Dr.Me talk notes

Dr.Me talk

• Vaughn Oliver; the back cover is important as the back cover - did stuff for the breeders/ pixies 
• More visual language to express with the back cover 
• Hypnosis; led zeppelin and pink Floyd; 
• Theres not much money in the record sleeve industry; consider costs and artistic integrity  
• Record sleeve design has changed from the 70’s 
• Sandpaper record; consider materials 
• Talking heads; artwork made by the band 
• Molly Neelson; always screen printed
• Collage artwork 
• David Rudnick; stickers and a blank white cover 
• Make a lot of stuff by hand; present a tactile feel 
• Do a lot of work with triangle records (based in New York); really dark music, horror film kind of sound 
• Used screenshots from horror films; try printing stuff out and reprinting; get textures 
• Embracing mistakes; typing out on word to get the misspelling  
• Evian christ; worked on kanye's last record; makes interesting sounds; made a record influenced by over the horizon radar
• The sound was repetitive; the cover used four different images; creating rules 
• Music is cinematic; apply rules to text to look like film credits 
• Use concrete poetry in their type setting 
• Typographic monk; Dom Silvester 
• Printing type out and scanning it in again 
• Screenprint a poly sleeve to add extra layers 
• Tracklist screen print onto the bag 
• Have a purely plastic cover/ bag 
• Iterate ideas more; even if you like an initial idea, still continue to make new ideas 
• Use the back cover as a front cover at the same time
• Commission for Mick Jagger; layering image over text/blocking out words; censorship? 
• Double sized 12 inch; very protesty; looked into protest aesthetic  
• The best form of affordable artwork is a 12 inch square 
• Play with not putting names on the cover/ album title 
• Think about how it looks in Spotify/ iTunes 
• Mix collage with an image
• Print out and scan back in; distort and wear the images 
• Pink tape which wraps around the cover; introducing new elements/ layers 
• Adding music videos and extra visuals; everyone wants extra stuff alongside the cover 
• Use lists to keep on track of projects 
• False deadline yourself 
• Its helpful to print stuff out to get a sense of scaling 
• Don’t go straight to the computer 
• Use plastic cover to convey sense of censorship? 
• Made a zine of rejected work; ‘fin’ a monthly zine