Musical typography with Citizen Cope

typography

It’s been a while since I’ve published any creative music videos, so I’ve embedded a new one which definitely stands out in the crowd. The track, Let The Dummer Kick, by Citizen Cope, contains exceptional animation by Artur Dimke. Artur makes great use of typography, emphasizing each individual word with an accompanying effect.

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How to effectively advertise musicians

How do you advertise an event that features some of the world’s finest musicians? Simple. With a stunning piece of visual artistry.

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All I need is a little timelapse

I hope you all enjoy the calming music video from Air (above), have a fantastic weekend, and accept my apologies for not commenting on your own blogs for a while. It’s not for the want of trying.

Here’s a shout out to all of you (listed in this post) who offered up some constructive criticism through my last article.

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7 creative music videos

Ever since receiving my first LP as a youngster (Michael Jackson’s Thriller) I’ve had a strong passion for music. Here I piece together an excellent round-up of creative music videos. The first one (above), is Here it goes again, by OK Go. Enjoy!

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Justice DANCE music video

Something a little funky for the Saturday night build-up? If you enjoy good t-shirt design then check out the multitude on offer in this music video from Justice, called D.A.N.C.E. I had to watch it twice to catch the animations I missed first time around. “Do the DANCE!”

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Music band poster design inspiration

Dave Matthews poster

GigPosters.com is a site devoted to showcasing poster designs for the music industry. There’s a lot of underwhelming design in there (to be expected with the vast amount of posters on the site), but if you take a little time to browse you can find some gems.

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Here’s some audio cassette tape nostalgia

Cassette tape

Remember those weekend walks to the music store? Mix-tapes were all the rage and you wanted a tape-to-tape recording. There were a lot of different blank cassette tapes to choose from. Seems like ages ago, doesn’t it? Fancy a little nostalgia?

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Gui Boratto CD cover design

With a CD cover as nicely designed as this, I wonder if the music lives up to its expectation. You know, I think I’ll have to have a listen.
I came across this design when checking out the Creative Review (CR) blog and their Record Sleeves of the Week 5 article. The CR blog is really [...]

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Music you enjoy, but didn’t know

If you’re like me you’ll enjoy listening to music when doing some design work. You’ll also enjoy finding out about new artists that match your music tastes. There’s a nice FREE online music player that lets you enter your favourite musicians or bands and it’ll create custom stations around their music genre.
For instance, in my [...]

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How to use typography in music videos

The Child

Typography can be seen all around us, in almost every aspect of our lives. There’s a music video, called ‘The Child’ for French DJ Alex Gopher, which was created back in 1999 and it’s definitely worth a look if you haven’t seen it already. In fact, even if you have it’s still enjoyable.

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