Progress?

Alright. I’ve never really been that into this blogging thing really, to be honest I’ve never really seen the attraction in it, but since starting this I feel I really should be giving some sort of update on reaction / progress since we started.

What’s the point & why bother? Well originally the plan for Tiny Elephant, about 2 years ago, was to find bands and release records with the first project being a compilation CD featuring 10 bands from Baltimore. Not exactly the most original idea eh? Anyway, in order to do this we figured we would obviously have to attract bands, and what did we have to offer? Well – not much really - 2 guys with an idea of starting up a label, no money and no reputation. Baltimore already has many bands doing their own thing, releasing records and selling merchandise, any band worth their salt are doing this. We figured we’d wait for something to jump out at us.

Inspiration came in a weird way, I was listening to NPR and they had a section on podcasting – the guy they featured was a guy called Mark at the Tartanpodcast, he was podcasting unsigned and independent bands out of Scotland, and doing it very well. To be honest though, at that point I was just enjoying the music on the tartanpodcast, I am a bit slow though.

Tiny Elephant were concentrating on one band at this point, hoping to put out an EP for a local band. It was summer, we were being lazy. After a few months of listening to a few podcasts, and the implosion of the band we were focusing on we figured finding something new was the best option. So why podcast? – In short everybody gets something for nothing really, bands would get exposure, if people listened, we would get to find new bands, new music, quality music - and of course everybody would get to have a bit of fun.

So, to the real point, what’s been happening since we started? Well the response we’ve had from all the bands we’ve played has been fantastic, everyone seems to be glad to be getting involved and spreading word about the telecast. We’re going to be continuing pretty much as we have been, putting out quality local music, and also some from out of state – but the more we get from Baltimore the more we’ll play. Once we get technically better, we’d love to do some in-studio work with a few bands and do some session shows. Indeed we’ve already had some interest from a few bands interested in getting us down to their rehearsal space to record – we will be following this up and if you’ve any ideas, we’re always open. It’s also the plan to record some live shows and maybe some backstage stuff with artists also, again dependent on us ironing out some technical stuff. As well as that, we’ll hopefully be able to work on some band nights in Baltimore – after all, the whole idea is to enjoy the music.

Eventually we may put out some records, but at the moment I think we’ll be sticking to the podcast. Cheers, Michael.

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