Blue Reid
Filed under Input and tagged Ephemera, Music
Recently received a reissued edition of John Coltrane’s 1957 masterpiece Blue Train and was reminded of just how incredible Blue Note album covers tend to be.
The cream of the crop has got to be the work done by Reid Miles through the fifties and early sixties. During his eleven year tenure, he created some of the most iconic and enduring images of jazz to date. His distinct approach of combining bold color, funky lettering, and clean typography with half-toned images by photographer and Blue Note co-founder Francis Wolff left an indelible mark on mid-century graphic design. Not to mention everything that’s come since.
Before I knew anything about graphic design or music, I knew these had some serious mojo.
Still Waiting
Filed under Output and tagged Music, Print
Echoes of Manifest Destiny
Filed under Output and tagged Music, Print
Old friend and colleague, Jeben Marshall, has recently released his first tracks since going solo. The View From Here contains two new songs and album art by yours truly. This is music inspired by Jeben’s trek from the Old Dominion out across the Great Divide and into sunny California, where he’s been recording sweet sounds ever since. Definitely worth your time and available for sampling in the iTunes Store or at CD Baby.
Brave New Sound
Filed under Input and tagged Music
The brand-new Radiohead album In Rainbows was released for download today. After wading through a very slow page load and online transaction (due to the heavy traffic, no doubt) I was able to download the entire album (that part was quick) as mp3 files. It’s mine. I own it. No DRM to rain on my parade.
Of course, the really newsworthy part of all of this is that I got to set my own price. Zero dollars. Ten dollars. One hundred dollars. Well pounds and pence technically. But, the point is that I got to decide the value of this music for myself. That and the fact that the band actually gets to keep the money I paid for their album since they’re not paying a label for distribution and promotion. Total paradigm shift. Very exciting stuff. Oh, and the album is excellent as well. Name your price and pull down your very own copy here.
