I just love this recent post on Alexander The Gay's blog. He gives instructions for a "Do It Yourself Album Design".
Here are the rules:
1 - Go to Wikipedia. Hit “random”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random Wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
2 - Go to Quotations Page and select "random quotations"
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote on the page is the title of your first album.
3 - Go to Flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
4 - Use Photoshop, GIMP, Inkscape, or similar to put it all together.
I followed it to a T and here's what I got:
Neat, huh? I like my selections. I imagine my fake band is a forgotten country singer named Shean Donovan. He wore all black like Johnny Cash and played banjo and harmonica. He was known for funky and quirky ditties. His last semi-popular "hit" was "Impossible Until They're Not" when it got to number 58 on the Country-Western charts back in September 1971. Shean was married 5 times and died of emphysema in 1997 at the age of 64.
Try it, it's fun!
Here are the rules:
1 - Go to Wikipedia. Hit “random”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random Wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
2 - Go to Quotations Page and select "random quotations"
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote on the page is the title of your first album.
3 - Go to Flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
4 - Use Photoshop, GIMP, Inkscape, or similar to put it all together.
I followed it to a T and here's what I got:
Neat, huh? I like my selections. I imagine my fake band is a forgotten country singer named Shean Donovan. He wore all black like Johnny Cash and played banjo and harmonica. He was known for funky and quirky ditties. His last semi-popular "hit" was "Impossible Until They're Not" when it got to number 58 on the Country-Western charts back in September 1971. Shean was married 5 times and died of emphysema in 1997 at the age of 64.Try it, it's fun!