Looking for an artist

When looking for an artist to use for our video there are many things we have to consider.

Copyright
Copyright laws state that we can not use songs without permission. Because of this it would be easier for us to use an unsigned artist as their music is uncopyrighted and it is easier to obtain permission from them. With signed artists there would be many issues with obtaining permission. For example, permission would have to be gained from their record label rather than them and usually the record labels charge for the right to use the songs.

Where to find music
Most artists today post their music online which means you can search for artists from all over the world in just a few seconds.There are many websites available that allow you to search for unsigned artists. Examples of such websites are: unsigned.com,Sound cloud and Youtube. We will be using all these sites to browse for our artist.

Ideal track
An ideal track for us to use would have to have catchy lyrics that are easy to learn and easy to lip sync to and it must be good enough lyrically and musically so that we can create a strong music video with it.

Genres to avoid
The Genres we've been told to avoid are: Rap, Country, dubstep and anything that is not in english.

Rap - The reason we've been told to avoid rap is that this genre contains some extreme obscure language, sexual references and references to illegal activity. Also, many rap songs tend to be quite fast paced which means the lyrics will be hard to lip sync.

Country - The reason we have been told to avoid country songs is that they need a particular accent and where we are not from a place which has that sort of accent we may pronounce words differently leading to a problem when lip syncing and trying to sync the track and the video together.

Dubstep music - The reason we have been advised not to create a video to a dubstep song is that most dubstep songs contain barley any lyrics which would mean very little lip syncing. Considering as lip synching is one of the aspects we are graded on this would not be a good choice for a music video.  This wouldn't work as the work needs to include lip-syncing.