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After finally being happy enough with a tune to actually want to share it, every damn artist name I come up with is already taken. Been three days off and on trying to think of something, tried random name generators, looking through books, song titles... and when I finally think "OK, crap name but it'll do", a quick Google shows it's already taken.

(In other news, a pandemic is looming and the economy is tanking even more than before)

Give yourself a number. It will most likely not be mine.

Call yourself Cosplasmaboop

I bet that's not taken

chevthewizard wrote:Call yourself Cosplasmaboop

I bet that's not taken

You're right, it's not. I played with it for a bit. Nope, not feeling it...

Rave wrote:Use your real name.

Nah, Arnold George Dorsey isn't very funky, is it?

dazzer wrote: Nah, Arnold George Dorsey isn't very funky, is it?

"Goldenrod Or A Geyser" is though!!! no?!

I would go for a play on words like "See My Circle" or "Fun Queue"... or maybe not...

your right.. i'm jealous of people with cool names, why couldn't I have been called Amon Tobin?
a self given pseudonym has never felt like a good idea to me either.
i'm only called danzel on here cause my name is dan and somebody used to call me danzel washington for no particular reason.

dazzer wrote: Nah, Arnold George Dorsey isn't very funky, is it?

sounds like a music hall name to me, like you should be playing the spoons or doing ventriloquism or summat

i reckon nicknames given to you by your mates are always the best, what would they call you?

or just 'dorsey' sounds quite cool to me..

dazzer wrote:Nah, Arnold George Dorsey isn't very funky, is it?

Dude...... that's the funkiest name I've heard in ages. Seriously stick with that! If I had a decent name like that I'd defo be using it. You can be AGD for short as well.

I was joshing about Arnold George Dorsey (l2Google!) Tis a cool name tho', maybe I should use it...

I love simple, impact names, Klaxons, Aphex Twin, Soulwax, these are great names IMO.

eco wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Gr ... al_figures

I'll give it a look. already read thru the periodic table and a list of Scrabble approved 3-letter words.

trevorc wrote: i reckon nicknames given to you by your mates are always the best, what would they call you?

They call me dazzer.

Try an anagram of a cool existing name (why not yours, btw?), it may result in someting even cooler.

Another vote for Cosplasmaboop.

dazzer wrote:I love simple, impact names, Klaxons, Aphex Twin, Soulwax, these are great names IMO.

And there you've hit on it - the x is crucial!

Names are so hard, right there with you.

Daxxter