How to Create a Fake Band
The fake band is a surefire way to get you and a group of buddies out of any social slump and propel you to local underground celebrity status. The fake band begins with a group of friends and an awesome and unique band name that captures the essence of the image you want to project. After that, only your imagination is the limit to your fake band's success. Read on to learn how to create a fake band.
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Instructions
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Getting Your Fake Band on its Feet
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Decide on a genre of music for your fake band and then come up with a cool band name. This is probably the most important part of the process. Use a band name generating website if you need help.
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Come up with a look. This is crucial to the success of your fake band. Shamelessly copy the look of real bands in your genre and then personalize each band members' look so that the wardrobe choices appear original. Designate the best looking member of your fake band as the singer and make sure that their look gets the most attention in public.
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Buy used instruments and pretend to tune them, or at least buy the cases and carry them around to any place you feel like impressing people.
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Hold fake band practices in a garage. Act really serious and then lock yourself and your fake bandmates in the garage with an mp3 player, an amp, and some pre-recorded band practice music that sounds cool. Be sure to change to recordings up if anyone other than your mom is nearby.
Keep Your Fake Band Going Strong
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Create a cool logo and have posters, T-shirts and stickers made. Sell them at a huge markup to all of your friends and tell them to spread the word.
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Talk endlessly in public about the new EP recording scheduled in the somewhat distant future and come up with fake underground labels that are sure to offer you a contract as soon as the EP is finished.
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Use a social networking site to promote the fake band. Be sure to reference cool underground bands in your fake band genre as your musical influences. Talk a lot on the site about the unique style of music and vision that your brand has to offer.
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Refuse to sell out, man. Stardom is death for any underground band, real or theoretical. Your status as an up and coming underachieving band is exactly what propels your fake band to local celebrity and keeps the ruse going long enough to get a few dates and earn the respect of your peers.
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Break up the band at the first sign of trouble. If anyone figures out that the band is bogus, promptly get your friends together and stage a huge fight. Argue about differences in artistic vision and elude to a serious drug problem that's turning the lead guitarist into a total jerk. Or, find a Yoko and let relationship bliss swiftly destroy the band.
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Schedule a reunion tour two months later and "go in a new direction." This means buying a slightly new band wardrobe and hanging out together at a local bar long enough begin repeating steps.
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