Revolutions Per Minute

Is anything measured by RPM's, today?

Maybe the design of my band's demo CD is the last.

I shared this with them and it rapidly went through changes...



Here's the first design...



It was decided the whole "LIVE at Millers Pub!" seemed unnecessary.



...this allowed the personnel to be moved into a more prominent and relevant position...



..and that would help "un-crowd" the contact info...



..even to the point where I could increase this information's importance with a larger font size...



There was some unfavorable reaction to the shadow cast from poster on text (see above)—personally, I rather liked it. However, when I re-sized that image, it insured that our drummers pic wouldn't get cropped if the CD art misaligned...



...and there you have the design and re-design of the Walter Mitty's demo CD.

When "lazy" creates a poster

It started with a gig with some "old friends" of mine from high school—a reunion show of sorts. My band—the Walter Mittys—was to open for theirs.

I said I'd create a poster. And this is what I came up with.



A year later. The same venue. The same two bands (except ours, now, is minus one player—so, new band graphic). I open up the old file and begin to re-create.

This works out great—most of the info is the same. And I manage to create a new look. This one, now, more of an old poster-handbill look.


A week ago, I'm approached by another band. They ask if my band's interested in doing a benefit show. We agree. I volunteer again to do a poster. The turn-around needs to be quick, so, I decide to open up this poster file again. There's no information—this time—to borrow, short of our band name but it proves to be a great starting point.

Liking the retro-handbill look, I push the fire-house theme. Though I played with three colors in and earlier version, I end up going for that low-budget two-color look.

To me, it looks like it would find a perfect home on the telephone pole out in front of three-bay brick fire station with three shiny red and polished chrome fire engines facing front.

It's only graphic is a Gibson Les Paul, But it could easily be a fireman's axe.