Re: [microsound] project names vs real names...

[Kassen <kassen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anthony Saunders write;

> hello .microsounders,
>
> Recently I've been struggling not with my creative music efforts, but
> with how to present them or, i guess, market them.
>
> I can intuitively feel that there are pro's and con's to presenting my
> music under my real name vs a stage name or "band" name, but am having
> a hard time articulating them well enough that I can figure out which
> route I'd like to go.

I went with my real first name (Kassen) for a couple of reasons. First of
all, since I experience my own music as a fairly personal affair it makes
sense to not "hide" and sign it with my real name. Secondly, since I simply
have that name, nobody can suddenly jump up for copyright infringement or
whatever. The cooler your chosen name, the larger the chance that somebody
else already thought it was cool, you might have to change it, etc, or so I
figured.

Admittedly having a somewhat rare name helps a lot there which is mostly a
matter of luck.

Because of label politics and the occasional urge to jump styles I might
need a second name some time in the future so I´ll be following this
discussion with interest.

Yours,
Kas.
(well, Kassen, for the occasion, i suppose :¬) )




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