CHAPTER 9 Making Your record Cover: Graphic Design Fundamentals and Best Practice

Now that you’ve read through part 2, Recording, hopefully you’ve made a great demo. If so, you’re probably pretty psyched to start getting it out to the world. But before you do that, it’s important to understand some basic design fundamentals and apply them to your record or demo cover. As cynical as it may sound, everything you do with your band is part of your “brand”—that is, what people associate with you and your music. Your band’s brand is indeed defined by the clothes you wear, the clubs you play, and the other bands you hang out with, ...

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