Which name would you prefer?
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 7:22 pmThe band has been going through this discussion for a while now. One problem we've been having is that a lot of people don't know how to spell or say HaleAmano. And really have a hard time remembering it.
We've had our name spelled HALEMANO- HALOMANO- HAILMANO-HALEOMANO, more time than not. It's pretty rare these days for any random venue to spell our name right on fliers.
The name is pronounced (ha-lay-ah-mon-o), and most people say (hail-ee-a-man-o) or (hail-mon-o) or (hail-ee-mon-o) even when we're being introduced by announcers at our bigger shows.
Some of the guys in the band are frustrated by it. It becomes a real battle to get people to remember our name, even 5-seconds after you tell them. "What is it again??" "How do you say that?" "can you spell that for me again?"
Some people in the band don't think it's a big deal, while others do think it's a big deal. There are a couple of guys who think it's too hard for an average person to say, because it looks like a Spanish word to them (even though it's Hawaiian). We even have a member of our band who is from Mexico, and he says that actually in Spanish "Haleamano" translates to "pull with your hand", which a term used to describe masturbation.
So there are people in the band who want to consider calling the band HOUSE OF THE SHARKS to make it easier for English speaking people to say, spell, and remember. And there are others who think the name would be too long, thus, just as hard to remember and don't like the idea.
I want to put the question to the Bandmixers.
Which name would you prefer if you were in this band?
We've had our name spelled HALEMANO- HALOMANO- HAILMANO-HALEOMANO, more time than not. It's pretty rare these days for any random venue to spell our name right on fliers.
The name is pronounced (ha-lay-ah-mon-o), and most people say (hail-ee-a-man-o) or (hail-mon-o) or (hail-ee-mon-o) even when we're being introduced by announcers at our bigger shows.
Some of the guys in the band are frustrated by it. It becomes a real battle to get people to remember our name, even 5-seconds after you tell them. "What is it again??" "How do you say that?" "can you spell that for me again?"
Some people in the band don't think it's a big deal, while others do think it's a big deal. There are a couple of guys who think it's too hard for an average person to say, because it looks like a Spanish word to them (even though it's Hawaiian). We even have a member of our band who is from Mexico, and he says that actually in Spanish "Haleamano" translates to "pull with your hand", which a term used to describe masturbation.
So there are people in the band who want to consider calling the band HOUSE OF THE SHARKS to make it easier for English speaking people to say, spell, and remember. And there are others who think the name would be too long, thus, just as hard to remember and don't like the idea.
I want to put the question to the Bandmixers.
Which name would you prefer if you were in this band?
