Comments on: All the pretty covers http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2008/02/22/all-the-pretty-covers/ Your Life Through Music Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:42:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Steve http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2008/02/22/all-the-pretty-covers/comment-page-1/#comment-721 Steve Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:33:26 +0000 http://biolog.jamsbio.com/archives/all-the-pretty-covers/#comment-721 My kids do not listen to "albums" any more. They tend to listen to a discrete selection of one or many artists. Back in the dark ages I would bring home an LP, put it on (recording to cassette on the first pass) and sit back to read the liner notes and lyric sheet and stare at the cover for a while. If digitally dispersed music does not have a screen large enough to make artwork visually interesting, it is a waste of time. Heck, I thought it was all going downhill once the covers were shrunk to the size of CD's. My kids do not listen to “albums” any more. They tend to listen to a discrete selection of one or many artists. Back in the dark ages I would bring home an LP, put it on (recording to cassette on the first pass) and sit back to read the liner notes and lyric sheet and stare at the cover for a while. If digitally dispersed music does not have a screen large enough to make artwork visually interesting, it is a waste of time. Heck, I thought it was all going downhill once the covers were shrunk to the size of CD’s.

]]> By: Marc http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2008/02/22/all-the-pretty-covers/comment-page-1/#comment-711 Marc Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:19:56 +0000 http://biolog.jamsbio.com/archives/all-the-pretty-covers/#comment-711 This is an interesting approach to the disappearing album art http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/digital-jewel-box-returns-portable-cd-album-art-to-digital-music-250686.php This is an interesting approach to the disappearing album art

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]]> By: Matt http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2008/02/22/all-the-pretty-covers/comment-page-1/#comment-701 Matt Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:07:24 +0000 http://biolog.jamsbio.com/archives/all-the-pretty-covers/#comment-701 What's this about David and a closet? What’s this about David and a closet?

]]> By: Donmothra http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2008/02/22/all-the-pretty-covers/comment-page-1/#comment-691 Donmothra Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:41:22 +0000 http://biolog.jamsbio.com/archives/all-the-pretty-covers/#comment-691 In a word "YES" ... album art goes hand in hand with the artist and the music. There was real thought and craft involved in the creation of those album jackets, even with CDs who can forget the brilliant work of Designer's Republic and Me Company or the photography of Mark Seliger and Anton Corbijn. There is an intangible psychological connection one gets when one holds a printed jacket that just isn't there with a digital file. Staring at a 200x200 pixel image on an iPod doesn't have the same power as a fold out one-sheet liner note or a limited edition booklet. I just wish I grabbed that "Tokyo Ghetto P*ssy" poster designed by Designer's Republic from David's office before it was turned into a closet. In a word “YES” … album art goes hand in hand with the artist and the music. There was real thought and craft involved in the creation of those album jackets, even with CDs who can forget the brilliant work of Designer’s Republic and Me Company or the photography of Mark Seliger and Anton Corbijn. There is an intangible psychological connection one gets when one holds a printed jacket that just isn’t there with a digital file. Staring at a 200×200 pixel image on an iPod doesn’t have the same power as a fold out one-sheet liner note or a limited edition booklet. I just wish I grabbed that “Tokyo Ghetto P*ssy” poster designed by Designer’s Republic from David’s office before it was turned into a closet.

]]> By: Craig http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2008/02/22/all-the-pretty-covers/comment-page-1/#comment-681 Craig Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:52:04 +0000 http://biolog.jamsbio.com/archives/all-the-pretty-covers/#comment-681 Album art as we know it will make a pretty huge jump forward. Technology is already in place. Art will always be around, the classic approaches will continue, however there will be alternatives. Soon, packaging that can hold relatively cheap and basic images will be developed to actual provided digital images and moving images in place of classic art. Album art as we know it will make a pretty huge jump forward.

Technology is already in place. Art will always be around, the classic approaches will continue, however there will be alternatives.

Soon, packaging that can hold relatively cheap and basic images will be developed to actual provided digital images and moving images in place of classic art.

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