for bridges, instrumentals
and other bits and pieces.
Sofa so good
been your best?
NAOMI: It's got to be forgetting the lyrics.

GEN: I gather that's the worst experience, Naomi, so I would say the best
one is seeing the audiance enjoying our musical creations and that they
haven't noticed when we've forgotten the lyrics!
readers?
CHESTNUT BLONDE: Well we like to change words to popular songs and sing
our silly lyrics to backing tracks. Then we decided to make a video to our
silly song and posted it on you tube. It got banned in every single country
around the world except Germany!!! How wierd is that!?
abroad?
CHESTNUT BLONDE: We've never toured abroard. In the main we do private

functions, averaging about one every couple of months. We'd like to do more
but we have other commitments.
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CHESTNUT BLONDE: We've always been passionate about music and it's
great to be able to do something you love.
CHESTNUT BLONDE: Simon Cowells phone number!!! Oh and a recording

contract of course.
CHESTNUT BLONDE: Dance like there's no one watching. Sing like there's no
one listening. That's what we do and it works for us... Oh and thank you
BFTD - YOU ROCK!!!
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NEW FEATURE
MONTHLY REPORTS
We will soon be sending you a
monthly report card so you
know exactly how much of a
difference BFTD is making.
OVERVIEW
One thing that has always been a challenge is how to keep people up to date
with what is happening on the site without being a pest with loads of emails
flying around which tend to ignore.
KEEPING YOU IN THE LOOP
We will soon be offering all of our bands a monthly report card via email.
This email will detail the following:
1. How many listens you have received for each track.

2. How many views you have received.
3. Your current number of BFTD wins and if you have got into the Hall of
Fame (or if you are in it, whether you have moved up, down or out of it).
4. How many sales you have made from mp3, merchandise or audio ads.
5. How much money you have in your account and if money was withdrawn
from it that month.
6. How many new fans you have gathered in the month.
7. How many links you have to BFTD.
8. News relating to the site in general.
AUTO UPLOADER
We feel that this will greatly enhance the communication we have with our
bands and also let them consider all of the opportunities that BFTD has to
offer in terms of exposure and in earning income from their music and mer-
chandising. We hope you give us an A+ for this one.
...Band For The Day
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AGE OF ELEMENT
With probably the longest interview we have ever seen, the guys
show they are really in their element when talking in depth about
hopes, aspirations and all things music.
...Band For The Day
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We’ve been going for over a year now, although progress at first was a little
slow. It started with Chris and Greg, on guitars. Not too long afterwards
Daniel became the vocalist and very
recently we got a permanent bassist,
Andrew.
Right now Jamie is standing in as
temporary drummer, but we’ve a new
candidate now for a potential permanent
drummer. We’ll just see how that goes,
really.
The band started when Chris and Greg, our

guitarists, decided they wanted to get their
music out there. It was a really
spontaneous thing, but we’re glad we went
for it.
Recently we’ve taken some really big steps
as a band, we’re half way through
recording our debut EP and it’s sounding
really cool so far. Hopefully that’ll turn into
an album pretty soon, seeing we’ve got
new songs popping up all the time.
Dan...smouldering
you ensure that there is enough of ‘you’ in your sound to be
different?
Daniel: For the kind of music we’re doing, I, vocally, take influence from
Cove Reber of Saosin, but I’m also a massive Maiden fan, and I try my best
to emulate the intensity and power of Bruce Dickinson. I’m not really in the
same league as them vocally, but that just makes me admire them more, it
gives me something to aspire to. Then in terms of song-writing influences
there’s also a big Maiden influence there, I like having songs that have a
dark vibe, and something that makes them unique. Though the occasional
powerpop song doesn’t go amiss!
Andrew: Most of my influences are from really obscure bands, but when it
comes to playing bass, and the tone I try to get out my bass, I’d say I take
something from the likes of Ed Breckenridge of Thrice, and Steven Hodson of
Oceansize, quite a deep, intense, yet crisp and crunchy tone overall. In
terms of song-writing I typically take a lot of influence from the likes of Hum,
Hopesfall and Oceansize, kind of long, grand epic pieces, that can get you
really absorbed in all the little details and textures of the song.
Chris: One of my main influences is almost certainly Story of the Year. I
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really like how they can play really quite powerful guitar whilst keeping the
music melodic, although if need be they’re more than capable of producing
quite a thrashy song, so I guess I also appreciate their diversity. Senses Fail
are also a big influence, can’t resist a catchy number, and they have them by
the bucketload.
Greg: Alter Bridge have been my favourite band for as long as I can
remember, Mark Tremonti is such an under-rated guitarist! More recently
I’ve been taking influence from bands like The Shinedown and Creed. I like
to try and sneak in the occasional classic rock guitar lick.
been?
Band: Well, we’ve just finished recording our first music video, so that
should be up on our myspace soon, it’s looking really cool so far. We’re also
hoping to release that song as a single on iTunes, but we’ll see.
Obviously this interview is quite the achievement, so thank you to Band for
the Day!
Also, on a more general note,
it’s been a nice achievement
to be consistently get gigs
over the past couple of
months, it’s always very
humbling when people come
to listen to your music, and
even more humbling when
they enjoy it! We also got a
pretty good review in the
Magdalene, which is Dundee
University’s official magazine.
Also, another triumph is
we’ve had both Mark
Tremonti of Alter Bridge and
Eric Bass of The Shinedown,
endorsing our music, as can
The guys in full flow
be seen on our MySpace page (www.myspace.com/weareageofelement), and

on YouTube.
right now?
Andrew: I think it’s kind of hard to make generalisations about the music
industry now, saying that some stuff is shallow manufactured crap is a little
irrelevant if people can relate to it in some way. Though I think sometimes, if
you’ve got a specific music taste, you really have to search hard to find
bands you like, and I’ve certainly experienced that in the past, but with
enough searching you can find some really amazing bands out there.
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Daniel: The great thing about music
is that it’s entirely subjective. You
can slag off a particular song all you
want but if it is being listened to,
then obviously it is doing something
right! I think that what we are
seeing nowadays in the music
industry is greater and greater
versatility in music because we have
the technology to experiment with
sounds and textures that previously
we never could have. Music is
definitely on the up in my opinion!
rippin up fretwire
BFTD 5. What do you see as achievable goals within the next

eighteen months?
Band: World domination? Meh.

But in all honesty, we really want to go for it in the next 18 months, our EP
will be coming out, not too long after that our album should be out, so for
that we’ll be relentlessly gigging to promote these and sending them off to
record labels to see what they think of us.
Obviously it’s early days yet, and we want to take things one step at a time,
but we’re going to keep going, we’re in this for the long haul, regardless of
the outcome.
If we got signed by a record label, great, but if not we’ll keep doing this,
because we’re really enjoying this so much.

Band: Typically we’ll go off and write songs separately, or in pairs. It always
starts with just one person bringing either a riff or entire song to the rest of
the band and seeing what everyone else thinks. The chief song-writer is
almost certainly Chris, but lately the rest of us have been contributing a lot
more to the writing process. This is probably because we’ve really come
together as a band, and matured as musicians. Also we now know more
about the music we like and want to make, so we’re more concise about
structuring and producing our songs.
Writing songs separately has the advantage of both not being restricted by
anyone else’s differing music taste, nor does it put a limit on the time you
have to jam a song out.
been
your best?
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Daniel: Oh dear, well on our VERY first gig, at the Balcony Bar in Dundee, I
had a sore throat. To clarify I could barely speak, let alone sing. Any note I
tried to hit just withered into a faint whisper. It had been that way for a
week beforehand, we’d all hoped for improvement but if anything it got
worse.
Andrew: Yeah, I’ve never heard you lose your voice, at least not to that
extent.
Daniel: Yeh, I’ve only ever been that bad twice, ever. Though we took it as a
good stroke of luck that the Balcony, as a venue is typically not the best for
hearing vocals, which is just as well, because there weren’t really any vocals
to hear anyway. We still got commended for the performance, but it was kind
of a blow to my confidence.
Andrew: Other than that I think we’ve had very few major problems on
stage. When it comes to the best experience? Um... I guess it might be our
most recent gig, there were quite a few other bands there, but the crowd
gave the impression that they were there to see us, they were so
enthusiastic and supportive, and it really made the whole evening very
memorable. I think the band and the crowd is what really makes a gig, it’s
definitely a two-way kind of thing.
readers?
Daniel: For me it has to be the way in which I joined the band. My brother
introduced me to Age of Element, who at that time had a vocalist known as
“Downey”, when my brother asked me what I thought of them I said that I
liked the music, but the vocals were very poor, I joked that even I could sing
better than he could, and the next thing I knew Chris is phoning me up,
asking me to audition for the band.
Andrew: I think it’s also funny how I joined, with about a week’s practice of
bass guitar I came along to a jamming session at Chris’s house, and picked
up the bass-lines quickly enough, so that was me in I guess, with a week’s
worth of experience.
Greg: Ohh man, one time we did this open mic night at Dundee Union, the
guitar I had was incredibly out of tune, and for whatever reason at the time I
didn’t really notice it, despite the fact Daniel and Chris were both trying to
catch my attention. Didn’t go well, haha.
abroad?
Band: Well, we’ve just started gigging properly in the past couple of months,
but now we’ll have a full line-up, we’re hoping we’ll get a gig every week or
two, and make it a regular thing. As for touring abroad, it would be an
awesome thing to do, but I think we’d really need to build up more of a fan-
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base first, and tour with another band, but it would certainly be a really cool
thing to do.
Andrew: I personally think the best thing is actually getting all the ideas in
your head made, and what’s even better, played live, though none of my
songs have been yet it looks like that’s coming really soon, we have a gig on
Christmas Eve, and it’s looking like my most recent song is going to get
played there, which I think could be a definite highlight of the whole
experience for me. But really, as long as you’re in the right band, which I
feel we all are, it’s all enjoyable.
Daniel: For me it’s the thrill of getting your music out there, getting people
listening, with their spare time, out of their own free will to listen to music
we’ve made. There was recently a girl who left a message on MySpace about
how “incredibly awesome” she thought we were. If we’ve managed to have
that effect on even one person, to me, that’s a brilliant thing.
I also find music is the best release for any and all negative feelings.
Andrew: Agreed.
Chris: I just love gigging, recording, writing, the whole process really. I
really like seeing how everyone’s ideas come together because everyone has
a really different taste, and you get a bit of everyone in each song, it just
makes our overall sound more unique.
Greg: For me it’s the challenge of keeping your music the way you initially
wanted it to be, whilst at the same time, getting the hooks just right, in the
hope that you might get the hooks just right to get people into the song,
without compromising your sound.
Chris: And solos are always a good part of it too.
Greg: Haha, yeah.
Band: Our own studio, so we could record anything and everything, all the
time. Really, we’d be in there every single day!
But on a more general basis I think we just want to connect with people in
some way, it’d be great to really make a positive impact on anybody, like so
many bands have to us.
Band: This is going to sound ridiculously clichéd, but we want to thank

anyone and everyone who has taken the time to listen to our music. In the
words Iron Maiden guitarist Janick Gers; “if you like our music, god bless
you, and if you don’t, y’know what? God bless you too.”
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NEW FEATURE
AUDIO ADS
With the immenent launch of our audio
ads we now give you three ways to
earn income on Band For The Day
OVERVIEW
We want you to drive as much traffic to the site as possible, but the question
is how? Well, with audio ads, we think we have the answer!
PEOPLE VISIT YOUR BFTD BAND PAGE - YOU EARN INCOME
Yes, it really is that simple. We will soon be placing ads which will be played
before a song plays...they will be quite short, however, you will share in the
revenue that we generate so there is even more reason to get links to your
BFTD band page; the more visits you get the more money you generate.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Through our own business to business network, or indeed through 3rd party
businesses who deal in audio ads, we place ads across the site. We report
back to our bands as ads are played and you share the profit with us. We
think this is both a fair and a sensible way for you and us to work together.
More people hear your music and are exposed to you as a band or artist. We
get our name out there more...it’s quite simple really.
BAND FOR THE DAY Winners will make a lot more money as they will be
featured on the front page and get a lot more coverage, making it an even
better reason to be a winner on the site.
Watch out for our internal news and press releases as it happens. Now you
can make income in 3 ways...
mp3 sales merchandise audio ads
...Band For The Day
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With some of the most stunning images of a band playing live, we
give you...well, I think you get it.
...Band For The Day
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FLESHWOUND*** Les Zimmer/Guitars & Vocals ,Scott Pettit/Bass,Terry

Ferrow/ Percussions 12 years as a Cover band about 2 years as an original
band
Les Zimmer leading the line
ent?
FLESHWOUND*** 80's music is a big influence as far as hooks and catchy

riffs, but we try and give our sound a new feel to it with lots of experiment-
ing.
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been?
FLESHWOUND*** We have opened for some big name bands like Foghat,
Molly Hatchet, Bobaflex and Dixie Allstars
right now?
FLESHWOUND*** We dont believe its a good state right now its very hard
for original bands to get anywhere or heard for that matter
The energy blasts from the pics...listen to Fleshwound
een months?
FLESHWOUND*** We will be comming out with our 3rd CD so that will be

Kick A%#

FLESHWOUND*** Yeh I (Les Zimmer)come up with the idea

(melody..chorus) then we all help with the arrangement...and everything we
I write about is life experiences
been your best?
FLESHWOUND*** Never had a real bad one except for the 1 time we played
to the sound guy and bartender...Most of all times were great ya know its
that energy that the croud gives you and you in return just wail
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readers?
FLESHWOUND*** Yeh one time we

were playin this small town bar some
lady yells I been here 4 god dam
hours and havent heard any Bob
Seager yet and as quick as she said it
I said by the way your slurring I dont
doubt you've been here that long but
we dont play Bobby ha ha I think
thats bout it for the ones I can Tell
BFTD 9. How many gigs do you

play in a year and do you tour
much abroad?
FLESHWOUND*** 40 to 52 gigs a
year and we havent toured in a cou-
ple years but we may in 2010
BFTD 10. What is the best thing

about being in a band?
FLESHWOUND*** people diggin what

we're doing really is the best
certainly is’nt the money ha ha Read question 12...good advice
FLESHWOUND***maybe a radio hit or a new tour van
FLESHWOUND*** Yeh keep rockin and too much perfume means they're
covering something up...Thanks so much BFTD
FLESHWOUND
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NEW FEATURE
SEARCH ENGINE
OPTIMIZATION
BEHIND THE SCENES ON
BAND FOR THE DAY A
QUIET REVOLUTION HAS
TAKEN PLACE.
OVERVIEW
BFTD has finally managed to get on top of the search engine query engines
through a lot of hard work from our long suffering but brilliant head pro-
grammer Lee. If you look at the browser line when visiting BFTD you will see
that each band has it’s name in the browser, no longer just a number.
SO WHAT?!
What this means to you is that BFTD will pop up each time someone puts
your band name in a search...or at least we will be in the top five searches
for that keyword. More exposure is now within our grasp. Keyword searches
have been getting bigger an bigger every day.
The BFTD site is also being exposed to more and more people every day
which means the BFTD winner on any one day will receive more attention in
addition to the daily search finds.
CAN YOU HELP?
Yes you can. Many of you as our bands have not linked to BFTD from
Myspace, Facebook, Bebo. If each of you did this then you would be further
enhancing the reach and exposure of the site.
WE HAVE A 3rd PARTY COMPANY WORKING FOR US NOW MONTH IN MONTH

OUT AND THE ONLY THING THEY ARE DOING IS....GETTING US TRAFFIC.
WITHIN THE NEXT 3 MONTHS BFTD WILL BE GETTING A HUGE AMOUNT OF
INTEREST FROM AROUND THE GLOBE SO BE PART OF IT!
REMEMBER, WHEN BFTD GOES MASSIVE, WE ARE

TAKING YOU OUR BANDS WITH US!!!
...Band For The Day

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ORGANISED CHAOS
With a name that is...well a bit of a paradox to say the least, these
four guys are making a name for themselves with the emphasis on
organised...
...Band For The Day
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Our band line-up, Edward Tuffin-Rhythm Guitar And Vocals. Jack Taylor-Lead
Guitar And Vocals, Harry Gries-Bass Guitar And Backing Vocals and Dan
Pugh-Drums. We’ve been together as a band for coming up to 3 years now !
Which is pretty long for a group of teenagers, but its been great every step
of the way. We basically started as friends who wanted to make music and
just jam out their favourite tunes! And it just basically went from there.
you ensure that there is enough of ‘you’ in your sound to be
different?
Our musical influences tend to vary a lot, cause each band member listens to
different music. Between us it ranges from like alpha beat to extreme death
metal! Which is quite a difference to be honest. But for our sound, we take
influences from
modern rock/
indie! Which is
always a great
combination. With
every song we
right we try to
make it different
from the next, so
everything
doesn’t get to
similar, And I
think we have
probably achieved
that! But most of
the songs have
good hooks and
are very catchy!
Jack Taylor; lead guitar and vocals
been?
Probably winning the Urdd eisteddfod two years in a row! That was pretty
cool; considering none of us speak welsh either. Maybe also playing our first
proper festival (Workhouse Festival).
right now?
Well it depends what part of the music industry you look at, if you look at the
mainstream side of it. It’s mainly dominated by talent competitions, which
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isn’t the way to go in my opinion.
You don’t get to enjoy the highs and
lows of being in a band, the
experience of gigging all of that
stuff. They’re just looking for a
quick way to the top, which is purely
rubbish I think. I think people are
starting to see through that, you
see loads of facebook groups,
saying “Hijack the x factor no1” and
all that. So I think it wont be too
long before it all goes titsup for
them. Personally im looking forward
to seeing Simon cowell fall flat on
his face! But on the bright side, if
you look at the indie/rock/emo
scene, there’s some great bands
emerging from all over the world its
really great to see, that loads of
people are getting into music and
Dan the drummer enjoying it.
BFTD 5. What do you see as achievable goals within the next

eighteen months?
Probably just get bigger in our local areas to

be honest, sell a few cds on the way and just
play as many gigs as we possibly can!
BFTD 6. How does the writing process

work? Do individuals come with
complete songs or do you work together
to create your music?
It honestly really varies from song to song; it

can either range from straight up guitar riffs.
Or we start with lyrics and go from there.
Most songs we write, are guitar based to
start with, but we all chip in with different
ideas, what songs good what doesn’t etc. You
need to do that in bands to get the best out
of the song. You can’t have one person doing
everything in a band; it has to be done as a Ed Tuffin
team. And I think we do that quite well to be
honest.
been your best?
I don’t think we’ve had a worst experience, none that comes to mind
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anyway. The only thing I can think of is when we were trying to set up, and
different leads and pedals stopped working, that was bad, cause we were in
a rush to set up anyway. When stuff stops working it puts even more
pressure on you. Our best experience
has been when were at the urdd, we
always manage to pull something
special off down there. It’s always
really tight, and almost always sounds
awesome.
BFTD 8. Do you have any funny or

weird story to share with the
readers?
Well I suppose its related to the 3rd

song we ever wrote. Its called Jackie
Chimp. It all started, when I (Jack),
moved into my brothers old room,
when he moved out. We were just
there one band practice, and we came
across a whole batch of these
magazines. There were all sorts, in
there; it ranged from cars, to music
to… Well you can guess that one.
Inside one of these magazines, was a Two bass Harry!
picture of a fine young model, if I remember
rightly, on the other side was a picture of a chimp in a kung fu suit, with the
title “Jackie chimp” so being us, we decided to write a song about it! How
creative we are ;)
abroad?
We probably play around 15 in a year im guessing, but we’ve never toured.

Were way too young to tour. Maybe when were older, we might consider it,
but its so much organisation, and at the moment, were just not ready to
enter something like that.
The After Parties! Haha! Nah, its great playing music with your friends, that
what I enjoy the most to be honest.
A bloody record deal! Maybe a world tour swell ;)

Check out our facebook, just type in Organised Chaos!
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NEW FEATURE
MERCHANDISE
MADNESS
YOUR MERCHANDISE
STORE AWAITS & IT’S
ABOUT TO GET BIGGER
AND BETTER THAN EVER
BEFORE!
OVERVIEW
In December 2008 BFTD launched a merchandise facility for all bands. The
products that are available include:
T-shirts, small canvas bags, jigsaws, hats and mousemats.
This initially gave bands points which went towards their BFTD challenge; we
then expanded this to give bands income from each sale.
DID YOU REALISE YOU CAN CREATE A SHOP ON BFTD,

BRAND THE ITEMS THEN SELL IT FOR INCOME,
COSTING YOU NOTHING AT ALL TO DO IT?
WE EVEN SHIP YOUR MERCHANDISE ALL OVER THE WORLD!
THE UPGRADE
We are about to roll out a new and expanded range of items which will in-
clude quality bags, black t-shirts and much more. Remember, all of these
items can be personalised with your logos, marketed and sold for profit at no
cost to you. We then send out to your customers around the world.
HOW DO YOU MAKE A SHOP?
Simply log in to your backstage BFTD account, then go to create merchan-

dise and create with your band logos. It really is as simple as that. Then all
you need to do is link to your BFTD band page from as many sources as you
can from Facebook, Myspace, Bebo etc.
...Band For The Day
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NEW FEATURE
SOCIAL
NETWORK
THE BFTD SOCIAL
NETWORK IS UP AND
RUNNING...IS IT NOT
TIME YOU GAVE IT A
2ND LOOK?
OVERVIEW
Last year we promised that we would wrap a social network around the
bands and musicians on the site to help our bands create a fan base which
they could then use to inform and help develop a selling platform with them.
DID YOU REALISE YOU CAN GATHER FANS AND MESSAGE

THEM ON BFTD...YOU CAN ALSO UPLOAD PICS AND A HOST OF
OTHER ACTIVITIES WITH THEM?
GETTING SOCIABLE
The social network is there, ready and waiting for you our bands to make it
happen. This is not to say that people have not signed up, and we have to
accept that we need to make more of it. Fundamentally, BFTD is the
Facebook for unsigned music...as more and more people become aware of
the site over the next year this will become very appartent...so it would be
good if you got in there early.
HOW DO ENGAGE WITH THE FANS THAT FOLLOW US
Again, simply log in to your backstage BFTD account, then you will find all
the tools that you need to really start making your fans work for you. BFTD
will see a massive new amount of traffic this year...you should get your
share of it!
...Band For The Day
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JUST DEFY
Defying all the odds, the guys left their interview and photos to the
very very last minute, but we’re glad they made it...
...Band For The Day
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It all started in November 2008. Biz-E was starting to get sick of the whole
solo rap stuff and was missing sharing the stage with a full band. After re-
cently performing as a guest vocalist, with our good friends Dead Message,
at a local Battle of the bands, which Buck was also competing with his old
band Inferi. So Ben
then approached
Buck and asked him
if he wanted to join
a band...
It all really came
from that then Buck
got in touch with a
fellow work col-
league Adam Jones
who joined as Lead
guitarist and good
friend Ben Snowden
who joined on bass.
Weeks past record-
ings happened and
Ben Snowden de-
cided he was cur-
rently too
The colour purple...
commited with his
other band Kill To Gain. So Jonesy then drafted in good friend Bryn Price on
second guitar and electronics to thicken up the sound. Bryn then got in
touch with old friend Joe Dinsdale who joined as our current bassist. Few
more weeks past and Bryn decided to quit the band. Ben, Joe, Adam and
Buck were then JustDEFY and gigged, recorded as much as possible over
2009 until recently Adam Jones also quit the band due to his other band
being more his style of music.
We are currently auditioning for a Lead guitarist so if you can help us please
get in touch!
ent?
Our influences are never ending, both musically and inspirational there is a
brief list on our myspace...
been?
Winning Band for the day, Playing at Bradford Mela Festival, Getting into the
play offs for Bingley Music Live.
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right now?
Interesting! everything needs to change and freshen up every now and then
people should stop complaining and run with the times!!
Just Defy doing what they love best...playing live

een months?
Finally record our 6 track E.P with good

friend Simon Mawson and hopefully get
some local tours sorted out also finish the
couple of music videos we've kind of
started
BFTD 6. How does the writing process

work? Do individuals come with com-
plete songs or do you work together
to create your music?
We usually work together from one of

Ben's initial ideas we all sort out the parts
for our own instruments.
BFTD 7. What is the bands worst ex-

perience on stage and what has been
The bright lights at last
your best?
We absolutley love playing live its what were all about! but we have had our
fair share of electronical let downs and empty crowds :(. Playing at the PM
Bar for the Bingley Music Live Final was really good fun! as was coming sec-
ond in this years Battle Of The Bands.
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Also playing at Mike Heaton's The Hop in Wakefield that was a good gig too.
We always have fun supporting our friends Jilted Generation too.
readers?
HAHA a few times Jonesy has ended up a little worse for wear before gigs
and is funny now but at the time pretty frustrating. We have played a couple
of really good house parties this year which have had their fair share of
funny moments.
abroad?
We have only just had our 1st Birthday!! and I think we have played just
over 60 gigs in 2009 which is really good considering we only came up with
the idea to start a band late last year.
Seeing people singing back at you at gigs and knowing we have made some
quality mates for life during the process!
An amazing studio that we can access 24/7
Vote for us every day!! and thanks to everyone who listens to our tunes.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE FROM A BAND WEBSITE?

A way to sell your music?
Your own shop with your own branded merchandise?
A way to gather and talk with fans in one place?
An easy way to display your gigs to thousands?
Stream your videos?
Upload an unlimited amount of pics?
Work for huge and focused exposure?
Gain prizes for hard work?
Just some of the many features we have waiting for you!
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GET THE MESSAGE OUT THERE
If you have enjoyed this magazine then

copy it and send it to a friend.
Better still, whether you are a band or a

fan of unsigned music then join us at
Find new music, get band merchandise,

work as a talent scout for bands, message
and let your friends on the site see pictures
from the gig and we’ve not even begun to
tell you all the features so see you SOON!
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BAND FOR THE DAY...

YEAR REVIEW 2009

WITH FEATURED INTERVIEWS FROM...

The Amateurs, Chestnut Blonde, Age of Element,

We hope that 2010 is one of real

Best wishes from the BFTD team.

Band For The Day - playing with music

No part of this publication may be

The Guys Behind BFTD........................4

NEED MERCHANDISING FOR YOUR BAND?

For more information email:

Ged Brockie (Director) www.gedbrockie.com

Lee McLaughlin (Programmer)

Iain is a qualified chartered accountant who practises as Bolland &

Ian Bolland (Director)

An award winning graduate from the Leeds College of Music. His

Mike Nisbet (Director)

This band are anything but “amateurs”, racking up huge amounts of

...Band For The Day

Matthew Colley/vocal/guitar/piano, Andrew Fletcher/bass/bv, Jimmy

The Amateurs - live and kicking.

BFTD 6. How does the writing process work? Do individuals come

To be fair i think the worst experience is breaking a string or stick, we prac-

When we first started we played every week but now we do it in tours so we

BFTD 12. Any final comments for the BFTD readership?

No, the guys are not doing a DFS ad!

UPLOAD ALL YOUR TRACKS!

...Band For The Day

...Band For The Day

Niomi & Jen who are

NAOMI: It's just me and Gen. We're

Just a friendly punch in the face

GEN: There's so many bands that were an influence on us when we were

CHESTNUT BLONDE: Writing and producing our first album.

NAOMI: I don't think there's enough originality out there!

NAOMI: It's got to be forgetting the lyrics.

CHESTNUT BLONDE: We've never toured abroard. In the main we do private

CHESTNUT BLONDE: Simon Cowells phone number!!! Oh and a recording

BFTD 12. Any final comments for the BFTD readership?

KEEPING YOU IN THE LOOP

1. How many listens you have received for each track.

...Band For The Day

...Band For The Day

The band started when Chris and Greg, our

Chris: One of my main influences is almost certainly Story of the Year. I

be seen on our MySpace page (www.myspace.com/weareageofelement), and

BFTD 5. What do you see as achievable goals within the next

Band: World domination? Meh.

BFTD 6. How does the writing process work? Do individuals come

BFTD 10. What is the best thing about being in a band?

Chris: And solos are always a good part of it too.

Greg: Haha, yeah.

BFTD 12. Any final comments for the BFTD readership?

Band: This is going to sound ridiculously clichéd, but we want to thank

PEOPLE VISIT YOUR BFTD BAND PAGE - YOU EARN INCOME

HOW DOES IT WORK?

mp3 sales merchandise audio ads

...Band For The Day

...Band For The Day

FLESHWOUND*** Les Zimmer/Guitars & Vocals ,Scott Pettit/Bass,Terry

Les Zimmer leading the line

FLESHWOUND*** 80's music is a big influence as far as hooks and catchy