Proposal and Objectives

This blog is partly because of a module on my university course called proffessional practise. The aim of this module is to help students in developing a professional profile and to document this through a logbook or a blog. Obviously, this is my method of documentation however I also want this blog to be more than just a 'box ticker'. I would like this blog to not only fulfill the requirements of my degree but also to document the journey of myself and my band through the next year (or more) and the gigs we play, the people we meet and anything else interesting that happens on the journey of an unsigned band.

Hopefully this blog could be used as a form of  help to other unsigned bands in knowing what to do or not do and how to get yourself into a situation of potentially having a career in music.

As far as the band is concerned, we formed in march 2010 from a former band which we all played in called The Lowreys ( www.myspace.com/thelowreysmusic ). This band was together for about 4 years and we played many gigs around Leicester and began to get some air play on local radio stations Take Over Radio and Leicester Sound as well as playing Glastonbudget Festival in 2009. In September 2009 The Lowreys seperated as we all moved around to Universities all over the country. From here I began writing songs for my course and soon had a set that i wanted to perform. After getting in contact with my former band mates Nick (bass) and Sean (guitar) we formed the new band Davneport Folk.

Over the next year, we aim to get the band up and running, doing gigs all over the Midlands in Leicester, Derby and Nottingham and expand further until we are gigging all over the country. We also aim to produce an album and get it onto itunes, sell it at gigs and possibly even try and get it into some record shops. This blog will be a document of these activities.

Thankyou very much for reading
Dan Wright

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