Our Chosen Track

Below is the final decision on our track choice for our music video:

We chose this song out of a shortlist of 7 for different reasons:

1. It is a typical indie-rock song, featuring typical instruments such as electric guitars, bass guitar and drum kit.
2. The song has lyrics, which is an obvious requirement.
3. The lyrics have a clear meaning of growing up, with themes of friendship, which is something that fits in nicely with the ideas we have for our music video of the band bonding and messing around (lyrics are in the description on the video above on YouTube).
4. This song has a driving rhythm whilst also being surprisingly easy to listen to; i.e. it isn't a heavy song, which perhaps would need a more serious and edgy video: We want our video to be fun and easy to watch.
5. There are varying musical textures in the piece which we can use to connote different moods and styles in our video, such as the breakdown (2:12-2:36).

Another perk to using this song was that the song has a Creative Commons License, meaning we can use the song without seeking permission as long as we give credit to the band. Below is the summary of the license on the Dog is Dead soundcloud page: