northern soul or ska (alternative, reggae, genre, album, myspace)

the-ottband · 08-16-2008, 04:01 PM

hello every body we are la large band and i joined a a music site the other day and i put our sound down as alternative and i got an email off them because i had asked a question something to do with promotion and the guy sent me an email and said well it would help if you labelled your self in the right genre.. so i emailed him back and asked which one they thought and they havent answered back so i thought i would ask some ska fans because some of our songs contain a lot of brass because i love that sound so if any body would check us out i would be grateful i think our sound is northern soul / ska but that does not really devine you this is the first time i treid to ask a foram like this so i really would be interested in what people here think... i have joined this site with the hope of promoting the ottband and any advise about how or what i should be doing i would also be thankful i have been logging on here a quite few times and and looking around different posts reading what people are saying but im finding it a bit of a grey area about what i should be doing thanks tony

jackhammer · 08-16-2008, 04:13 PM

Use commas to begin with

. Ska and Northern Soul share a few musical elements but do sound very distinct from one or another. If you don't know what genre you are, how are we to know? I have replied to a couple of your posts and you seem a nice guy but your posts are naive and you don't seem to know much about music, despite being in a band (don't take it personally). Promotion of a band and posting here solely for that purpose is being phased out here over the next few days. So I would suggest that you post around the forums or post me a legitimate link to your music and I will give my opinion out of courtesy.

the-ottband · 08-16-2008, 04:35 PM

loll i was hoping you people would not notice sorry cannot do any thing about my gramme unless i went back to school and if i did try to correct it then properly look more confusing loll ... yeah good point about the genre ... loll no i don't and that's a joke if you knew how much i put in to this album hmmmm loll ... supprized about the phasing out of bands promoting them self's on here suppose ill just have to be sneaky. and thanks for giving me the info jackhammer.
ps
i have treid posting you my url for my space on here but system will not let me as i have not done 15 posts yet , so if i could ask you to put ottband myspace into goolge it comes up staright away but you must leave a space between ottband and myspace

jackhammer · 08-16-2008, 05:07 PM

Some track called 'Don't know'?

the-ottband · 08-16-2008, 05:12 PM

hello ...there are 6 tracks tracks on there dont know is a studio demo track but love me and rolling are band studio and six millions miles i would really be intreasted in your veiws on .

Piss Me Off · 08-16-2008, 05:29 PM

With the songs i'm listening to here i really don't hear a Northern Soul influence at all, i can a ska/reggae feel but none of the tracks have enough of a stripped down, upbeat feel for them to be like Nothern Soul, or the voice really.
I'm thinking it sounds quite a bit like The Jam, i think you could maybe get away with a Ska/Mod label.

the-ottband · 08-16-2008, 05:33 PM

thats really interesting really pleased as thats a concept i had not considered at all and ill be thinking about that for sure thank you for taking the time to have a look

08-16-2008, 04:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
the-ottband Groupie Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: london Posts: 9	northern soul or ska hello every body we are la large band and i joined a a music site the other day and i put our sound down as alternative and i got an email off them because i had asked a question something to do with promotion and the guy sent me an email and said well it would help if you labelled your self in the right genre.. so i emailed him back and asked which one they thought and they havent answered back so i thought i would ask some ska fans because some of our songs contain a lot of brass because i love that sound so if any body would check us out i would be grateful i think our sound is northern soul / ska but that does not really devine you this is the first time i treid to ask a foram like this so i really would be interested in what people here think... i have joined this site with the hope of promoting the ottband and any advise about how or what i should be doing i would also be thankful i have been logging on here a quite few times and and looking around different posts reading what people are saying but im finding it a bit of a grey area about what i should be doing thanks tony

08-16-2008, 04:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Use commas to begin with . Ska and Northern Soul share a few musical elements but do sound very distinct from one or another. If you don't know what genre you are, how are we to know? I have replied to a couple of your posts and you seem a nice guy but your posts are naive and you don't seem to know much about music, despite being in a band (don't take it personally). Promotion of a band and posting here solely for that purpose is being phased out here over the next few days. So I would suggest that you post around the forums or post me a legitimate link to your music and I will give my opinion out of courtesy. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

08-16-2008, 04:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
the-ottband Groupie Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: london Posts: 9	thank you loll i was hoping you people would not notice sorry cannot do any thing about my gramme unless i went back to school and if i did try to correct it then properly look more confusing loll ... yeah good point about the genre ... loll no i don't and that's a joke if you knew how much i put in to this album hmmmm loll ... supprized about the phasing out of bands promoting them self's on here suppose ill just have to be sneaky. and thanks for giving me the info jackhammer. ps i have treid posting you my url for my space on here but system will not let me as i have not done 15 posts yet , so if i could ask you to put ottband myspace into goolge it comes up staright away but you must leave a space between ottband and myspace

08-16-2008, 05:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Some track called 'Don't know'? __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

08-16-2008, 05:29 PM	#6 (permalink)
Piss Me Off Moodswings n' Roundabouts Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: At the corner of Dude and Catastrophe Posts: 4,512	With the songs i'm listening to here i really don't hear a Northern Soul influence at all, i can a ska/reggae feel but none of the tracks have enough of a stripped down, upbeat feel for them to be like Nothern Soul, or the voice really. I'm thinking it sounds quite a bit like The Jam, i think you could maybe get away with a Ska/Mod label. __________________ Last FM Rate Yr Music Muxtape

08-16-2008, 05:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
the-ottband Groupie Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: london Posts: 9	hello ...there are 6 tracks tracks on there dont know is a studio demo track but love me and rolling are band studio and six millions miles i would really be intreasted in your veiws on .

08-16-2008, 05:33 PM	#7 (permalink)
the-ottband Groupie Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: london Posts: 9	thats really interesting really pleased as thats a concept i had not considered at all and ill be thinking about that for sure thank you for taking the time to have a look