In the modern age of music, people expect something more to accompany with a band rather than a brisk tune. Most of the popular albums include artwork that plays a large role in the achievement of artists. The reason behind this is artwork helps to make a great interaction with the fans in front of the curtain and the actual participants. It will help the listeners to understand not only the basics of music but also the members of the band and their importance with music.
Experts say that you can tell a lot about a band from looking at their art work, including where they are from, what type of music it is,what they are interested in, how much time and money they put forward into their album, and so on. This is why it is really important that a band take their time and put serious thought and consideration into any album that they produce, not only in terms of the recorded CD inside, but just as equally to the outfit that surrounds it.
Overall, in the world of today, any band really needs a great album cover if they want to survive, and not only because this aspect is looked upon so seriously, but also for simpler marketing reasons - if someone is out shopping randomly for a CD, their eyes are going to be drawn to one that has a really great album cover. It is in this way for one that many bands gain fans who may have otherwise never listened to their music at all.
Best Album Covers
There are different types of records and study that depicts the success of melody albums with designed album covers. Some examples of powerful albums include the Grateful Dead in Blues for Allah, Yes in Yes songs, Yes in Relayed, Zappa in overnight sensation and Led Zeppelins in Physical Graffiti. It is very important to note that not only the designs in the cover of the album, but also the interior of the cover where people can see the details of recorded music and lyrics are an important factor. For illustration, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album of Elton John major was very prominent due to its design on the cover page and lyrics.
Revolts
Then there are those bands who are rebels to conformity or who otherwise just want to stand out from the crowd. The Hard-Fi band for instance, marketed an album without artwork, and although it caused a lot of negative and even confused controversy at first, it is now actually considered as potentially being the beginning of a new trend.
Their admitted purpose here was to break the rules of an increasingly digital market in which the album covers often actually seem to be of more importance to some people than the music that is actually inside. Either way, even if the 'trend' does not catch on, it was a very innovative and successful marketing tactic in its own right, and the band has definitely gained new listeners due to the controversy started over this alone.
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Domen Lombergar is a surreal artist obsessed with giving away free photoshop video tutorials and desktop wallpapers.
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