Talk About Rock Music

One of my friends in a Manchester rock band has just sent me a link to his band’s new single which can be downloaded on iTunes for 79p. I was a bit taken aback by this as previously the only way I had considered local bands to be able to release material was as I had seen through my brother’s old band, when he was a drummer during his teens; they got their band noticed by creating a music CD at a studio. A week or so later, the CD duplication service would deliver the CDs of their demo so they could hand a few out to their mates.

Nowadays, it is so much easier to get your band on the radio or known through the internet. One of my brother’s old band mates had his new band’s single played on the Rock Radio playlist for a week, when it won the weekly Future Classics battle vs another local band. All they did was send in a demo CD to the radio station and they were well-received by the DJs including Mike Sweeney.

Obviously, the sudden availability of music may also lead to the problem of oversaturation and too many bands to be able to hone in on a particular one, but I’m sure the most talented and durable bands out there will rise to the top of the pile eventually.