Creating Your Own Album Cover
by Jenners • 03/02/2009 • Life, My Take On..., Silliness • 28 Comments
So I saw this really cool meme about creating your own album cover over at Dan’s excellent blog The Art of Panic. It sounded like fun, and then I saw Heather do it over at ….and Now I’m a Grown-Up. So never one to miss a trend, I felt that I had to do it too!
Here are the rules (courtesy of Best Week Ever):
- Go to “Wikipedia.” Hit “random” and the first article you get is the name of your band (this is the last choice under Navigation on the left side).
- Then go to “Random Quotations” and the last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.
- Then go to Flickr and click on “Explore the Last Seven Days” and the third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
- Use Photoshop or some other image editor to add text and spiffify.
So I am now proud to introduce my Grammy-winning group Strictly Come Dancing. Our new album Fully Awake, Fully Alive will be in stores this week and can be downloaded on iTunes for $9.99. Here is the review from Entertainment Weekly:
If you put Enya and Guns and Roses in a blender, the result would be the brilliant new album by Jersey band Strictly Come Dancing. The album — Fully Awake, Fully Alive – is accurate in that lead singer and accordionist Jenners sounds more peppy than previous outings. Whether singing continually in a High C on “My Whippoorwill” or jamming with Slash on the heavy metal lullaby “Baby Come Crashing Down,” Jenners opens the door to new musical experimentation. No musical genre is left unexplored — whether it be the bagpipe-driven rock anthem “Bleach On My Shirt” or the psychedelic noodlings of “Come Running This Morning.” But certain tracks are not for the faint of heart — the banshee-like wailing on “Hookamanooka” is haunting and almost unbearable, calling to mind a young Yoko Ono. And the final track — “Bucket of Blood” — calls to mind Rob Zombie crossed with the Grateful Dead. But there are tender moments too. The Sting-penned “The Fields Of Yellow Flowers” is as soft and delicate as a butterfly. Destined to be a classic, Fully Awake, Fully Alive is a must-have for any serious music aficionado. Our Grade: A+ Be sure to download: “Hammer Time, Party Time”
“It looks fake,” I say, pointedly. Where did you get the idea of doing a little review to go with your album cover? That’s very clever!
VERY cool idea! I couldn’t find the random quotes button and gave up to go eat Rocky Road. I figured that you would love me anyway…
That looks like an album I would buy.
That album review was awesome! I tried to do this album thing, but what I got, I just couldn’t work with at all! Maybe I’ll try again another day. Is that cheating?
Now I’m convinced! I’ve seen this wicked cool meme all over and your’s really makes me want to get my album cover on, sister! Love all your song titles! I just love you, Jenners! You are a rockstar!
Your album cover is totally marketable. You are totally marketable.
My local music store is always sold out of all the Strictly Come Dancing stuff. I think it’s all a plot to hurt their sales. {*grin*}
Awesome meme! I love your album cover!
Terrific album cover and review! I love all the song titles, especially Hookamanooka. Sounds like Yoko Ono, priceless. So how are the accordion solos going? You are a really talented writer. You keep your audience always smiling
Great album cover! When will we be able to buy it?
LOL! That is the first I have seen that MEME, very clever.
You are a master at writing reviews. Fabulous work here… and I love the Tessa image, too. Lovely.
Great cover. What a name for a group:)
And of course you had to go all out and give it a review, too! It’s brilliant!
This really and truly looks like an actual album cover (and I bet it will be, after this post!)
Great meme. Boy you can find good memes.
Now THAT’S what I call music! I’m going to buy the album, listen to those funky tunes and frame the cover!
Thanks so much, Jenners, for highlighting my ‘Who Paints Your Music’ post. I’m chuffed to bits and pieces that you enjoyed it enough to feature me on your fabulicious blog!
this is hysterical. “heavy metal lullaby”… nice.
That sounds like a real band!! Great job.
Love the band name and album title! Tessa’s painting is gorgeous!
Awesome job. And OF COURSE, you went above and beyond by writing your very own review. Dang overachiever. I mean… you wonderfully creative woman, you.
That’s a great cover! When can I download it on iTunes?
What a cool album cover! And, the songs sound awesome!
I think you cheated… haha jp That looks great! And I agree..it does look like a real album!
Hammer Time, Party Time is like, my new favorite song! The yodeling is SUPERB!
I’ve seen this a couple of places and it never fails to amuse me!
That’s a pretty cool meme. If I have time I might do it later.
I like your album cover- the title and cover really do seem to go together
Holy cow. That actually sounds and looks like an album.
Let me know when it gets released.
That totally looks like a real band. This looks like fun.