Marketing and myspace

I have created a band MySpace page to help promote and market our band 'Canute'. It includes a blog, tour dates, personal comments, photos and music.

I chose to use an image of the band as the background instead of something plain as to connect with the fans, it feels more personal to see something along these lines. There is general information which allows fan to read information about the group, involving band members, influences and record label etc. The music section will allow people to listen to and download Canute's debut single 'Shark in the Water'. I have posted several 'statuses' to show that the band do use this website regularly and like to update fans on what they are up to. 


The URL of the MySpace page is: www.myspace.com/officialcanutemusic

Final covers

Album cover final designs 2

The following images show how I got to the final image for the back of my album cover

This screenshot shows the image I began with before making any changes

The next thing I did was crop the image

I then added a barcode and text to make a more professional cover

I chose to use rubber ducks as the back image of my cover as I feel its very contemporary and reflects the meaning of our band's name and album title. The image is blurred in the background so all the focus goes towards the rubber ducks, this also reflects the name of one of the song titles. I used the same font for the song list and artist name for continuity factors and it is also the font that represents the band themselves. I believe the barcode is a necessary item to include, its brings professional feel to the cover. The text i included in the top right hand corner also does this, I had a look at other album covers from professional singers and adapted the text to fit with my band.

Final album cover designs

The following images show how I created my final album cover, step by step, using the software Photoshop

This screenshot shows the beginning image I had before making any changes

I then cropped the image to a more suitable size

I had a play around with the hues and colour's of the image and changed the colour balance until I managed to reach this

I then added text using the fonts 'School House Cursive' and 'Gabriola'

I then added the 5 star's and text around it

I chose this image as I feels it represents our band well. The positioning of Madeleine is code for the fact she is the lead singer, her image is the largest. The second most important singer is Danielle and is positioned second closest to the audience. Lucy is furthest away and her image is slightly blurred. I chose this colouring as it is very calming, I have seen this colour among many indie bands. All three artists are looking towards the same direction, this links the three of them. I chose to include the 5 star's and text to give my cover a more professional feel. I have used the typical conventions of album covers including artist name and album name. The text i chose for the artist name is 'flowy' and personal as if handwritten, I believe this gives the artist and audience a connection and allows the fans to really feel like they can relate the band. The font of the album name is more sophisticated and shows a 'grown up' feel to the album.