Project Planning

See Gavin's blog for the paperwork and his January posts with Style influences and Musical influences

Freefall's Preferences

I've asked Bethany from Freefall for which out of the Retrofuzz websites she prefers, so I have an idea as to the design style they like best :

"Hi Jo,

I really like the layout of 'blood red shoes',

and the simplicity of some of the others, such as David Ford

and Hard-Fi.


I'm also liking the styles of Al Murphy,

HelloGoodbye

and The Coral,

the way it draws you in with some of the quirky and different stuff thats on the page.

Hope it's a bit of a help,
:-)
xx"
Bethany Dimmock


This was a really good exercise as she picked different websites to what I thought she would! I will get together a mood board of arbitrary images to again get an idea of colours and styles that the whole band are drawn to

Retrofuzz

Richard from Embrace's brother (J McNamara) runs the company Retrofuzz. Below are screen shots of all their latest work. I've attached all these so Freefall can have a look and tell me which designs they're drawn to the most



Recent work they've done

Advice from Embrace!

Picture of Band


Information about the band in Wikipedia



Emails with Richard McNamara from Embrace

Jo
Hi Richard, it's Joanna Flynn (Cook) from Hipperholme. How are you doing these days? Obviously I know you're in Embrace but besides that?

My bro (Frankie Cook) is getting married in October and lives in Dublin now. I've set up my own web design company which is going well so far!

My lasting memory of you is falling asleep in exams and snoring and Fritz tutting at you! Oh those were the days ha!

Anyway just wanted to email you for a bit of advice really. My friends daughter is in a band called Freefall. They go to Brighouse High School. Anyway I've just listened to them play and they were fantastic! I was really impressed! Can you give any nuggets of advice for them? Any ideas for where to go from here? They're probably most like the band Paramore. They're only 12 - 14 in age but very good for their age.

Anyway like I said, any advice would be appreciated!

Thanks
Jo


Richard
Hey Joanna Flynn (Cook) from Hipperholme...... My bro has a web design company as well, check 'em out.... www.retrofuzz.com they do bands and stuff ....
My advice to them is.... Get an amazing manager!!!
Not your mate who fancies a go at it .... !!!!
Not yer dad ... !!!!!
But a proper manager who has contacts and experience, preferably London based!!
If they're as good as you say they are, and as young, then it shouldn't be too much trouble ....
Ask them who their favorite bands are... Then find out who manages them..... Then send them ALL a good quality demo CD and see what response you get......
Go for meetings etc....
Get a deal....

See you in the charts!!!

it's a piece of piss... ;v)

Much Love

Rx


Jo
Hello again!

Wow! I'm really impressed with your brother's web company! Some great designs and for high profile bands too! I might in fact be asking him for some advice too ha!... cos for my last project (graphic design degree course) I'm gonna be designing Freefall a website. I normally do fairly standard small business websites so it'll be a challenge to build something interactive and accessible at the same time! My website is www.refreshingwebdesign.co.uk

And thanks for the advice, you make it sound so easy ;-) Let's hope they get noticed, and then you never know! Bethany (the lead singer) is the daughter of some really good friends of mine, so just wanna help as much as I can.

How are things going for Embrace now? Are you releasing anything new this year?

Jo
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Freefall's First Gig

See Gavin's Post

I was astounded with how good they were. Ok so the sound wasn't quite right at first (the guitar was too loud and you couldn't hear Bethany sing at first) but by the 3rd song they were really cooking!... really excellent. I can see them doing really well in time and after some more experience playing live.

I was so excited I contacted Richard McNamara from the band Embrace. I used to go to the same school as him and as they are a very successful band I thought it worth asking for some advice!

Change of Name

Fragment of Imagination are now Freefall!

Excellent name!!!!!!!!!!