maybe you can use something like https://itty.bitty.site/edit to copy/paste it
Yeah that is worth some thought. I was actually going to extract everyoneâs thinking into statements or something to unpick it but have yet to do that.
So for clarity for those not at Member level yet, originally the naming was to be something like Null, but UAN was formed out of experiencing many systems such as distribution or online tools, needing required fields filled out, which somewhat fixes our creative approach. One of the fields in Bandcamp is âArtist / band nameâ which has obvious reasons for it. UAN is a nod to Unrequested Artist / band name*. It also stands for Unique Application Number to track Visa applications, something me and my wife have basically lived under for as long as I can remember such is the UK Home Offices unhelpful and biased system. I canât say this was in our mind when created this for the releases but was fitting and amusing. We had a t-shirt made similarly named Unrequested Genre Specification.
The intent is to challenge our engagement in music over artist, and as artists and collaborators opening possibilities in community and creative output focused around the output itself over who done it and everything that comes with that. Itâs not really about being anonymous but more about creating ambiguity and shifting thinking and engagement.
Itâs as much a creative approach as it is how we present the output really. I was certainly getting really confused recording under a few different aliases and basically wanted to free myself up and combined with the other thinking and experiences and the feedback (there was a fair amount of challenge) in the thread I linked to, formed the UAN output.