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Album Cover Design + New Website

Emily — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:12:12 +0000

Last month I finally finished a new website and album cover design (see below) for my good friends the Carousel Rogues. They’ve got some great tunes that you can now purchase on iTunes. Happy listening!

Album Artwork for Carousel Rogues, Self Titled EP, 2011

Video: Let Yourself Feel

Emily — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:45:41 +0000

Video by Esteban Diácono entitled “Let Yourself Feel”. The song in the background is “Ljósið” by Ólafur Arnalds – a musician who happened to like the video so much, he made it the official video for the song. Enjoy!

let yourself feel. from Esteban Diácono on Vimeo.

Riceboy Sleeps, Art and Music

Emily — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:09:48 +0000

“Riceboy Sleeps is an artistic collaboration between Jón Þór Birgisson (singer for the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós) and his partner Alex Somers. Not only do they make visual art, but they also create ambient music. The music tends to be more ethereal and experimental than that of Sigur Rós.” – Wikipedia

Links to Riceboy Sleeps Artwork:

“All the Big Trees” Video:

Digitalism Video: Promo for ‘Idealism’

Emily — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:16:48 +0000

Girls Rock! DC

Emily — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:39:31 +0000

This year I’ve been having fun doing some graphic design and poster work for Girls Rock! DC. I love being able to get into the grungy, gritty design, without having to make things look corporate. It also feels good to be doing something for a cause you find worthwhile. If you haven’t heard of GR!DC, it’s basically a youth rock camp for girls and aspiring young musicians. Camp is going on next week, and afterward they will be having a showcase performance at the 9:30 Club. Should be a great show, all are welcome:

Sleevage, a decent website for album art

Emily — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:59:08 +0000

www.sleevage.com – “a blog all about music cover art. From the LP’s of the 60’s to the digital artworks of now.”

Album: Unklejam
Artist: Unklejam
Cover Artist: Andrew Murabito, Rachel Thomas, Dan Tobin Smith
Record Label: Virgin Records
Year: 2007

More where that came from, here…

‘Sweet: The Graphic Beauty of the Contemporary Rock Poster’

Emily — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:19:29 +0000

On February 6 the University of Maryland’s Art Gallery will be opening its latest exhibit, ‘Sweet: The Graphic Beauty of the Contemporary Rock Poster’. An excerpt about the exhibit:

“…features twenty-nine of the leading artists/groups of silk-screened contemporary rock posters, on view Wednesday, February 6 through Saturday, March 29, 2008. Artist Jesse LeDoux creates a site-specific installation in the back gallery that displays the versatility of the screen printing technique, and artist Tim Gough creates unique signage for the exhibition utilizing silk-screening and other media applied directly to the walls.”

More info can be found here on the gallery’s website. Should be a great show!

Follow On

Emily — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:36:49 +0000

Another small work in progress (currently very rough on the edges):

ChuckPotthast.com

My dad is a musician (folk, blues, rock, whatever) and in the next few months I will be looking for ways to promote music online through various avenues. I’ve already gone the Myspace route with other bands but am looking forward to seeing what else is out there. Last FM and CD Baby seem promising.

In the process of building the temporary site I discovered a cool favicon website where you can either create your own icon or download free icons that others have published under the CC (Creative Commons) license, like this nifty little guitar favicon, for example.

Oh and I almost forgot, Happy 2008 to all.