tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post5808283980511416455..comments2024-03-27T05:22:27.604-05:00Comments on Eddie Campbell: Eddie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-2145981210250302482007-10-03T08:03:00.000-05:002007-10-03T08:03:00.000-05:00It's a poor layout, that's for sure.The graphic pr...It's a poor layout, that's for sure.<BR/><BR/>The graphic presentation of classical music tends to be very conservative which is why the record companies leap on any young, photogenic soloist that they can plaster on the covers. The worst covers in my iTunes playlists are in the classical section, not helped by the tendency to list titles, composer, orchestra and soloists all the front. It's a tough proposition for a designer. <BR/><BR/>Deutsche Grammophon found one solution with that yellow box they put all the information in, leaving the rest of the cover free for any kind of picture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-35325323589878410442007-10-03T04:52:00.000-05:002007-10-03T04:52:00.000-05:00and as paintings they're all quite impressive.and as paintings they're all quite impressive.Eddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-14728363349071861872007-10-03T04:51:00.000-05:002007-10-03T04:51:00.000-05:00ah. In my original draft I gave the cover a hard t...ah. In my original draft I gave the cover a hard time, and then thought, oh let's not drag this down...<BR/>the fact is i find it completely stupid.<BR/>(as patrick says, there are I think three portraits of Saint-George in existence and these get rotated on the cd covers.Eddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-70623523713190094762007-10-03T03:49:00.000-05:002007-10-03T03:49:00.000-05:00There's some discussion of that cover here. The li...There's some discussion of that cover <A HREF="http://theovergrownpath.blogspot.com/2007/07/giving-classical-music-younger-image.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>. The links to the AfriClassical blog are worth following.petemaskreplicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14036868898583976333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-11141709521948238442007-10-02T17:35:00.000-05:002007-10-02T17:35:00.000-05:00These days, Cabu is not so much a comic strip arti...These days, Cabu is not so much a comic strip artist as he is a cartoonist and a political caricaturist. He's also a jazz fan and has done jackets for a series of jazz music CD compilations named after him. I suppose it's this aspect of his work, more than the strips he draws on the next to last page of the weekly CANARD ENCHAINÉ which landed him the job of doing the jacket for this CD. <BR/><BR/>A quick check on Amazon showed me there were at least 30 CD of works by Saint-Georges available, and all boasted traditional engraved portraits (most of them being the same one) or classical paintings.<BR/><BR/>Possibly, the publisher wanted something that would stand out a bit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-18242429797939708832007-10-02T11:33:00.000-05:002007-10-02T11:33:00.000-05:00The other day at a local film festival I saw a doc...The other day at a local film festival I saw a documentary short titled Chocolate Country about folks who pick cacao beans. All the music in the film was played by the subjects on their off hours, and it was the richest, most haunting and lovely soundtrack of any film at the festival. Unknown cacao bean pickers tapping spoons against coke bottles, common laborers whose CD I'd snap up if anyone bothered to put them on CD. <BR/><BR/>Any remaining traces of the Great Man theory as applied to music were scrubbed out of my head as a result. Thanks, then, for bringing up this Saint-George fellow. More noteworthy musicians from outside the Officially Noteworthy file is a good thing.Aaron Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02565494196338043466noreply@blogger.com