Kein Titel
Got the demo CD done today. Finished.
I've put up more cuts, including rueful looks at the wreckage of the new economy, more extreme hamminess* that unfortunately is what the background noise of commercial radio is all about, me giving myself a throat problem, and the inevitable suicide-inducing, but lucrative, training film narration.
I now need a brilliant and cheap graphic designer. But before I find one, I need to find an acceptable title for this expensive piece of screwball canned ham. One that will go well with catchy images and will be uniquely me. Trouble is, I've never been good at coming up with all-encompassing titles.
One demo CD I saw in my teacher's office had an interesting image: tourist-trap pewter figurines of world landmarks arranged in a row (Empire State, Eiffel Tower, etc) and a the end of the row was a pewter figurine of a cassette tape, and the demo CD was titled "really big voice". Interesting and clever; I liked the visual joke.
Anyhow, I need to think up a title. I'll also solicit help from the peanut gallery -- I need to discuss this with Mer, but maybe I can add a little incentive by making it a contest of some sort. Win a date with us? Dinner and a movie? Hiking out in the hills? We make you a pie?
One disclaimer -- if I do make it a contest, Mer has the inside track, because 1) I'm biased and 2) she's known me longer. She also has a good chance of being included in the winnings even if she's lost. Conflicts of interest are actively tolerated in our household, I'm afraid.
Think of the actors, won't you?
* This track also features my teacher's voice -- Susan McCollom. Not that you'd do this (because that would be really sad) but the next time you're listening intently to a radio commercial for Albertson's, it's probably her.