Audience Profile: Music Profile: Festivals and other bands

Similar Artists:

Below are some artists/bands that are similar to Daniel Cope's music.


MUMFORD AND SONS







"Since they formed in December 2007, the members of Mumford & Sons have shared a common purpose: to make music that matters, without taking themselves too seriously. Four young men from
West London in their early twenties, they have fire in their bellies, romance in their hearts, and rapture in their masterful, melancholy voices. 
Mumford & Sons are: Marcus Mumford, Country Winston Marshall, Ben Lovett, and Ted Dwane."
Taken from the Mumford And Sons official website http://www.mumfordandsons.com 


Mumford And Sons are a very popular folk rock band from the UK. They use a range of instruments including guitar, drums, mandolin, keyboards, accordion, banjo, dobro and vocals. 
They've performed at festivals such as Glastonbury and Latitude Festival, thus targeting audiences of festival-goers and particularly people of the teens and early 20s age group.
Their music is of the same acoustic genre as Daniel Cope's, mainly uses the same instruments of guitar and vocals.


Fan sites:
http://mumfordfans.com/ The Unofficial Fan Site
http://forum.mumfordandsons.com/
http://www.facebook.com/mumfordandsons
http://www.mumfordsons.com/

This is the album cover for Mumford & Sons Sigh No More. It has an artistic, photographic feel as well as being quite retro, suiting the band. It also shows the band themselves. 




BON IVER





Bon Iver official site: http://boniver.org/


"Bon Iver is a folk band founded in 2007 by American indie folk singer-songwriter Justin Vernon. It includes Michael Noyce, Sean Carey, and Matthew McCaughan. Vernon released Bon Iver's debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago independently in July 2007. " Taken from Wikipedia: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Iver

The instruments used by Bon Iver include vocals, drums, piano, baritone & acoustic guitars, and bass. Bon Iver have also played at Glastonbury Festival.


The acoustic/vocal genre of Bon Iver is very similar to the music of Daniel Cope.

This is Bon Iver's album cover. It is primarily a photo, which reminds me of those shared on Flickr. The writing is in white on a black background, and in a font that looks handwritten. The whole album has an artistic feel.

Ed Sheeran







Ed Sheeran is a young singer/songwriter, thus similar to our artist Daniel Cope.
He uses vocals and acoustic guitar, the same as Daniel Cope.
He is incredibly popular amongst teenagers, fans of festivals, and people in their 20s. This is the audience that Daniel Cope would attract with his music.

The album cover for Sheeran is very simplistic, showing the artist himself. The image has very strong lighting. 

Again, the cover to paolo's album Live Sessions is simplistic as it is black and white. Importantly the image shows the artist himself. He also has another album which contrasts to this, As it is a cartoon drawn of Paolo, very colourful and artistic.

Festivals: 

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The festival I have chosen which best suits my artist is Latitude Festival, because it’s a traditional festival, with mostly independent music acts, artists and bands. It is well known for the wide variety of genres that perform on its 4 arenas. This festival suits our artist, Daniel Cope’s acoustic pop genre well. Similar acts have played here, including Ed Sheeran and Paolo Nutini. 

The website reveals that the audience is of the age range 16-25. This is notable by the links at the top of the page, to Facebook and Spotify, renowned for its use by young adults. However there is also a link to Twitter and forums, which suggest use by a more mature user and possibly families. 

The website is very creative and arty as it is drawn using computer graphics of plants and flowers, rather than photographs. This reflects Latitude festival as a fun, creative and inspiring event, and emphasizes the hippie-ish style it has adopted from the traditional 1960s festivals.

The festival takes place in july every year at Southwold, Suffolk.               

The location is a calm seaside town where families can go to escape urban everyday life.  Southwold is surrounded by fields and countryside, further emphasizing the traditional feel of the festival in comparison with some other festivals.