hey all, after months and months of hard work, we officially launched ebandLive.com today. ebandLive provides professionally designed band (music) websites backed by a powerful content management system with loads of features. The company was founded by me and started out as an idea I had back in 2005. Obviously I sat on the idea for a very long time before finally acting on it in 2006. But it wasn’t until December of 2007 that I got things in order enough to begin architecting this massive undertaking. Now that ebandLive is off the ground there is still much work to do. Let me tell ya, there are so many great things to come. I’m so excited!
Western Fifth’s “Stand Like A Thief” has officially been printed. I got my copy a few days ago. It looks great. Be sure to pick up a copy at one of their shows. Inside is a poster insert with lyrics and the other side is a full page art piece by moi (that’s ‘me’ to the layperson).
Josh (bassist) stopped over a few minutes ago and I just got my copy of the Western Fifth CD and poster and they look great! Once I get over to the studio (maybe tomorrow) I’ll photograph it to add to the portfolio. CopyCats Media did the pressing and printing and it looks awesome. The band leaves for tour this Wednesday. A fan of Wilco? You all should really check them out! Anyway, that’s all I have to say…
Hey everybody, I know this doesn’t really have much to do with Metrofader or artwork…but….I’m just letting you all know that my band’s full EP is now available for download on Napster. So you can either search for “Silver Streak” or “Bombs Over Minneapolis” to find the record. Otherwise you can attempt to click on the little thinger below and see if it plays for you. Have fun!
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!
The album artwork for Western Fifth’s full-length record is now complete. Woo hoo! The band digs it and I’m happy with how it came out. The record is titled, Stand Like A Thief. I’ve had the opportunity to listen to the entire record and I must say I’m really impressed. It’s a well put together album from beginning to end. Nice job guys!
I’m hearing from the band that they will be touring very soon (mid-August?) and you’ll be able to pick up the album at their shows. Oh by the way, it’s a 4-panel digipak package. They commissioned me to put together an 11×17 artwork poster piece in true Metrofader style to accompany the CD. The poster also has the lyrics printed on it. Cool, eh? Well enough of me babbling. Here is the final artwork…
Click on the thumnails below for a bigger preview.
My buddy who runs Nanastreak will be using a photo of mine (TV On The Radio) in his design for Minneapolis rock band, Standard Thompson album artwork. I believe the release is going to be an EP but don’t quote me on that.
By the way, in order to get a free copy of the record all you gotta do is go to their website and fill in your information. That’s it! Neat. So be sure and go there to get your free CD. You like free stuff right? Me too. Well, I gotta go. I’m off to buy an iPhone.
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!
hey all, after months and months of hard work, we officially launched ebandLive.com today. ebandLive provides professionally designed band (music) websites backed by a powerful content management system with loads of features. The company was founded by me and started out as an idea I had back in 2005. Obviously I sat on the idea for a very long time before finally acting on it in 2006. But it wasn’t until December of 2007 that I got things in order enough to begin architecting this massive undertaking. Now that ebandLive is off the ground there is still much work to do. Let me tell ya, there are so many great things to come. I’m so excited!
