What makes you better than your competition?
 

With so many independent artists trying to make it, what makes you stand out from the competition?

Making something individual that doesnt sound like Franz Ferdinand. Seems to take a lot now, I hear more and more bands just the same as them..

^I'll second that, I heard a band on the radio and was like "oh franz ferdinand" then it was over but it was a completely different band

its all about originality for me.

What makes me stand out from the competition is that I don't make records. I think a lot of other bands around could learn a thing or two from me.

I just can`t see the point of forming a band that sounds exactly the same as someone else.

I just want to slap anyone that sounds like Coldplay

It doesn't matter if you've got talent or not, for any proof, see the program x-factor, the guy from the chicken factory got to perform at the end big show!! mockery of television, if only jibber was here to back me up....

See , you`re getting confused.

Stuff like X Factor isn`t the enemy despite what people think.

The people that come out of those show they last maybe 6 to 12 months maximum.

The real enemy is bland guitar bands churning out the same old 3 chord rock or the same gut churningly bad ballads , the real enemy is rappers constantly going on about how macho or how much money they have , the real enemy is **** like the Killers , corporate ****suckers masquerading as 'indie' artists.The real enemy is MTV who have forsaken songs & go by how good the song`s video is.

THAT is what you should be complaining about.

but talent sets you apart from the rest.

funnily enough i think i know what i should be complaining about. After witnessing a few months of Simon Cowell saying to talentless up-their-own-arse people what lesser men like myself would not be able to say due to guilt.... we are then faced with these people releasing records. I like the killers, i like '3 chord rock', it doesnt take every single note possible on a guitar to make a song sound good you know. Simplicity can be fullfilling perhaps one day you may grasp this, maybe even grow to like it. So to conclude ill add, ill complain about what i bloddy well want to, as you seem to feel you yourself can all the time. thank YOH.

you didnt have to watch it. and yes, simplicity can be fulfilling- i like the white stripes after all. but there are a few "rock" bands i feel are too simple.

i couldn't turn on the tv without seeing it. I couldn't turn on the radio without hearing it, hence why i NEVER listen to capital FM any more.

p.s. thats like saying to all the Green Day bashers on here
"you dont have to listen to them"
theyd still complain, and they still do.

I just find it ironic that you`re complaining about people not having any talent whilst at the same time singing the praises of a band who throughout their 15 or so year history released the same old formulaic pop songs over & over again

valid point

argh jesus, everythings about green day at the moment (not a personal insult to you). green day at the moment is on every music channel under the sun and a large number of radio stations. their a bit harder to avoid then a TV programme on one channel every saturday night.

cant help but feel your missing my point on purpose for once. My quarrell is not with x-factor only, that was merely a model of the grander scope of how anyone can become famous nowadays. I mean, don't get me wrong, its good that we are trying to find new talent i suppose. But can't help but feel Queen and The Beatles etc. had to work their way up and get noticed themselves not the other way round. It is stuff like
'we are the cheeky girls' - i need so more about that
and Electric six is another, who are only around because they sang a crude song about a *** bar and did a rubbish version of radio gaga... sigh

sigh, whatever you say, if you wanna believe that by all means do i doubt its gunna affect Green Day what you think anyway. and quite frankly im bored of you now, ta ta.

That seems wholely unfair to dig at E6 like that. I never heard one song of theirs on anything remotly commercial. I bought their CD and I thought it was pretty good.

I don't get the logic that says "im gunna buy their CD because they sing about *** bars." I can't hep but feel you're exersizing your agenda. Maybe im ill exposed but I havn't heard many disco rock bands out recetly, and I can only recall Kiss trying it. And when was the last time a garage song had a sax solo in it? (no DMB does not count)

Um you do realise Electric Six have been together since about 1996 & have been releasing stuff since then on independent labels.

not sure if thats sarcasm or not, but anyway, i do understand your point- and basically all the acts that grasp 15 minutes of fame from these talent shows really are not worth moaning about because seriously, they make a few kids TV and chatshow appearances, release a single- it reaches the top 10 then their done- blown out. i never hear any think of them because i do not listen to the stations or watch the channels their likely to be on. bands that work hard to be the best they can more often than not get the acclaim they deserve if not mainstream success. And in reply to big3killedmyraindog, LCD soundsystem are a disco-rock band that puts electric 6 to shame.