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Alright...want your opinions regarding CD Artwork, Etc.
Alrighty, here we go! I got this stuff from the company today. I don't have a scanner, so I took digital photos of everything. So far, I only have one strong opinion of something that needs to be changed, but I'd sure appreciate any other input.
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OPEN THE CD AND YOU'LL SEE...
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I love the cover, but who the heck is that ugly dude on the back? He kinda looks like my coach in Tournament Dreams.
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OK. That's it. The poster looks pretty much exactly like the front cover of the CD, with the picture of me playing guitar added at the bottom of the poster. Feel free to rip it apart, as this isn't my work, it is the artwork provided by the company I've hired.
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lookin good
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dola:
just gave it another look... the front looks like it was just thrown together. It's not very cohesive... and i think you should use the shot of you playing guitar sitting in the trunk on the front cover |
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Oh...the one thing that I definitely want to change: I think that the guitar on the cover looks cheap. I like having an acoustic guitar, but not THAT one. I talked to them about it already, and they've said they can replace it at no charge with a picture of my guitar that I will provide.
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Skydog, I like the cover, love the book pages, and like the CD. I think a different picture of you on the back would be better.
One thing about the cover, it makes me think of sea songs.
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dola
you cover reminded me of ![]() http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc900/c905/c9057017lyf.jpg
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yeah the pogues! they're f'in awesome! thing is, i think skydog has better teeth than shane macgowan does
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maybe its the map. I am not saying there is anything wrong with it, just telling you what I think when I see it.
edit: I like the picture of you sitting in the trunk of a car.
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Looking at it again, I tend to agree with Fritz about the photo on the back. There's too much white in the photo, while the rest of the back is kind of dark. It makes the photo jump out too much.
I like the front cover, but a different guitar might be a good idea. |
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I think the photo on back needs to be cut down in size a little bit and more focused on your mug.
Otherwise it looks great! Love the water on it. |
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I don't see a thanks for FOFC in there...and is that first name under "Thanks to" Dave Dial?
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Ksyrup:
Funny you should mention that. That is another change that I had already planned on making, adding a thanks "to all the boyz at FOFC." And no, that's Dave DAULT! Dave Dault is a guy I knew back in high school. I ran back into him here in Atlanta recently and he helped me get a few gigs at some places around town.
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This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
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Cool! An inside joke on a real CD that I'm in on!
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I think you should list us individually.
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Do you have MP3's where I can hear your stuff?
I see you live in Tucker. I am from Atlanta, in Seattle now. Are you playing in the Atlanta area? |
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Neel:
This thread has links to three MP3's. I play some in the Atlanta area, but a limited amount. Music is not my full-time vocation, nor do I have any intention of making it so. --Ben
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I think the cover would look interesting if you just left the ocean, and the off-set title. Drop both the guitar and the map.
I'm an music-artwork snob though, owning roughly 1,000 albums. |
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I was thinking something more personal for each of us like:
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I'm going to agree with what some of the others said. While overall it looks very nice, the picture on the back just doesn't look like it fits in with the rest of the artwork. Maybe if you had another picture which isn't so white. Or have it focus in your face.
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Agree with everything here; back photo is perhaps a bit too casual, but everything else is very, very nice.
As a part-time writer and musician myself ![]() So that's my take. Now, back to my techno remix of "Daddy." ![]() JMS |
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funny, that's the first thing I noticed as well
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My reaction is to put the front artwork on the back (which matches the inside artwork) and put the car photo one on the front. "Things I Know For Sure" has nothing to do with a guitar and the ocean, which are best relegated as a secondary theme. The primary theme is "I" which would suggest an artistic/musical picture of you.
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I really like the rough seas look. Maybe just use the water and centering Ben E Lou/Things I Know For Sure on that and remove the guitar and map completely from the cover?
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Great input guys. Keep it coming. She Who Must Be Obeyed and I will sit down in a day or two and make some final decisions.
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Maybe a little late for suggestions such as this, but perhaps it might make your second album (Things 2 know for sure).
When I think of the title "Things I know for Sure", it invokes the following thought - a chalkboard with 2+2=4 and E=mc2 and even perhaps "The sky is blue and the grass is green" and finally, since it sounds as if this is aimed primarily at a YoungLife or religious audience, "Jesus Loves Me". Those would be things that I know for sure. $0.02 However, regarding the current artwork, front cover (with new guitar) looks pretty cool. I agree with those who suggest a reworked or different back cover photo. I vote for the Titanic picture myself. Would work very nicely with the nautical theme. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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I'm with that suggestion, but think the text would look best off-center. |
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Geez. That is a GREAT suggestion. It would cost me pretty handsomely at this point to complete re-work the thing though. I sent Disc Makers a letter with some general thoughts to get them going on the design. This was the pertinent section: Quote:
Incidentally, it is intentional that I don't have overt spiritual references anywhere on the outside of the CD. Despite most of the songs being Christ-themed, much of my typical audience is not heavily "churched."
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OK, look guys. I have some comments.
1) This is a freakin MUSIC CD people! 2) The front cover should be plain white, with artists name, and album title printed in black (preferably, Arial font). 3) inside flap, no need to print anything. 4) back cover, list the song titles. That's it. 5) CD label, hmm. That's a toughie. My preference would be to have a plain CD, but if you want to get fancy, go ahead and print the song names, even though you have already duplicated that information on the back, and thus it is redundant. 6) None of this "Ben E Lou" stuff. Come on. "Mr. Ben Lewis" is more than sufficient. 7) Ben, a constructive critical comment. Instead of spending all this time on the CD artwork, why not go back and double check the compression settings on your vocals on the song "Daddy?" Wallah - you now have the perfect text-based music CD. :^) |
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Oh, wait...is this one them thar metefers?
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Then you could have simply replaced "Jesus Loves Me" with "Roses are Red" or "I'm your father, Luke". ![]() ![]()
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Where'd you send it? I haven't seen anything come through on either my work email addy or my home email addy.
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Hasn't come through yet. #$(*& email system. I'll let you know once I get it.
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Got it. Let you know once I've listened.
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Ahh...just kidding of course.
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