Young at Heart is by far the best documentary I have seen in a long time. It follows the Young @ Heart Chorus, learning new songs for their upcoming show. The difference with this group is that they are all aged 80 and up. This is not just [...]
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Monday, June 29th, 2009
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I'm already buying tickets to go see legendary Cuban pianist Chucho Valdez with The Hugh Fraser Quintet at the Center. Other highlights include studio favourites The Heavy, James Danderfer and Cuban flautist Maraca. Plus there's always Canada's best jazz club, The Jazz Cellar, offering up the countries best jazz all year round.
Who's with me?
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Those who know me know I’m a real sucker for live music. I play it, listen to it, live it…hell, I’d eat it is it were possible. The Vancouver International Jazz Festival is just around the corner this summer featuring some [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
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Just watch this video of Susan Boyle on “Britain’s Got Talent”. Let it be a lesson on how quick we are to judge people. Good for her, an everyday person with a dream and giving it her all.
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
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It was just a matter of time until I did a blog post about Prince (I am a big fan). Well here goes. When a musician can charge US$2,100 for a book and an ipod they are obviously doing something right. Last year Prince released a book of pho [...]
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
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Did you know there is a formula to writing a hit pop song – yes, all you need is 4 chords. I heard this whilst listening to my usual English Radio 1 Scott Mills podcast, it is by an Australian band called The Axis of Awesome, they rem [...]
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Friday, January 30th, 2009
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How do you sell a service where you continually check your credit rating? You sing about it. These ads I feels are strong, they have varied musical styles appealing to a wide target audience, are fun and playful but their message is very cl [...]
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
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It’s like Communication Design class all over again. Take a peek at these sexy pieces for the Grammy’s “Celebrate the Music That Made Us” campaign. The portraits of select artists (Rihanna, Stevie Wonder, Coldplay, [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Categories: Art, Design, Inspiration, Music, Typography | No Comments »
Almost a month ago, we launched our new identity: new logo, new website and blog, door sign, nice t-shirts and jackets, a big paaarty….and when you think it’s all over, here it comes: an amazingly long list of financial document [...]
Posted by: Mathilde Salvert on Friday, December 12th, 2008
Categories: Design, Fun, Interactive, Music, Pop Culture | No Comments »
The album is called A Night Remembered, featuring the trumpet stylings of Chris Davis. It's a beautiful album and he's a wonderful, soft-spoken, genuine jazz man. I began the project as we do most, by sitting down with the client to ask a bunch of questions.
I listened to his numerous answers as he told me the story of how the album came to be and why it was special. That story is actually recounted on the liner notes on the album and well worth the read. Of course I also listened intently to this collection of soulful jazz tunes seeking inspiration—and there was plenty to be found.
In the end, I asked him to summarize all we had discussed into one single sentence that would describe what he wanted the album design to express. What was the one message that would impart the special aspect of this particular album and serve as the creative brief guiding my design of the project. That sentence was:
When people listen to this album, I want them to experience a celebration of raw, honest, musical joy—devoid of any deep symbolism or intimidating jazz attitude—like I did when I played that special night.While still influenced by some of the classic jazz album covers from Blue Note Records, I tried to capture elements of memory in a simple, informal layout design without it seeming too "jazz-like". I hope my design adequately meets the challenge of that eloquently expressed brief and beautifully performed music. Thanks for the chance to work on this important project Cory and Chris. And thanks Steve Mynett for the terrific photography. Chris Davis can be found on myspace.com and his newest album can be purchased online at cellarlive.com or in person at The Cellar Restaurant & Jazz Club in Vancouver, BC. [post_title] => Chris Davis: An Album Cover Remembered [post_category] => 0 [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => open [ping_status] => open [post_password] => [post_name] => chris_davis_an_album_cover_remembered [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2008-10-31 18:53:49 [post_modified_gmt] => 2008-11-01 02:53:49 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://industrialbrand.com/?p=1980 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 1 [filter] => raw ) -->
As a Partner and Design Director at a thriving studio, I tend to spend more time bringing in new business, dealing with clients or taking care of administrative duties more than actual design and production these days. Par for the course I [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, October 31st, 2008
Categories: Design, Industrial Brand, Music | 1 Comment »
As we near the final launch of the our new brand identity, we’re putting the final touches on promo items such as a new demo reel. For the music, we asked our good friend and frequent collaborator Alan Wong-Moon to compose an original [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Categories: Branding, Industrial Brand, Music | 1 Comment »
I gave up band in grade 10. After that it was too serious a commitment to practice and performing. Clearly Nathan “Flutebox” Lee kept it up. This dude is doing some seriously amazing shit on his flute. And that’s not even [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, July 4th, 2008
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As much as I love music, I rarely find that it transcends a simple performance to something a little more ethereal. Miles Davis is a musician I absolutely love and adore, but his music has always remained academic for me, always appealing t [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
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Lots of jazz played ’round these parts recently. The modern stuff is OK, but the classic stuff really moves me. Check out these two collections of online videos of live jazz performances on YouTube.com and Dailymotion.com. There goes [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, June 2nd, 2008
Categories: Inspiration, Music | 2 Comments »
That’s right, I’m blogging about American Idol. Deal with it. I watch it in passing (never longer then 30 seconds at a time) with the same fascination that I watch my dog lose a fight with a chain saw or my left foot hacked up f [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Thursday, May 8th, 2008
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I have to admit that the name Pete Turner doesn’t didn’t mean that much to me. Names like Reid Miles and Francis Wolf are rightly given a lot of recognition from their association with the Blue Note style. But what about Impulse [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
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