DIY music used to consist of a C30 cassette of tunes which you'd recorded on a 4-track in your shed. You scrawled on it with some biro, or a felt tip if you were posh, shoved it in a jiffy bag and sent it to John Peel. But now, it's different, isn't it. Yes, it is. The Schema challenge is to record, distribute and promote a single from my bedroom in a 30-day timeframe. The resulting yacht-rock spectacular is called Those Rules You Made, and is released under the name The Schema on 20th August, via iTunes and a load of other online stores. My name is Rhodri, and this is the story...
	Buy The Single! from iTunes from us Our Links the VIDEO! rhodri.biz email MySpace Garageband PureVolume TagWorld Bebo Facebook App Assisted By drinkmilk Emu Bands likemind Lot 49 Films Marysia K HitSongScience DreamHost Mailing List Type email! Previous Posts VHS, DVD, 320x240 MPG Endless profiles Mathematical Potential Facebook Question Assessment What Do You Think? In The Shops What About The Music? Art Route MyGarageSpaceBand Archives July 2007 August 2007	Online Press I'm terrified of getting reviews, actually - I don't response very well to criticism, I tend to curl up into a ball, start blubbing, and then fire off furious ripostes to the person who dared criticise me. I'm not proud of this. Nevertheless, getting some reviews online is part of the process. So this morning I emailed out 13 MP3s along with this press release to writers or editors at 13 online webzines / music sites, namely: Yahoo, This Is Fake DIY, Subba Cultcha, Room Thirteen, Music News, Last Broadcast, Glasswerk, Gigwise, Drowned In Sound, Contact Music, BBC Collective and PlayLouder. Oh, and PopJustice. Making 14. I'm not expecting this intense PR activity to yield up particularly amazing results, but let's see what happens, before I start climbing Tower Bridge in a superhero action costume. Total spend: still £128.52 posted by The Schema at Tuesday, August 14, 2007   +=+=+