The Schema: Web ranking

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...

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When I misguidedly chose the name "The Schema" for this project, and then my friend Dicky said to me "Oh, The Schemer?" and I said "No, Schema, with an A", I obviously realised that I'd ballsed up by choosing a name which you'd have to spell out to people. Not a problem that The Farm or ABC ever encountered. Then I looked up "Schema" on Google, and of course I get a shitload of sites about javascript programming. For a band attempting to promote itself on the internet, that's a pretty poor showing.

But, to my surprise, searching for "The Schema" on Google does actually bring up this site; 10th in the ranking if you put quotes around the phrase, and 11th if you don't. Perhaps, just perhaps, I might be able to get that up to the top 5 with the help of a few people. Who knows what effect it might have on mp3 sales. None, probably. But it helps to stroke my ego. If you have a website, or a blog with a links bar, could you stick it in? The Schema. www.theschema.co.uk. It doesn't have to be high up. Just there. Somewhere. Let's see what happens.

posted by The Schema at Sunday, August 19, 2007

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	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 Online Press VHS, DVD, 320x240 MPG Endless profiles Mathematical Potential Facebook Question Assessment What Do You Think? In The Shops What About The Music? Art Route Archives July 2007 August 2007	Web ranking When I misguidedly chose the name "The Schema" for this project, and then my friend Dicky said to me "Oh, The Schemer?" and I said "No, Schema, with an A", I obviously realised that I'd ballsed up by choosing a name which you'd have to spell out to people. Not a problem that The Farm or ABC ever encountered. Then I looked up "Schema" on Google, and of course I get a shitload of sites about javascript programming. For a band attempting to promote itself on the internet, that's a pretty poor showing. But, to my surprise, searching for "The Schema" on Google does actually bring up this site; 10th in the ranking if you put quotes around the phrase, and 11th if you don't. Perhaps, just perhaps, I might be able to get that up to the top 5 with the help of a few people. Who knows what effect it might have on mp3 sales. None, probably. But it helps to stroke my ego. If you have a website, or a blog with a links bar, could you stick it in? The Schema. www.theschema.co.uk. It doesn't have to be high up. Just there. Somewhere. Let's see what happens. posted by The Schema at Sunday, August 19, 2007 +=+=+