START A BAND SOME WORDS OF WISDOM

GOALS NAME YOUR BAND. NAME YOUR FIRST ALBUM NAME YOUR FIRST HIT SONG WRITE THESE DOWN—CHECK THEM OFF AS THEY ARE COMPLETED: NAME YOUR BAND. NAME YOUR FIRST ALBUM NAME YOUR FIRST HIT SONG WRITE YOUR FIRST HIT SONG MAKE AN ALBUM COVER CREATE A POSTER FOR A LIVE PERFORMANCE.

GETTTING STARTED—GENERAL INFORMATION You may make your album cover on Word, postermywall.com or using another method. Make sure that you save your work to your Google Drive so it doesn’t get lost. Write down your information as you go. Save your image to Google Drive

FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW TO FIND YOUR BAND NAME NAMING YOUR BAND FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW TO FIND YOUR BAND NAME http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random  The title of the article is now the name of your band. (You may hit this button twice—then choose one. But no more than twice)

NAMING YOUR FIRST HIT ALBUM/CD FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW TO FIND THE NAME OF YOUR ALBUM. YOU MAY ONLY USE THE LINK TWICE IF THE FIRST ONE VERY OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT WORK AS A TITLE. http://www.quoteland.com/random.asp Go to the bottom of the page. The last four to five words of the last quote are the title of your first album

THE COVER ART FOR YOUR ALBUM http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days Select the 3rd image. This is the picture for your album cover. FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR AN IMAGE TO USE ON YOUR ALBUM COVER. SAVE THIS TO GOOGLE DRIVE (maybe as an image on a Google Doc?) SO THAT YOU CAN FIND IT AGAIN, LATER.

USE WHAT YOU HAVE SO FAR… USING YOUR BAND NAME, YOUR ALBUM/SONG NAME, AND YOUR IMAGE, NOW CREATE AN ALBUM/CD COVER. USE WORD, POSTERMYWALL.COM, OR WHATEVER FORMAT WORKS FOR YOU TO CREATE AN ALBUM COVER. SAVE IT TO YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE. HAVE FUN WITH IT.

DESIGN A POSTER FOR YOUR LIVE SHOW INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ON YOUR POSTER: Name of your group Location of your concert The date and time of your concert/show Any highlights (for example, what album you are promoting) Ticket price

WRITING A HIT SONG Write your hit song—one song per group. YOU ALREADY HAVE THE TITLE OF YOUR FIRST SONG—it is the same as the title of your album—MAKE SURE YOUR SONG FITS THIS TITLE. You may decide how to do this. Do you each want to take a verse? All of you work together on the entire song? It must have at least 2 verses and a chorus. SAVE YOUR WORK ON GOOGLE DRIVE When you write or type the final draft, make sure to include title, author’s names, and the song itself.

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER YOU NOW HAVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: ALBUM COVER WITH NAME OF BAND, NAME OF ALBUM, AND AN IMAGE. A POSTER ADVERTISING YOUR UPCOMING PERFORMANCE. A HIT SONG—COMPLETE WITH TITLE AND AUTHOR’S NAMES. PERFORMING EARNS EXTRA CREDIT. THESE WILL ALL BE STORED IN GOOGLE DRIVE. FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS ON MY WEBSITE TO ACCESS THE CORRECT FOLDER.