Artist and Album Name Selection

So today in class my team and I decided to have a proper discussion when finalizing our Artist's name. We knew and had established that Indie Bands have very peculiar names, therefore it was important that our artist's name reflected the same indie spirit which would help solidify our project. In the group discussion we all pitched in odd and absurd names that could qualify as a band name while keeping in mind a vague idea of the type of theme we wanted to follow. Names ranged from 'Nuclear Family to Female Despondency'.

Then we voted for a name which was best liked by all three of us team members! In conclusion we chose the name "RedTide Rats" which best fit our future planned colour theme for our album and cover. We originally chose the name Blue Water Rats but ironically that had already been assumed by a real artist, showing us that we were at least on the right track and following codes and conventions admirably.The name also gives us some creative space to play around with the nouns presented. It overall gives a "toxic" and "sickly" vibe to the band with the mentioning of the "RedTide" phenomenon which ends up disrupting and killing Shore life. "Rats" which are commonly associated with disease. We have the option to incorporate these themes into our project or we can utilize it in a more positive manner. We'll be discussing these themes more in our future planning.

A messy Checklist

For deciding our album name we wanted something clever and catchy. We tried a similar process to when we were deciding an artist name but were having a slight difficultly coming up with good album names that got our energy right. We finally came across the name "Sarah Tonin" and we unanimously agreed upon it. It is a clever word play on "Serotonin" a neurotransmitter that is important for feeling happiness. Which in our opinion best fits our Band's themes of struggle for happiness.

Team discussion