After the huge success of Neon Trees, some other bands were quick to follow in gaining national notoriety. First up was a band called Fictionist. Fictionist was selected by Rolling Stones magazine to be in a contest whose winner would be put on the cover of Rolling Stones magzine. They got a number of unsigned bands from around the country, and it is a testament to the growing reputation of Provo that a band was selected.
Fictionist gained a bunch of facebook fans, and a lot of attention, from being in this contest. They did not win the contest. But they made a big enough impact to get signed by Atlantic records, which was a huge accomplishment.
Th above video is a "vlog" or video blog, which shows some of the new ways bands are interacting with fans in the digital age. So after Fictionist came another band that has made the Biggest waves out of Provo yet. Imagine Dragons, Who broke out in a number of ways. One of which was building bringing a lot of people to their shows at Velour music gallery in provo. (I will talk more about Velour in the next Blog post). The other was being selected to play in the Provo Rooftop Concert series, which allowed them to make an impact on the larger part of Provo and is said by some within the Provo Music scene to be there turning point in terms of starting to gain a lot more notoriety. Interestingly, it was another occidental saloon video that paired with this increased exposure to really break imagine dragons out and get them signed to a major label.
So here we have been given a quick introduction to the biggest bands to have come out of Provo, and seen that for most of them it was a combination of old and new routes (having success in Live shows as well as on the newer medium of Youtube videos) that got them major notoriety. Up next is a look at the mid level bands and the routes they are taking to follow aforementioned, and whether they are succeeding in the realm of the digital.
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