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Post by Vince »

My band is going to get a demo made soon and we really should get some sort of promo shot.

I was wondering what are some of your favourite band promo photos? I really want some ideas.

NB: not live, concert stuff because then we'd have to get a gig and decent lights and all that shit.

I myself really like PF's Arnold Layne stuff

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Vince wrote:I really want some ideas.
Not this:

Image

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Avoid train tracks & brick wall backgrounds.
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Molly wrote:
Vince wrote:I really want some ideas.
Not this:

Image

:oops:
fuck I was hoping you had lost that one
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willow13 wrote:
fuck I was hoping you had lost that one
Lost it? It was only taken yesterday!

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Molly wrote:
willow13 wrote:
fuck I was hoping you had lost that one
Lost it? It was only taken yesterday!
they worked wonders with photoshop then :rofl:
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Just back on topic for a mo. If you search 'band promo pics' it's depressing how similar they are. Lots of earnest looking chaps standing in a line. The guitarist is often holding his guitar so we know he's not the bass player ;-)

Edit: Noticed: Shit Band Promo Pics gets much the same results as Band Promo Pics except there's more Iron Maiden.

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The Scarecrow wrote:Avoid train tracks & brick wall backgrounds.
Yeah, that's pretty much ground rule #1 :lol:

I'm kind of fond of the "band in kid's playground" thing at the moment
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Check out one of those 50 most awkward band / album cover clickbait pages and merge all the weirdest bits together, will be magic!
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godgrinder wrote:Image
How do you pronounce that?
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Molly wrote:
Vince wrote:I really want some ideas.
Not this:

Image

:oops:
Considering how often you repost this, one might surmise that you aren't actually that embarrassed by it... ;)
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Molly wrote:
Vince wrote:I really want some ideas.
Not this:

Image

:oops:
Ain't the bangles on the wrong arm for the slide? And speaking of Bangles, Suzanne Hoff...

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Not so sure about the band in playground concept - unless you're talking about when the kids aren't there.

Most photographic thing I've seen in recent times was I got to go into a venue the night before a big rugby game. It was dead empty and bathed in moonlight. Very eerie. But depends on what you're trying to convey doesn't it?

Live shots with punters loving it probably a good idea - but if can't do that and you're trying to convey "we're serious artists" you could do art gallery/museum thing. Or go really serious and cover yourself in paint or jelly
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