100 Records Ideas

Project Description: To participate in the next exhibition, you need to imagine and create a ficticious musician, band, or group and design and execute a design a 7” record cover for them. You will need to develop the musician/group’s biography, a record name, and a list of 4 – 5 songs before you start designing the record cover.

After you’ve created your band, you will do a series of sketches to brainstorm your album cover in your sketchbooks. You will develop one sketch into a final, handmade 7” record cover for the next exhibition. You will have to write a paragraph describing what materials, techniques, and styles you will be using and how it connects to the album cover that inspired you.

The Musician/Group: Biographical Details:

1. Musician(s) Names:

2. Date(s) and Place(s) of Birth:

3. Where they went to high school/college:

4. What genre of music does your musician/band peform?

5. List their major musical influences coming up as musicians:

6. How many records has the musician/band released? What are the titles?

7. What is their #1 or most popular single? Why was it so popular?

8. Write one line of the musician/bands lyrics (If they are an instrumental group describe the mood of one of their songs)

9. Briefly describe the ‘image’ of the musician/group that they use to market themselves to the public.

Biographical Summary: In the space below, write a two paragraph summary of the above information that would provide a new listener with a brief background of the musician/band and their music.