Just a quick note today. I have a few pieces hanging at Dunn Bros in Edina. See the address below. I believe there are about 5 pieces up and they’ll be showing all the month of November. Saturday morning I went through some old unpublished work and was inspired to re-work it a little. I’ve been spending much, if not all, of my time with ebandLive outside of doing anything creative. Unless you consider programming in Notepad creative. I hardly think so. Although things are settling down a bit.
Anyway, if you’re near the Dunn Bros store I hope you get a chance to see my work up. I will have another showing starting in January in the Uptown area of Minneapolis and by then I will have some brand new work for sure. Thanks!
I haven’t been adding much to the gallery here since my workload has increased with all the work going on at ebandlive. Which by the way, is launching next week! Go here if you’re interested. Next month my artwork will be showing at the Dunn Bros. on University Ave and 6th; just a mere two blocks from my apartment. Nice. If you’re in the ‘hood, stop by.
So Warped Tour was pretty cool. Katie and I got there around 10-ish. My favorites to watch were, Anberlin, Against Me!, Danger Is My Middle Name and Norma Jean. The little lady didn’t care for Norma Jean, but I thought their set was solid. It was great bumping into old friends there too.
Anyway, I have a new CD artwork project. My dad’s new CD! This is going to be an online/download only version. So I’ll be doing a photoshoot and the whole 9 yards. Neat.
Ok well, that’s all for now. It’s movie night and we’ve got two fresh DVDs to bust open. Adios kiddies…
Last night I finished the CD cover for Silver Streak’s EP. Yep, this is my band. The record is titled, Bombs Over Minneapolis. It’s a 7-song EP that will be soon be available on iTunes, eMusic, AmazonMP3 and all the others. This will be a digital/online only release available only at the above retailers. So be prepared to break out that iPod!
I’m guessing it will be available on iTunes somewhere around late August at best. I’ll be sure to post something here and on Myspace when it becomes available.
In the coming weeks, there will be a video to support the release of the record. I will post something here when that becomes available also.
I might have some band photo shoots coming in the upcoming weeks. Keep an eye out for that. Gotta run!
Beginning in September, there will be a sampling of Metrofader artwork at various Dunn Bros. across the city. The art tour will run for three months and will feature some old and some brand new never seen before artwork. I hope that you all get a chance to catch it.
September
East Lake Street
October
University Ave & 6th
November
Edina
Naturally I will post more details as the kickoff date gets closer. Keep it here to stay in touch.
I’m knee deep in the design of the Western Fifth album artwork. Turns out it’s going to be printed via 4-panel Digipak packaging. And as a nice little touch, they asked me to go nuts and put together an 11×17 full-color poster artwork piece that will be distributed along with the record. What a cool touch for those looking forward to purchasing the physical CD as opposed to downloading the music via iTunes. Plus, I get to go one step further with the dark, brooding theme we’ve got going with the artwork. Neat.
What was cool about the record is that I got to use some of my unused stock photography for the photomanipulated cover. Along with using several old and new photos of mine, I also got the chance to design the new logo. They were looking for a “flourish” detailed style logo. I wanted to add a “Western” feel, since they are sort of an alt Country band, and I think I pulled it off with the decorative type. It looks good and I think the band is happy with it. That’s all that matters, so…..yeah.
Anyway, so here’s a sneak peek at the artwork cover. The band seems to dig it and so should you. You can click on the image to see a bigger version.
Ok so I’m slowly getting used to the new look. I’ll be tweaking it some more. The gallery is coming soon. My prints will still be available on Imagekind as always. As I mentioned before we are rearranging the studio and will be selling prints here as well. So instead of just a studio space, it will be somewhat of a gallery of my artwork too. Neat.
In other news, the Western Fifth album artwork is coming along. I will be posting a preview of the cover real soon. The Silver Streak album artwork is coming at a slower pace though. I just haven’t found that inspiration yet. It will come…
PS - I decided to share an old slideshow video I did of my previous work.
Alright I gotta go, the guy is here to fix the A/C!
Welcome to the new version of Metrofader.com. I hope that this version of the site will be pretty enough to look at and functional enough for the next several months to come.
The new studio is open and things are looking up. We have development computers, internet access, furniture but we’re not quite done. Hopefully in the next two months not only will we have a sweet looking studio but we’ll have Metrofader artwork on the walls. Anyway, that is all I can write for now. Please keep it here…
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