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Hello friends of victorient hope all is good?

you better grab some popcorn and a drink!

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what else?

oh yeah we are recording our second album called “Nocturne window” out June 2017! 

So far all the music has been recorded and edited and the vocals for the opening track “ghost city” have been done and dare we say it we both think it sounds pretty groovy! we are going to do the vocals for the track “lost thoughts” on tuesday(15th nov) the lyrics on this album are many and varied but the over riding themes so far are globalisation,over reliance on technology(esp social media etc),money and the pursuit of it and following your own path despite negativity.

We are going to film an update vlog for our youtube channel at the end of the month once we have a clearer picture and then we keep doing what we are doing now which is saving the little money we have to put the album out properly and to have a “healthy” budget to promote it worldwide which will also include “finally” the live debut of victorient!

We have also taken the decision to release the album on cd and through our bandcamp only, the reason being many and varied but we feel to try and put some “value” back into music again by only having it on physical cd and also through only one digital platform(that works for both android and IOS btw so dont panic iphone users!) that it will only be bought/downloaded by those that have an interest in not only music in general (i.e it being important to them) but also in OUR music, we are both VERY proud of this album and it marks a massive step up both in production,lyrics,performance and sound.

which leads us to....

Social media.

undoubtedly social media has improved our connections to people  both where we live and around the globe,however the time spent checking phones etc takes a way time that could be better spent focusing on whats important, for us we have spent way more time on this album than the old curiosity shop (for a multitude of reasons) one of them being a purpose decrease in social media usage, in fact other than the facebook page manager app we have removed all other facebook apps form our phone and then what we do once or twice a day is go on to the laptop and check messages/notifications etc,that way our time is being better spent working on victorient and victorient related activities.

and finally the music biz itself!

We were both talking and watching various music business seminars,youtube talks and talks in general about the internet/social media and we came to a conclusion

the music business is still the same as ever its just the means have changed,

what that means is that the people who are really passionate about buying music and supporting bands are still there but everybody else is more about the short term musical “fix” which is fine if thats what you like but as a band trying to build themselves and their “brand” it can be VERY frustrating, spending hours posting for hours in various facebook music groups can get you maybe the odd video view or fan but ultimatly that time and effort would(and could) be better spent elsewhere, Not that posting on facebook is a waste of time,if you make one new fan then it was worth it but overall the Net gain is far less, this is we believe because nobody likes being told what to do, so by saying “please checkout my latest video” people may “like” the post but ultimately it  wont show up that much on your analytics so really is it worth it? (that’s for you to decide) 

we decided that the best way is to use the “older” ways of taking out adverts/getting on music magazine cover cd’s why?

because even though the printed media is getting smaller the one thing you can guarantee is that the people who buy them are actual music fans who will go out and buy a Cd,download,gig ticket,t-shirt etc because by buying those magazines they have invested their time,effort and money, ANYONE can “like” a facebook post but to go out of your way to buy anything from a band/artist takes REAL commitment and effort, also we are going to be reviewed in the magazines to so if our music gets a decent review(not that we care personally what anyone thinks) then it might inspire the person reading it to check us out and then buy the album,t-shirt,gig ticket etc

which leads us onto our final point!

we decided to only do cd and bandcamp for our release because (a) we can set the price and (b) we get the email address and locations of our fans meaning that when we book gigs we can take this data to the promoters and say we have a small fanbase in and around your town/city can we play in venue x please?

at the end of the day you have to work out whats important to you?

is going out to the pub,buying new gadgets,having a cable tv package really important to you, or are you willing to strip your out goings down to the bare bones,save your money and invest it in whatever passion you have?

anyway sorry for the lecture and thanks for reading

love and light

Sam & Tansy aka victorient

xxxx