EP

Here is the inside cover of the 'Without you' ep. I kept it as minimal as possible, just the song titles, contact details, song & recording credits and a dedication to Ange.

Dylan tidied up the three tracks for me, he took out some meaningless banter and background noise from 'This old house' & 'I'll wait for you' and removed an annoying noise at the end of 'Without you' and added reverb to the final vocals. It's raised the standard of the whole recording & I'm really happy with how it's come out. The design isn't anything flash but it's not really meant to be, I wanted it simple so it stands up over time, with such a basic cover & inlay design it should hold up over the years. I imagine this will be a recording that people will discover post whatever success I end up getting. If my 2nd or 3rd record ends up being the most popular, this ep & the Pisces ep 'Mi casa, su casa' will be recording's that people will go back & find. In that respect I think it's going to hold up well.

I took the artwork into Amstore yesterday so they're mocking up the cover, I just need to courier the finished tracks to them & we're away!

EP Cover

Ok, so here's some more updates of my record label/production company logo. I'm not sure whether it should be just "Saber Youth" or "A Saber Youth Production" or "Saber Youth Productions"


And here's the ep cover with a slightly different placement of the title & my name, I think I prefer this:

& this is just a different colour of the above:

I've taken next Wednesday off work to take everything to Amstore and get it priced. IAt the moment I'm just thinking the front cover with a black folded back cover with minimal extra writing, just the song titles. I'm also heading to a friend's place on Thursday night to take some of the ruff edges off the recordings and get the levels equal cause apparantly Amstore just use whatever you show up with.

EP 1

So, have spoken to amstore about the duplication of my first ep, "without you". Again, here is the artwork with a slightly bigger font:

I really like this photo, it's a good representation of the music. It was taken walking along the waterfront one evening after work, that's a sculling crew out on the water just above the album title. I also have to think about the wording on the inside cover and if I register it under my own label? I thought about calling my company "Saber Youth Productions", just a take on Sabertooth Productions. I had a dream a long time ago that I had a production company called sabertooth & we were responsible for all types of projects, not just music & it's always stuck. I prefer saber youth though cause it's less wanky..

So I guess I'd have to put this somewhere on the inside cover & what about my songs? How do I stop anyone from pilfering them. Lot's of things to think about, I know there's free legal services for musicians so I'm going to have to do a bit of investigating to find out what I need to do. At least the actual production is affordable, it's only $4.14 per cd duplication, and they do runs as small as 20 so the actual CD's production will only be around $100.

Ep Covers

So here's the ep cover's as they stand. It'll probably change, but I think they're ok:

Pisces - Me Casa Su Casa (which means "my house is your house", and I've just realised it's Mi Casa, not Me casa.. whoops)

& my solo one - Without You. The font looks a bit small looking at it like this. & I'm not sure if I shouldn't call it "You don't have to say it.."

2011

Ok, the things to achieve this year:

EP covers for:

Marty Andrews - 'You don't have to say it'. Without you - This old house - I'll wait for you

Pisces - 'Me Casa, Su Casa'. Intro - Control - These days - Oh my

Finish recording Pisces album - 'Lordy, lordy, lordy'

Put on one show of my own. Either organise at an established venue or use my own equipment to put together a rogue concert somewhere.

Learn to use my P.A.

Knowing me, I'll get one or two of these done, but that's the goals for the year. It's a big year for me anyway, if I get these things done I'll be STOKED!