Rosie & Emmanuella's band - Identity and Planning

P R O F I L E

Band Name: The Rowland's
Members: 3
Music genre: R&B
Location: UK
Signed with: LADedicated

Band Member Number One

Name: Melody Peters
Age: 18
Sex: Female
Position: Lead Singer
Born: UK, London (1994) 6th of February
Appearance: Long brown hair, tanned, green eyes, 5ft 10
Musical Instruments: Guitar, Piano

Band Member Number Two

Name: Andre Simmons
Age: 19
Sex: Male
Position: DJ & Back up singer
Born: UK, Coventry (1995) 18th June
Appearance: Short curly dark brown hair, dark brown eyes, dark brown stubble, tanned, 6ft3
Music Instruments: Guitar, Piano, Drums

Band Number Three

Name: Jamie Locksford
Age: 19
Sex: Male
Position: Back up singer & Writer
Born: UK, Brighton (1995, 12th April)
Appearance: Spikey black hair, stubble, 6ft2, blue eyes, pale skinned
Musical Instruments: Drums

Data Research on Music Genres- Rosie Kinsella & Emmanuella

MUSIC GENRE IN SALES

(Source: www.bpi.co.uk/facts-figures.aspx)

This is a chart from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) showing the number of album sales in 2013 by genre of music. It shows Rock being among the most popular for sales by 2013 selling a total of 33.8 million.

In comparison, "Statista" (The Statistics Portal) also hold statstics showing that rock was also the most popular selling genre of 2013:

Our category of music genre for our band project is R&B which is ranked in as the 5th popular genre of last year out of a total of 16 music genre.

MUSIC GENRE & STATS WITHIN FESTIVALS

(Source: http://www.festivalinsights.com/wp-content/uploads/UKFA2013_SHOWGUIDE_MarketReport.pdf)

Here is an example of festival statistics. This particular graph is discussing the reasons as to why people actually go to festivals, showing the most popular reasons:

By having this type of data and being able to even get it from festival attenders in the first place, it allows the music industry and every company that is involved in festival events down to the ticket company holders, food, merchandise, accommodation, location and area etc to come up with improved solutions to better the experience of a festival.
For Example:

Critical Approaches - Mind Map band planning - 16/09/14

Statistics

The most popular genre's of 2013:
(source: www.bpi.co.uk/facts-figures.aspx)

BPI represents the UK's recorded music industry, which one of the most exciting and thrilling music sectors in the world.