Wednesday, March 2, 2011

DYNAMIC SOULFUL ABSTRACT BLUES GROUP MARK CHRISTOPHER BAND DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT "WHAT'S IN A NAME"!

DYNAMIC SOULFUL ABSTRACT BLUES GROUP MARK CHRISTOPHER BAND DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT "WHAT'S IN A NAME" Mark Christopher Band Stands On Not Just Name Alone Dynamic soulful abstract group Mark Christopher Band went through the the same as many other bands do, actually on the prowl for a name that was available for their existing and growing fan base. They needed something dynamic, yet showed their band as soulful and in touch with the music. In other words, Mark Christopher band wanted to play abstract, but not distract in trying to be a step apart from the other groups playing the circuit. After listening to Mark Christopher Band, I'm sure many of their rising fans tried to pick a name that they could have easily settled on, even securing an entertainment attorney to file it with the Office of Trademark, or Library of Congress office.

The Super Internet Highway has surely become a battle ground for music groups over picking the exact same name or moniker. Hey, it happens. So it's much easier to keep a band name of a very dynamic nature like Mark Christopher Band, and keep it real. I mean, how many abstract dynamic soulful jazz blues groups are going to name themselves MARK CHRISTOPHER BAND? The versatile group always says that the name is their representative and is pretty much everything they've strived and slaved for. In the end, it's not the name, it's the music that becomes important. Likely when you hear or download a song from an unknown group you may catch halfway through on your way to the supermarket, you're more apt to remember the tune rather than the name of the band.

Mark Christopher band doesn't want to put out the monies to secure a top-notch trademark attorney, but if trouble arises, they are willing to do anything to keep their name safe. The band is already a "stand-alone" and hold their own in the music arena called Los Angeles CA! The bottom line here is that if there is another abstract, soulful, dynamic musical group out there named MARK CHRISTOPHER BAND, I guess they'll just have to co-exist.

But even more famous music acts come to mind when a name change is in order. A good example was when Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones started a new group. The music was fantastic and sounded like a cool running stream, flowing out nicely, but the real struggle here was picking a name for the new band. I think they ended up calling themselves "Them Crooked Vultures" or something like that, but the name had no connection to John Paul Jones, it was again, the music that counted more than a name, so why didn't he just do as Mark Christopher band had done, and name his new group The John Paul Jones Project?

It's not easy to find a name for a new band, or change a name of that band. Just Google your prospective music group names and you'll find someone in the far reaches of Africa has taken the very same name. Odds are that Mark Christopher Band is not taken except by Mark Christopher himself. It's amazing how every name is taken! Go to MySpace, Facebook, ReverbNation and other music spots and you'll probably see a chosen new band name you might have had in mind for your music project or group, and that's from Abba to ZZ Top!

Actually, if you are as dynamic and soulful like Mark Christopher Band, then you will have no need for the unavailable supplies of catchy musical group names, and that goes for 2-word band names as well. So a lot of new groups are starting to take on funny nonsensical marque type names. Again, it's the music, not the name of the band that will be the ultimate crowd pleaser who will walk away humming the tune rather than the name of the band.

Did you know that The Beatles were once The Silver Beetles? It was in honor of their music hero Buddy Holly and even Jerry Garcia found his group's name in a dictionary, so they said. And Jerry didn't call his group "Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead"!

The band agreed that the music was very open and fresh, and music veterans would certainly agree that Mark Christopher Band was already gaining momentum. They were starting to get known as The Mark Christopher Band. They know that changing a name can be disastrous. A great example would be a very unknown band who were invited In 1992, by Kurt Cobain of Nirvana to come on a worldwide tour with his band. The band was called Captain America and that is how the concert promoters set it up and printed it before the tour started. At that time, Cobain was at the height of his career, so Captain America was on their way to being signed by Atlantic Records, except one problem! Marvel Comics who owned the name "Captain America" sent a legal letter telling the band to "...cease-and-desist with the name", but the band had already released it's first record in the States so they quickly changed their band name.

That band's career was clobbered within 24 hours of the group name change. According to an A & R man, "Music listeners are given the chance to like a band 2 times, but most of the time those fans will not feel the same about the band or its music," he says. "Fans become confused and are not quite as sure as the first time, it's human nature," thus Mark Christopher Band keeps the group name abstract, interesting and even soulful as they are.

Mark Christopher band doesn't want to put out the monies to secure a top-notch trademark attorney, but if trouble arises, they are willing to do anything to keep their name safe. The band is already a "stand-alone" and hold their own in the music arena called Los Angeles CA! The bottom line here is that if there is another abstract, soulful, dynamic musical group out there named MARK CHRISTOPHER BAND, I guess they'll just have to co-exist.

But even more famous music acts come to mind when a name change is in order. A good example was when Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones started a new group. The music was fantastic and sounded like a cool running stream, flowing out nicely, but the real struggle here was picking a name for the new band. I think they ended up calling themselves "Them Crooked Vultures" or something like that, but the name had no connection to John Paul Jones, it was again, the music that counted more than a name, so why didn't he just do as Mark Christopher band had done, and name his new group The John Paul Jones Project?

It's not easy to find a name for a new band, or change a name of that band. Just Google your prospective music group names and you'll find someone in the far reaches of Africa has taken the very same name. Odds are that Mark Christopher Band is not taken except by Mark Christopher himself. It's amazing how every name is taken! Go to MySpace, Facebook, ReverbNation and other music spots and you'll probably see a chosen new band name you might have had in mind for your music project or group, and that's from Aerosmith to ZZ Top!

Actually, if you are as dynamic and soulful like Mark Christopher Band, then you will have no need for the unavailable supplies of catchy musical group names, and that goes for 2-word band names as well. So a lot of new groups are starting to take on funny nonsensical marque type names. Again, it's the music, not the name of the band that will be the ultimate crowd pleaser who will walk away humming the tune rather than the name of the band.

Did you know that The Beatles were once The Silver Beetles? It was in honor of their music hero Buddy Holly (& The Crickets)! Even Jerry Garcia found his group's name in a dictionary, so they said. And Jerry didn't call his group "Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead"!

It's about getting an identity going on due to the digital age coming of age. A band must now identify their act by the name first, so Mark Christopher Band seems to not have that problem and even the name of the group gives them a certain abstract soulful dynamic aura.

And after creating online profiles, joining all the social networks and making a MySpace page, the music will prevail. Now listeners are being reached worldwide. I don't think Mark Christopher Band will have a problem with their neutral name, it works for them, and is getting them gigs and other music projects. There is a great buzz going on with the band in general, and they are playing out a lot more than ever. Watch for them. You may hear or see them on Itunes really soon, but they will not rename their band "I Tunes" so relax and enjoy!

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