Digi Pak Final

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IMAGE / DIGI PAK MANIPULATION

Here are some of the edits I created and here are some examples of the manipulations I created using Adobe Photoshop.

Audience Research

Album Art Into Indie Pop

WEBSITE FOR FEEDBACK

Hey Miss & Sir, here's me & Bariya's website.. We have completed it and worked on all the pages equally. Check it out! Also the website was formated in wide screen so you will have to zoom out to view the complete site.

http://baria-malik-101.wix.com/mariefaith

Marketing & Promotions

Promotion methods 

Today I did some research on Marketing and promoting methods for artists. Promoters get artists noticed by methods such as posters, billboards and mailing lists. However, a lot of promotors have taken advantage of social media networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Tumblur, Instagram and My Space. Promotors use sites such as these to build on artist's personalities and brand. This is how many independent artists tend to start out. For example, Justin Bieber who was discovered on Youtube. Independent artists also turn to music and events in nightclub to promote themselves and it has proven successful. For example acts such as chipmunk, who started out promoting themselves in nightclubs. This research has been beneficial because when were promoting out artist, we need to be aware of promoting methods such as social networks.

Fiction Records

Fiction Records is a British label founded by Chris Parry in 1978 that is best known for being the home of The Cure for over 20 years. Formerly independent, the label is now owned by Polydor, a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Fiction records is a UK based label catering for the genre's in indie pop and alternative rock. This is the record company that produced Kate Nash's single 'Foundations'.

Polydor is also a UK based company having produced music for acts such as Cheryl Cole, Take That, Kaiser Chiefs and Ellie Golding and have also produced music for US artists such as Black Eyed Peas, Eminem and The Pussycat Dolls. 

In January 2004 Joe Munns, Paul Smernicki and Jim Chancellor decided to revive Fiction to "give Polydor a bit more of a guitar stronghold", as their roster then consisted mostly of pop acts. The first release on the "new" Fiction was the Snow Patrol single "Run", which entered the UK chart at #5. The subsequent Snow Patrol album Final Straw has since gone on to sell over 2 million copies around the world.

The current Fiction stable includes Crystal Castles, Ian Brown, Snow Patrol, The Maccabees, Kate Nash, Athlete, Elbow, White Lies, Yuksek, Detroit Social Club, and Filthy Dukes. Fiction has also released records by Stephen Fretwell, Jacknife Lee, Delays, Alberta Cross, Guillemots and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.