Artist name:
When we were deciding the name of the artist we were to make sure it was different from conventional hip hop artists, although we did draw inspiration from another singer/songwriter. ME-Ka's first name is Emeka, the idea came as if you sound out the letters of ME-Ka it sounds like his name, which is what he will go by.
Album name:
The album will be called 'Changes', this is due to the changes that the artist is going through and has previously experiences, the theme of change will be evident throughout the album. This album title is also short as it is one word and therefore it will be easy to remember, the audience will find it easy to talk about which allows the album to gain more recognition. The album title should also hopefully relate to our target audience who are not necessarily well off in society, therefore will be expecting changes in their life.
Tracklist:
The tracklist we have chosen contains 12 songs, they all follow similar themes although two of the tracks will be interludes. This is because this has been a convention lately in hip hop instrumentals, and tells more of a story for when people are listening to the album. The themes will include, love, life, death, changes and youth culture.
Tracklist:
1) Shifting
2) Mortality
3) Young Man
4) Father interlude
5) Young Woman
6) For Better
7) Changes
8) Die Too Young
9) Grandmother interlude
10) Wasting Time
11) Culture
12) Newcomer
The track names are different but they all relate to the themes of the song and the album itself. The father and grandmother interlude will both include the artist's father and grandmother speaking respectively, it will be something that has been previously recorded via a phone call and what they speak about is also related to the themes of the album.
Music institution:
For our music institution, we have chosen 'Universal Music Group'. It is an international institution that manages many mainstream and popular artists. These artists include: Taylor Swift, Mariah Carey, Kanye West, Adele, Lil Wayne and Jay Z. These artist are all very successful and have a combined net worth in the of over $1 billion. They are all original in their own way and have released a different number of albums and mix tapes. Our artist is new and is striving to be like one of these artists, we believe this is very achievable under the guidance of Universal Music Group.
Production Company:
Our production company is called D-T records as it is the first letter of both the co-founders first names, Dillan and Trang. This name is easy and short, therefore it is easy to remember if it were to be referenced and put on the digipak.
Explicit content label:
We have discussed and decided to add the explicit lyrics label to the cover and other products in the digipak for our album. This is due to the fact some of the songs containing strong profanity as this is a way the artist chooses to express themselves, as well as some sexual language which will be inappropriate for listeners under the age of 18. It is also necessary to include this label to avoid getting abuse from listeners who are not warned of these things. Also radio hosts and DJ's will know whether they need to censor ME-Ka's songs or not when they play them. The profanity and explicit lyrics is also conventional to the hip hop genre, also our target audience are all above the age of 18, therefore it will be less controversial for them.
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