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Best of Decade: Imagine this, a Decade End Dinner Party where I invite all of my Fake Friends, some Clients, & people who think I'm related to them foolishly to a Decade-End Roast.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:17:00 -0600

In any random order this decade was the best. Top notch, supreme, successful for everyone, the economy, our leaders, all top notch comedians. What made it so unforgettable? Bacon. popcorn, Sadie, me, commas & everyone else. Their stories & what not, steady weight gain & steady weight lost, marriage, divorce, recession, independence, forgiveness and laughs at all of your expense finally.

Let’s toss on the fire a shittier attitude than ever, sure but I earned it. A misdiagnosis on MS that caused the ability to get no insurance from 2004-2006 a waste of time and a pain but at one point Michael Moore’s production team did contact me about my case with another assonine corporation known as a health care insurance provider called Blue Cross Blue Shield for “Sicko.” It didn’t make the final cut but I signed off regardless knowing it was too real and too funny a “life is too funny and you’re all full of shit” way. Working harder than ever but everyone I know is (maybe) smarter than just about everyone else I know or they lie better? Now I know I’m the smartest because most of you told me so, thanks and yawn. You also had the balls to call me crazy but couldn’t take it when I called you “normal” in return. If you’re gonna dish it to me carefully, get ready to have the dish thrown back like a frisbee to your forehead purposefully, the right way with no guessing. Nothing like earning far less than I could ever dream of because I still live in Rockford, IL. What an awesome decade.

I started the decade looking at 30, now it’s 40. Nothing has changed really, same weight, same awesome hair, same kind of girls like me with different names and still carded anytime unless the person knows me or one of the 1,482 idiots I’m related to that dare call me family or blood has mistaken me for Dan or Frank. How’s that for aging the right way?

Alright, I’ve got nothing but time today. Let’s get to the VERY best of the decade shall we for making noise and making art?

Domestic People are the perfect subject matter for creating. Stop & listen to them talk in public somewhere about their kids & grocery list items. They’re far more interesting from a distance & less likely to believe or stay interested in up close.
Drunk irish folk songs like, “7 Drunken Nights,” “My Boots,”What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor?” and this clincher that was performed on “The Wire” the great TV show of the Decade featuring a bunch of cops singing “Danny Boy.” They may be folk songs but they’re comedy gold to these ears! Don’t forget the tip is right & sing loud! 2000-04’s anthem folk song was real special for me, lots of phone sex, real good stuff, safe, fun, always on her clock and lots of time wasted. I’d do it again for kicks. The rest of the decade was very christian folk song related, those songs taught me how to forgive
Milfs. God what more could I say about desperate milfs who can’t get enough of their husband cause he’s always out fishing or f*cking someone else so they need to find it in single guys who are far from desperate? What’s up with that all you Oscars Barflys? There’s more and more! Please, stay away unless you’re bringin the bacon or cleaning the kitchen. I feel bad for your significant others.
Nice girls without drinking problems. Maybe it’s the demographic climate, Rockford and all, but you don’t have to go to Heartland to be a nice available girl. And you don’t have to plow yourself on Martinis at Bacchus / now Brio. You can just be yourself, enough of the martinis and the bible banging. Nice, smart guys aren’t gonna care but I’m not one of them anymore so go ahead continue to be hammered off your ass anytime I do decide to get up off the couch and head out to join some friends. High hopes are the only message I received. We’ll get back to that.
Babies. You know there is a world population problem right now? True. I know they’re cute and all and some may be our future president or the next Shaquille O’Neal, but cmon, enough of the making babies, let’s make some jobs for those babies first!!! It’s getting old. Despite what the catholic church thinks, it’s ok to use a condom even when you’re sober.
The Catholic Church. No offense, I now know you are superior. I mean that too despite whatever laughs ensues. I’ve read and studied about enough religions to know that despite all your human flaws, you are the one organization that always takes me back and let’s me wander again as I will my entire life. No joke and thanks, you never hold it against me for knowing God is a woman, and she is universal. I just won’t read the bible because humans I disagree with wrote it and I won’t attend Sunday services because if I wanted a good nap, I’d stay in bed. Either way, I’m always thinkin of ya over the Chicago Trib, a good Dylan record and a cup o’ coffee. All I’m missing is a nice catholic gal on the couch watching the BBC or me read.
Musicians are interesting too, seemingly magnetic from a distance and then nearly identical to a brand new stainless steel plugged-in empty fridge capable of making ice & costing more in return to leave on or filled by others who paid for the food, juice & future garbage put in them. Musicians are always one self-loving & selfish step away from being homeless, insane, or a designer. That’s not very lucrative or interesting though.
The State of Rock n Roll. Some of you really failed to bring the rock like an entertaining as*hole should, like Noel Gallagher, like a pompous prick because that’s what rock n’ roll really is if you dare put yourself out there like that, then, do it. Playing your heart out, bringing it, making people laugh, cry, or hate you. For that maybe Creed and Nickelback were rock n’ roll saviors?! We lost one the greats, Joe Strummer, who was smart, pompous, reserved and knew he was the sh*t without acting the part like a fool or Bono. We lost Oasis finally because Noel couldn’t take carrying the torch anymore alone and honestly, he’s a got a better future as a comedian with a brother like his. Dylan? Can we still claim him as the torch bearer? Sure, he does whatever he wants and could care less. The rest of rock n’ roll took a nap, thanks. Here’s to the death of rock this decade and to the rise of underground folk music again. 2009’s anthem, como.
Design… ha. Whores. Designers are whores! Talk about getting a*s f*cked over and over when all we need is a dollar to pay a bill like everyone. No wonder my ex-wife kept begging me to charge more. She was tired of putting ice on my lower back and forehead. Underpaid Garbage, commercial filth and future waste is all I’m responsible for. Let’s thank Road Ranger for taking the poor business ethics award trophy years ago for being the worst client I had this decade. Then let’s thank everyone else combined for making hundreds more, thousands and some, millions off of my marketing & artistic experience. Thanks! Penny investments at best for me. You’re all on my list for the next decade in regards to writing “what not to discount to take care of all my bills and maybe save a few more pennies and take care of someone else other than me and then me- and afford a permanent vacation away from hell, Rockford, IL.” Yeah, thanks for the work and lots of it. It sure helped me save up for getting through a national recession as a self-employed person in a terrible market like Rockford’s for 5.5 years of this decade with self paying benefits, student loans, a mortgage and no assistance from our government or lenders and creditors to weather the economic disaster most of us self-employed people did save for, blew through and any other savings to survive, and then left to deal with with no bailout option and accepting utter defeat.
Bailouts, Conservatives, and Deleting lifelong Friends. The banks got a bailout and other corporations- what about some of us, the middle class maybe? Thanks really. I learned alot like “Thank god I didn’t have kids.” and “Boy, getting divorced and paying for a mortgage alone in a recession is real f*cking smart. Good job man, high-5 dumb a*s.” That’s the hard truth a’Merica. How some of you keep having kids and can afford them and can afford to educate them properly is baffling. BAFFLING. And humorus. Where’s my tax cut again for not having a child and why do I pay more again? Missed that part. Does love really pay for it all? I doubt it. Also, thanks a bunch to George Bush Jr and Dick Cheney for being the best we could possibly put in office, or did we in 2000? Ha. Thank you to the 51% of you who actually voted for him in 2004! Really? Whatever.. Good job! The laughs were consistent and some of you friends really showed your true colors, some had fun with it and others I deleted for good. I lost a good friend I’d known since 1st grade in 2008 because she questioned my stand finally. After all these years I finally spoke up, I let her be a crazy christian bored stay at home mother who called Obama a terrorist, a baby killer, and a fundraiser for terrorism as well as not being a true born American. Crazy people like that using foils for racism. Not in my life, no more. I decided that I’d had enough and one less friend was worth stopping these sorts of people from talking to me period. No more and go away, lay your eggs somewhere else. We, I, don’t want to hear any of it after what 2000-2008 lok slike on paper. Thanks though! Funny stuff regardless. American history suddenly got funny for 8 years is how they’ll study this decade.
Speaking of garbage, nothing turns me on like litter on my front yard or spotting it glowing while driving along Perryville & East State, the decaying heart of Rockford. Most of you ignore it, how? No anthem.
Rockford. You’re just like I remember you in 1973 when I left the womb but you’re missing some key characteristics; jobs, opportunities, the woolworths downtown mom used to dump me off at to buy a 45 record and a grilled cheese, cheaper property taxes, trainline, factories, single gals, GAP is gone CMON and finally more jobs for people that want to live here and use a higher education they still have to pay for somehow. You’ve gained plenty; bars, walgreens, fake churches, poverty, czar like property ownership, single moms, alcoholic trust fund jerks and more bars. Thanks greatly, good job. Now that’s how you drown a midwestern city the right way! My generation thanks you for all the hard work we have on top of the hard work to survive.
Drunks. Rockford, you got plenty, good job again. Done making dreamers, now making drunks, Rockford, IL. Hey at least the smiles are real here right?
Facebook! Wow this is loaded but only because I just mentioned drunks above. Facebook is the greatest waste of time to ever consume mankind. Such perfect timing like Satan had planned it. To attack peoples time when they have nothing but it? Count me in on that premise! Especially during a recession when finding laughs is easier than finding clients with jobs. Facebook may be the greatest advertising scam ever invented. ’Let’s fool billions of people into joining in one site where we can invade their profile and advertise companies who will pay to on the right side of their page.’ It’s brilliant really- if you know that. Some of you really care to tell me about the load of laundry you did? Please do and continue to, I love it. In return don’t dare be offended by my nonsense then, even trade. Facebook is that dinner party you show up to where you’re sitting at a table and you don’t know 80% of the people there who invited you. It’s like I showed up to a table and sat down across from Stevie Wonder, Marlee Matlin, Rainman, and a bunch of people I recognize from the worst possible memories made decades before. Deaf, blind, dumb and who are ya again? Awesome party! Steal the steak from Stevie’s plate, tell Marlee she’s sexy for an older gal-er, write it on a napkin, hi-5 the Rainman, drink everyone elses drinks, say what you gotta say back about their laundry and their family photos since they can’t stop sharing these good things about their life with ya, then, throw up and leave. Facebook is an awesome recession blues party. May be the best one ever.
Pillow trump people. These interests & knowing them quite well makes maintaining distance from uninteresting interests easy, self-deprecated-defeated & mainly self-entertaining. It has cured me many times that pillow and a good nap, followed by good laughs with a friend or complaining to my sis and then music. Wah, laugh & yawn– wait, I forgot one. My decade was great for about 5 hours, stupidly & carefully no one had sex and we all fell asleep like it was fall camping but then their husbands showed up and they had to act like I wasn’t there in my boxers and that the records on the floor were someone else’s named “Linda,” a tomboy friend who really owned the “original Muppet Movie Soundtrack” and Bryan Adam’s “Reckless” on vinyl. I ended up with 2 flat tires a week later, fall, 2001. An every day anthem, what a great 5 hours this decade of disgust and complacency was. Donde!

The next decade is gonna be very different. The silent kit lost its key when it had to sit through everyones stories to personally decide if any of them were true or even worth thinking about. Final decision is that most of you are liars and your stories were amazing, from a creative point of view. In most cases they were proven to be just that, stories or cruel covers to a different book altogether. The covers are blown though. I’m re-illustrating those stories now.

There’s no more time for the awesome act of yawl using me, I allowed it but it’s my turn. The next decade is mine for me to use me and to my own benefit not yours. Take a ticket and wait but the nice guy was forced outta town a long time ago when some of you played the clown and forgot I was human too, not a puppet. Who’s the nice guy now? Go make someone else a punching bag. It’s gonna be funny if not fun from now on. You”ll learn how to laugh too when people call you crazy for knowing too much. You’ve all given me enough to write and draw about for the next 10 years alone… fuel for fire and don’t trip into it. A big thank you and good health to all.

Cheers, go get drunk Rockford, thanks for the memories and finally before it gets too late and I forget to get to the point after all these years, f*ck you too!

NOTE: Above are a list of interests that shaped my decade, not yours thankfully. Maybe you’re thinking, “Why? You arrogant prick. Are you that self-absorbed to share what we don’t care about?” The answer is “Yes.” If I have to sit through more wedding photos, party people, photos of Bob Ross like lakes and domestic vomit, other bands’ performances, articles in the RRStar that contain multiple errors or cruel edits, RRTimes’ ability to bore another human being with a Mike Leifheit article, facebook, twitter, let’s not forget myspace and what kicked all of this social media off, friendster, self-indulgent baby photos, people kissing drunk and or with pants off and just any random smiling self-portrait featuring smoking and drinking alcohol, than yes. Your horrible articles, parties, weddings, bands, babies, cigarettes, beers, are worth the same time as these words. We’re all wasting time, get over yourself and I’ll get over mine. Does this make me “angry”? No way. Entertained? Yep. That’s the real message of the decade I’ve settled on. You all have a song or two coming your way with fire, no ice. I could be disgusted, but I was easily entertained for free, go ahead, delete me and thanks! 2010 is here, I’ve got the bucket empty and waiting for more garbage, go get drunk a’Merica!

Hate to admit it, but not only is this evil advertising, but...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:53:00 -0600

Facebook vs. Satan, who wins?!

She loves bacon, I love bacon gurl.

Hate to admit it, but not only is this evil advertising, but it’s great advertising. I added “bacon” to my Facebook ‘Interests’ field along with popcorn and Sadie, my dog. And SHAW NUFF, every time I browse around, look, there’s the ‘bacon gurl’ again! Evil advertising at it’s best combining my favorite food with my favorite t-shirt, um yeah, obviously. She is amazing though, she likes bacon too and so do I, yay! Soooo, it’s safe to say great advertising involves auto-invasion of privacy issues on Facebook, and sharing profile content with advertisers for auto-embeds. Facebook vs. Satan, who would win?

Grizzly Bear Gallery Archival Prints by WallBlank.com now for sale online

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:04:00 -0500

Grizzly Bear Gallery Archival Prints by WallBlank.com now for sale online:

From the public gallery featured 10.02-10.03, 2009 @ the Ol’ Brewery in Rockford, IL during the city wide Fall Artscene presented by WallBlank.com, Rockford, IL.

31 Archival Prints of illustrations were featured.
Limited edition run of 75
The entire gallery (31 illustrations) are available
sized:

8x12” and 16x24”

They are available to purchase directly at the online gallery website.

Wait a minute now, who is Jeremy then? So my agent, Andy, every...

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:06:00 -0500

Wait a minute now, who is Jeremy then?

So my agent, Andy, every now and then enjoys to mess with strangers, have a good laugh- who doesn’t? Plus he gets paid to think of nonsense. In this case, he’s been doing, gathering, research on a book project and sharing it to see what’s funny, what isn’t, then maybe get a release. In this case, research involves a public ‘conversation’ he’s having instigating with a perfect kind gullible stranger on Facebook who has no idea he’s being handed nonsense. The funniest part about this to me is that the conversation itself, bears no meaning on anything, plus it is not taking place on my manager’s profile but on a friend of my manager’s public wall with the said stranger, who’s name is Ben. The conversation itself is available to around 2,000 people through my agent’s friend’s profile wall. Kudos to Ben for playing along even if he didn’t know he was. Really though, who is Jeremy? Good job Andy, that’s why you’re more than just an agent… Ari Gold would be proud.

largeheartedboy, great indie music blog had something to offer in their daily download list yesterday for free.

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:01:57 -0500

largeheartedboy, great indie music blog had something to offer in their daily download list yesterday for free.

Tshirt designs and illustrations for Cory Chisel & The...

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:33:00 -0500

Fall 2009 Illustration

Cory n' the Fall 09 tour T

Spring Tour 2009 T

"Little Bird" T, 2006 Sold Out

"Darken Your Door" T, 2007, Sold Out

Tshirt designs and illustrations for Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons, 2005-2009. Been designing Ts for many bands over the past few years, this photo gallery features the latest T, “Death Won’t Send a Letter” available at Cory’s fall & winter US & UK 2009 tour stops.

On Sept. 29th, RCA/Black Seal is releasing Cory Chisel’s...

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:21:00 -0500

"Little Bird" Full Length CD, 2007

"Darken Your Door" CD-EP, 2005

"Warm Songs for Cold Shoulders" CD, 2009

"Miles" CD, 2009

"Two Hits & a Miss" Tour Only EP, 2009

"Two Hits & a Miss" EP, 2009

Mark Muraski & Cory Chisel 'bird' making

Bun E. Carlos & Cory Chisel 'bird' makin

Daniel James McMahon

On Sept. 29th, RCA/Black Seal is releasing Cory Chisel’s major label debut in stores, “Death Won’t Send a Letter” You can buy it at iTunes right now, Me? I’m waiting to take it in the right way, however, I have heard it, it’s a great 2009 American pop-rock-folk-blues-record manic on style and full of live studio energy thanks to an awesome rhythm section… One of Cory’s strongest aspects as a songwriter has been his voice, a soulful gospel rock scream it from the mountain yelp that can crack or soar- On first listen, I was shocked to notice his vocals take a backseat in the mix. With a rotating cast of ‘Wandering Sons’ I can understand why his vocals sound buried next to this all-star indie cast of sessions players rumored to be on this new record. I still miss my midwestern friends known as the Wandering Sons, but let’s focus on facts, major labels are suffering and rightfully so in many cases, but how do you argue a major label fronting the bill for a band like this on record? Matt Cameron of Pearl Jam, Brendan Benson, Little Jack and Patrick Keeler of the Raconteurs, Greenhornes and solo ventures; Sam Farrar from the very under appreciated Phantom Planet really brings an awesome bass feel to the whole sha bang… The list goes on, the rhythm section rocked my first listen, and Cory’s songwriting has sharpened too on pop focus. “What Do You Need” may be the best indie pop song I’ve heard this year hands down, the kind that gets buried on a record and slips into indie nerds’ favorite of the year list, like mine- it’s a great overall pop rock song, unlike anything I’ve heard Cory write to this date with a sexy folk- rock-reggae techno like disco rhythm building to a nasty sly Phil Spector like bridge It is a flawless song, and should be a hit, but chances are it won’t. This is America afterall.

In 2005 & 2007 I had the pleasure of doing the artwork for Cory Chisel’s EP, “Darken Your Door” and a nice little soulful folk rock record he made 2 years ago, “Little Bird”, both produced by Mark Muraski at the now defunct Fuse studio, Rockford, IL. Both are temporarily unavailable or in contractual limbo. Who really knows, it’s none of my business aside from the fact my design services were requested for both projects I’m happy to have been involved in. ”Little Bird’ features the great Augie Meyers (sideman for Bob Dylan and Freddie Fender) and Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick). The success of the new major label release hits the stores after Sept. 28th, 2009, and then hopefully the rest of the world can get a listening opportunity to take in the goodness evident on a track from said ‘little’ record, “Getting By.”

Without having the luck of working with Cory & The Sons, I would have never had the hard work and privilege of designing record artwork for other great young Midwestern artists. Daniel McMahon who plays/played with The Wandering Sons has silently partaken in the making of singer song-writer and part-time Wandering Son bassist, Miles Nielsen’s solo record, “Miles” which Rockford, IL area artist Peter Mera & I did artwork for as well. The record itself is a great documentation of the midwest, the confusion and the beauty in what it’s like to be from here. It’s scene, the players far and wide from many bands, Cheap Trick, The Wandering Sons, Government Mule, Black Crowes, The record is an accumulation of many styles hitting head on, like the midwest, a cross roads of influences, seasons, all kinds of characters, & sounds.

Daniel McMahon has also been playing fulltime as a member of Cameron McGill & What Army who released “Warm Songs for Cold Shoulders” earlier this year. Their newest EP was released on Sept, 15th, 2009, “Two Hits and & Miss” Both feature some of the finest songwriting and band performances put to record in 2009 by one of the best live acts I’ve ever seen. Catch the What Amy while you can, they are the one reason I still believe in the power of rock n’ roll.

I’ve got some things to say about Rockford, IL’s great defunct under appreciated band, The Braves who released a few records on Chicago’s label, Johann’s Face. It featured three wonderful songwriters in Joe Reina, Kevin Schwitters, & Shawn Ross along with drummer Jesse Carmona. All have moved on to new projects and they deserve their own little writeup coming soon. Need to sleep.

Pavement Add Reunion Shows

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:13:10 -0500

Pavement Add Reunion Shows:

This is like a dream come true. for every terrible pop star that dies there’s an indie band that rocked my world so hard due to make a comeback. michael jackson dies = pavement’s resurrection. sounds like a new age deal to me that minorities like me benefit from, I’ll take it, hail yeah. Sold.

My agent, Andy Whorehall, can be found on Facebook now, go be his phan, or his phriend. Or not. Click here a'Merica.

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:22:00 -0500

My agent, Andy Whorehall, can be found on Facebook now, go be his phan, or his phriend. Or not. Click here a'Merica.:

My agent, Andy Whorehall, has a facebook page now. He can be found here. He’s a jerk, beware, but he does set me up with some fun projects.

Designs for the new Cameron McGill & What Army EP “Two...

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:33:00 -0500

Final EP Cover with Tour Edition Covers

"Two Hits and a Miss" Final EP Cover

Designs for the new Cameron McGill & What Army EP “Two Hits and a Miss” out on Parasol Records, 09.15.2009 / The Tour Edition cover photos by Daniel J. McMahon / The EP wIll be available to purchase on iTunes.

Visit Cameron’s web site for more info.

Fall / Winter 2009 Tour T Shirt for Cory Chisel and the...

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:08:00 -0500

Tshirt Design / Illustration

Poster Design of illustration

Fall / Winter 2009 Tour T Shirt for Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons

New record, “Death won’t send a letter”, due 09.29.2009 on RCA / Black Seal.

Buy a poster, click here.

New CD Release poster design for silkscreen printing for The...

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:01:49 -0500

New CD Release poster design for silkscreen printing for The Famous, a band from San Francisco.

Oh look who made some noise.

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:56:32 -0500

Oh look who made some noise.:

Captainsdead.com, a popular indie music site, wrote a very nice review on my life project. it will rival the greatest collection of songs Rush, Boston or Oasis have ever written about being born & living to eventually die in Rockford, IL.

Please Respect Us: Designer Rules for Clients.

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:38:00 -0500

Please Respect Us: Designer Rules for Clients.:

Great Article for Present & Potential Clients about Designers, our profession, and what you should know about respectfully dealing with us when you contact us to do work for you or your business.

Are you looking for my professional site? Click here.

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:15:00 -0500

Are you looking for my professional site? Click here.:

If you’re a business or a marketing department looking for my professional design services site, visit the link above or click here as well. I handle print and web services along with many other skillsets self-employed people living in America have to learn to take care of themselves now-a-days.

If you are a band or a non-profit, please click here to deal with Andy, my rep.

Why are these portfolios separated? Because I live in a city, a small town market where any flash of professional creativity or thought challenges change or progress and can affect my financial ability to stay afloat like many self-employed people go through. It’s best to separate the 2 sides of the brain in a city like this that I work out of. It’s also best to keep Companies and Band services separate being that they have nothing in common with each other outside of needing the same set skillsets from the creative services I offer to both unless it’s a major label corporation handling a band vs. the band coming straight to me.

Additional questions as to why, contact me about professional business design here.

Or contact my rep Andy for band design questions here.

My agent likes to sign me up for free work.

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:03:00 -0500

My agent likes to sign me up for free work.:

Most musicians / bands that come to me for design/artistic help I store bits and pieces of online at my agent’s web site, Mr. Andy Whorehall. Please see band related work I’ve done in the past at this link. It should be noted, when I can’t find time to do my own photography or I just don’t own the right shots I’ve taken or the bands themselves don’t have their own photos worth using, some of the work features photography provided by other local Rockford professional artist / photographers, Brian Milo & Mike Graham who graciously provide photos of the artists for me to, in most cases, destroy for the sake of a project.

Buy Posters Online! Click here! Over 30 posters designed for...

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:30:00 -0500

Buy Posters Online! Click here!

Over 30 posters designed for midwestern bands, Cory Chisel, Miles Nielsen, The Pimps, Kelly Steward, The Braves n’ more.

Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons Since 2005, I’ve...

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:54:00 -0500

Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons

Since 2005, I’ve worked on a wide variety of custom design & marketing materials for this Midwestern band from Appleton, WI. Posters, logos, t shirts, web sites, & CD Packaging for 2 EPs issued, “Darken Your Door”, & 1 Full Length, “Little Bird”, produced & distributed by FUSE Recordings, Rockford, IL.

In the fall of 2007, after the release of the full length “Little Bird”, the sum of many peoples efforts, accumulated to the signing of Cory by a major record label, Sony / RCA Records under Black Seal Records.

Displayed is a small fraction of the amount of work I put into marketing the band before the signing with said corporation.

In May of 2008, Cory released the EP “Cabin Ghosts” through Black Seal, a subsidiary distributor of RCA for artist development. Due in September of 2009 is his major label debut out on RCA Records and will be available everywhere tentatively titled, “Death won’t send a letter.” I look forward, like many from the midwest, to hearing the record!

CD Packaging & Design “Miles” Miles Nielsen,...

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:00:00 -0500

CD Packaging & Design “Miles” Miles Nielsen, 2009
Artwork by Peter Mera & I

"Look, it’s a pitbull, our, my, America’s pitbull, sexy Sadie."

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:40:00 -0500

“Look, it’s a pitbull, our, my, America’s pitbull, sexy Sadie.”

- White people think mean things. Sadie doesn’t like it either.

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