Mock CD

On this side, I would like the pop edit. I want this because of the extra strip at the righthand side. I want to put a pattern that will suit the edit on here.
I have measured, and my edit will need to be 12.cm by 11.8 for this part.

This is the inside where the pop CD will be. I would like an image on the side opposite the CD, because a black piece of white would be boring. It might be simply a background similar to that on the front. I will also put this image underneath the CD, so there are no white parts.

This is where the alternative CD will do. Where it says 'DISK 2', i will have an image. It is useful that i have several guitar pictures.

This is just to show how it is a double disk case.

And finally, this is the back. This is where I will have the alternative edit.

Final song choices - Alternative

To collect these songs, I am just going to make a tally of the most popular artists, of anything but a 'pop' genre,on the song lists. I will then use spotify to find their most listened to song. Then I will have a contrast of consistantly popular, and ever changing on my double disk CD.

As I went through, I found that I wasn't going to get 12 songs mentioned more than three times.
Instead, I am going to see which have the most hits on a song on YouTube. This will be from looking up their most listened to song on Spotify,



Songs I have come up with;

1.The Killers - Mr. Brightside

2.Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californication

3.Breaking Benjamin -  The Diary of Jane

4.Thirty Seconds To Mars - Closer To The Edge

5.Panic! At The Disco - I Write Sins Not Tradgedies

6.Three Days Grace - I Hate Everything About You

7.Black Keys - Tighten Up

8.Foo Fighters - The Pretender

9.Foster The People -  Pumped Up Kicks

10.Florence+ The Machine - Dog Days Are Over 

11.The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright

12.System Of A Down - Chop Suey!

Final songs choice - Pop.

I went through and did a kind of tally of songs on Notepad.










I then went through and chose the 12 most popular songs by putting a '*' next to it, then wrote a new list. I had a problem when I got to number 12, as I had no more song that had been mentioned 5 times, but 2 that had been mentioned 4 times. I chose Flo Rida - Wild Ones because it is a very recent one and very popular one, and has had many weeks in the charts. I added the red dots after the screen shots so the process was more visable.

And this is my final list;

1. Gotye - Somebody that I used to know
2. David Guetta - Titanium
3. Jessie J - Domino
4. Rizzle Kicks - Mama Do The Hump
5. Flo Rida - Good Feeling
6. Labrinth - Earthquake
7. Olly Murs - Dance With Me Tonight
8. Beyonce - Love On Top
 9. Rihanna - We Found Love
10.  Avicii - Levels
11. Drake - Take Care
12. Flo Rida - Wild Ones

Most of the songs are not a suprise as they were consistantly popular. However, there are is one song on there that wasn't on my chart lists, and one that appeared ones. Drake - Take Care and Avicii - Levels. These were very popular on Spotify.

Slightly more complicated edits

I started with this. I cut out each guitar, before i realised I could have just cut out one and then made the rest smaller! I don't think it made any different to the edit though. I like it because it is different to the other edits as I have simply made some colours brighter, made some shade darker, or made something stand out more.

I then messed around and did this. I didn't like the background too much on the other picture, so i tried to make it contrast with the guitars more.

Simple edits and photographs!

Yesterday I painted the guitar again. I wanted to do afew different seasons. I have not uploaded the 'Winter' ones yet. The Autumn ones were the first I uploaded.
To show Spring through this i have included the daffodils and painted flowers on the guitar.
I tried lots of different angles and took more than 50 photographs, and these were the ones I liked best. I edited them to make things stand out and emphasize the parts I liked the most.

I am pleased with all of these, but I am not sure if I would like them to be on the front of my album cover.

 I think i need something abit more clever for this. It will take me more time but I have an idea of what I would like to do.

I would like to take pictures of guitars, each one step further away, and overlap them together. I don't know how well I will be able to do this, but i really hope it works!

Songs list 4/3/12

Top 40 chart -  http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles

1. Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know ( 8 Weeks In Chart )
2. Emile Sande - Next To Me ( 2 Weeks In Chart )
3. DJ Fresh - Hot Right Now ( 2 Weeks In Chart )
4. Flo Rida - Wild Ones ( 5 Weeks In Chart )
5. David Guetta - Titanium ( 15 Weeks In Chart )
6. Jessie J - Domino ( 12 Weeks In Chart )
7. Nicki Minaj - Starships ( 2 Weeks In Chart )
8. David Guetta - Turn Me On ( 13 Weeks In Chart )
9. Gym Class Heros - Ass Back Home ( 1 Week In Chart )
10. Will.I.Am - T.H.E (The Hardest Ever) ( 3 Weeks In Chart )
11. Ed Sheeran - Drunk ( 10 Weeks In Chart )
12. Alyssa Reid - Alone Again ( 4 Weeks In Chart )
13. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger ( 9 Weeks In Chart )
14. Lana Del Rey - Born To Die ( 5 Weeks In Chart )
15. Rizzle Kicks - Mama Do The Hump ( 13 Weeks In Chart )

This time I have added how many weeks they have been in the charts. This is because I will use this as the decider as to who should be on the album. If someone is on my lists alot, then they should be because they have stuck it out in the charts, however, if they also keep falling down the charts and then back up again then it does not show that they are consistantly popular.

Pop edit- Complilation. Messing around on Photoshop.

I really like the style of The Wanteds new album cover. I like how the white spots on the dark background make it look older than it is, it gives it a really good effect. The only problem is, I'm not sure how to do this to my photos. I will need to look for a tutorial.
I also like how there is no colour on the album cover, and how the faces of the artists stand out against the background.
You can tell it has already been professionally edited because the artists look airbrushed and perfect, their pictures will have been taken seperately specifically for this album cover also.
The text used is a text similar or exactly the same to the text on other covers, posters, and any other merchandise they have.

This is an edit of my own. I saw The Wanteds album cover before I did this (because their album art was only released yesterday!) but I think theirs is more effective than my attempt. I wanted to make it colourful to show the pop aspect, but I don't think it worked. The text didn't look as good as I thought it would when i imagined it in my head. I'm not very proud of this edit, the only thing I like is the layout of the images.