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Its the best thing to happen to area bands since the
invention of the college radio station.
CBS Epic Records and the publishers of the College Media
Journal have chosen, from a total of 300 bands entered,
the ten best unsigned acts in the country and have put them
on an album which should flood record stores across the
nation any day now. It's an opportunity any area band would
relish simply because of all the support behind it, and Chapel
Hill's own Pressure Boys are among the lucky ten.
CMJ is a trade magazine which comes out every two weeks
across the country. It is very slanted toward new music and
receives input from over 500 industries nation-wide. The
album is the cover story in the new issue.
Of course the bands on the album, including groups with
names such as Blue Sparks From Hell and The Criminals,
will not just get publicity from the project. They actually
get something of a brighter future because CBS now has
the rights to sign any or all of them.
' This was not an accident," said Robert Haber, publisher
of CMJ. "They were looking for groups, and they were
pursuing mainly the college market, so they're looking at
them as label bands."
Being looked at this way by a company like CBS is
especially good for the Pressure Boys, who have been together
for four years and have never been presented with a major
prospect like this one. Though they have received nation
wide airplay on various college radio stations, opened for
bands like Bow Wow Wow and Duran Duran, and recorded
two EPs since 1983, the prospect of backing from CBS is
something new for the group. And it may be just what they
need.
The selection process which eliminated the 290 bands not
on the album was composed of three phases. The first
depended almost entirely upon the top 300 college radio
stations in the country (one of which was UNC's own
WXYC), determined by the trmn' awarene of it own
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Rivers was reliving the nightmare of
last year's game in the locker room
Sunday after the game. "Last year they
stole it from us on a freak play," Rivers
said. This year they beat us."
The Notre Dame drought took an
obvious toll on its coach. The morti
cian's son, Digger Phelps, clad approp
riately in a black suit, looked drawn
and tired as he was asked about his
team's eight-minute disappearing act.
"We had open shots," he said, "we
just weren't hitting them." The coach
of the Fighting Irish knows all too well
.that if open shots are missed they Ye as
useful to him as a three-leaf clover. ,
local music scene and how representative it is of the college
community. The stations were asked to choose their top
ten local bands and to send that list, along with a tape of
the first band on the list.
"We really left it to them," Haber said. "We told the people
at the stations we were depending on them to be our ears."
The second phase began with the 300 tapes sitting in the
CMJ offices in New York, waiting for the editorial staff
of the magazine to weed out the worst. At this point (phase
three), five people from Epic Records judged the remaining
1 10 tapes and got the count down to 20, which were then
ranked in order of their preference, a list which was cut
from the bottom, leaving the top ten.
"What was remarkable was the type of music we found,"
Haber said. "There was a lot of folk music. We expected
a lot of Tears For Fears, R.E.M. and U2 clones, and what
we got was really surprising, and very good."
The Pressure Boys' song which appears on the album is
"Where the Cowboys Went," a cut from their Rangledoon
EP. The song is not typical of the band's reggae-type
repertoire, but it may have been this difference which got
the song on the album.
The record, simply entitled Epic Records and CMJ Present
Ten of America's Best Unsigned Acts, is only the first of
many planned to come as results of annual selection
processes. This one will, like the subsequent albums, provide
consumers with a chance to vote for their favorite song on
the album. The album for 1985 is scheduled for release in
September instead of January of the following year so that
the winner can be announced on MTV's New Music Awards
Show, which CMJ produces.
"By giving the record buyer the chance to vote for his
favorite song we're really able to take it to the streets," Haber
said. "The bands will get the support from CBS through
its marketing campaign and radios will provide the airplay.
After that, it's left up to the spaghetti theory of throwing
it against the wall and seeing what sticks."
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he reason for the delay.
". . . (The proposal) needed consid
erable staff time, which individual
members didn't have," she said. "We
seemed to make a lot of progress when
Belton was in the Office of Student
Affairs. ... He was a central person
pushing us to meet deadlines and submit
our work, and that's what you need
when you have a committee like this."
Stone said she believed Student
Affairs might have tried initially to limit
the BCC to an office in the Student
Union.
"I really think that is what some
people had in mind initially," she said.
"But some people on the committee
made it absolutely clear they would not
proceed if that was the case. I personally
never limited the concept. I did not wish
to be a party to something that was
already an accomplished fact in the
Office of Student Affairs."
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Resume. According to Webster's, it
is a short account of one's career and
qualifications prepared by an appli
cant for a position. According to most
students, , it is something they must
prepare, but would rather not. In any
case, resume is a word most college
juniors and seniors should be thinking
about.
Planning and writing a resume can
be cause for anxiety, after considering
job objectives, education, experience,
skills and references. Form consider
ation also is important.
"Students should feel some amount
of anxiety over preparing a resume,"
said Sharon Wiatt, assistant director
of University Career Planring and
Placement Services. "It's not always
easy to prepare a resume, and at times
students do panic." .
For students uncertain of what to
include on a resume or which form
to follow, UCPPS may be able to help.
Tips on Writing Resumes and Cover
Letters" is a free memo available to
students from UCPPS. Included in the
memo are suggestions on what infor
mation to include on a resume, proper
wording and a basic format to follow.
In addition to the memo, UCPPS
also provides a placement manual
each semester. This manual contains
dates for resume drops, interviewing
techniques and more general informa
tion about resumes and cover letters.
UCPPS also holds resume writing
workshops throughout each semester.
"Our resume writing workshops hit
the highlights of resume writing,"
Wiatt said. "Students can learn the
rights and wrongs, plus they have the
chance to ask questions."
When beginning a resume, the first
thing a student should do is decide
on a career . objective. Ninety-nine
percent of employers ask for an
objective or clear statement of what
the student wants to do, Wiatt said.
Students need to begin their
resumes at least two semesters before
graduating, according to Wiatt. In
addition, juniors looking for intern
ships need to begin a resume in the
fall or early spring of the school year.
For the basic resume, UCPPS
counselors suggest including a job
objective, education information, job
experience and references.
A job objective can be a statement
of career plans and skills and should
be very specific.
Education should include degree,
major area, the name of the institution
and the date of graduation. Most
recent education should be listed first.
UCPPS counselors encourage stu
dents to include their GPA on the
resume if they are interviewing on
campus.
When listing work experience,
students should include both paid and
unpaid jobs, internships, volunteer
work and job responsibilities.
Students can make references avail
able on request or can list the names
and addresses at the end of the resume.
UCPPS counselors
strong action verbs and
instead of sentences,
should be one page
graduate.
"One thing I stress
there are no errors on
Wiatt said. "Errors on"
suggest using
short phrases
The resume
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is make sure
the resume,"
a resume just
do not speak well of an institution."
UCPPS has a manual that lists all
printers in the Chapel Hill area.
Suzanne Hicks, of Meridian Lines,
said students carl choose from five
different resume formats.
"We typeset resumes, but we stress
content over form," Hicks said. "The
content is the most important thing."
"We also suggest that students
update their resumes, even after
finding a job," Hicks said.
Wiatt said both form and content
are extremely important on a resume,
and that employers expect a well
prepared resume.
Students should not include photos,
height, weight and health information
and should also be wary of including
religious, political and social affilia
tions on the resume.
UCPPS counselors are available to
critique student resumes. If minor
changes are needed, students may
come by during the drop-in hours of
10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Monday through
Thursday. However, students need to
schedule an appointment if major
changes are necessary.
Students who have completed
resumes and are ready to interview can
sign up in Hanes Hall to meet
company recruiters. In order to do sq,
students should attend the Orientation
Workshop, which explains the process
of resume drops and interviews.
Orientation workshops are scheduled .
throughout each semester.
"Job hunting is a skill, and a person
may need to submit a resume many
times during his life," Wiatt said. "It's
important for a student to develop this
skill while still in school."
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