Christopher Joel

Buh-rilliant!  This band, The Get Out Clause, from Manchester, England found themselves short of funds, but needing a music video.  So they setup their rigs in front of dozens of security cameras all over town, including a bus.  Then they requested the videos under the Freedom of Information Act.  They got 20 locations to give [...]

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Wired is running an interesting article about how album art is changing.  A quick summary: vinyl offered more space, but digital offers more function.  Digital graphic artists are now recognizing that with the transition to digital music, comes digital artwork as well, which doesn’t have to only be a static picture.  Since it’s all digital, [...]

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Radiohead has announced they want their fans to come up with some animated videos for any of the songs on their newest release “In Rainbows”.  It’s a pretty sweet setup, if you ask me.  Everyone submits their ideas (either completed animations, storyboards, or whatever), then ten semifinalists will be selected by Aniboom, TBD Records and [...]

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