Lyrics & Knowledge Personal Pages Record Shop Auction Links Radio & Media Kids Membership Help
The Mudcat Cafesj



User Name Thread Name Subject Posted
GUEST,Claire CD cover art, what makes a good cd cover (26) RE: CD cover art, what makes a good cd cover 01 Dec 00


Thank you, thank you.

All of your comments have given us so much to think about. I wish we had more time to work on this, but the crunch of recording etc. plus busy lives with children, etc. has meant we left ourselves in a bind. We would like to get the cd out by mid-January because we have a big show (450 seat auditorium) and we hope to pay for much of the cd by selling them there. We don't have any wonderful celtic artwork, so we will go with a front conver photo, but simple is the overwhelming suggestion.

I sympathize with your problems on small text, but the one revalation of putting a cd together is the difficulty of balancing content and the cost of printing more cover material.

We are producing this through the studio where we recorded, Cavern Studios in Tucson. Fortunately, we have a lot of confidence in them and their contacts.

How about any thoughts on liner notes, should they show humour or be fact filled, or say something about how people found the tunes and what they mean to them. I think the words are really important (ok I am the singer and am biased). Do you guys have thoughts on words to songs, or no words.

I actually have a lot of opinions on liner notes, but I am really interested to hear other ideas. This has been a very good discussion.

Claire


Post to this Thread -

Back to the Main Forum Page

By clicking on the User Name, you will requery the forum for that user. You will see everything that he or she has posted with that Mudcat name.

By clicking on the Thread Name, you will be sent to the Forum on that thread as if you selected it from the main Mudcat Forum page.

By clicking on the Subject, you will also go to the thread as if you selected it from the original Forum page, but also go directly to that particular message.

By clicking on the Date (Posted), you will dig out every message posted that day.

Try it all, you will see.