Attention all bands! Alternative Press Magazine has put together the ultimate band competition: “Almost Famous.” Part of the prize package is design services from Go Media! This is your opportunity to get that killer apparel design or CD art that you’ve been longing for. Here is the skinny on the competition: (taken from altpress.com)

1. Pick your band’s best song. Obviously, it has to be somewhere in the punk/indie/emo/ska/rock/hardcore/metal scene. (Please, no folk or free jazz, guys. It won’t be considered.) And, seriously, one song per band. (more…)

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I just want to give our readers a quick heads up as to some recent projects we have been working on. Things have been really (I mean really) busy here at Go Media and we’ve all been working our tails off. We’ve landed a few nice jobs and things have been coming along great. Let’s share some of the news.

If you haven’t heard yet, we hired a new designer a few months ago named Dave. He’s a super talented artist and has definitely help expand our design repertoire. And we also hired Jason, our new office/sales manager who has been making our lives ten times easier every day.

Some new projects we have been working on are a lot of apparel designs. Clients include Atticus Clothing, As I Lay Dying, She Wants Revenge, Avenged Sevenfold, Stone Sour, and Insane Clown Posse.

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Having a quality Corporate Identity (Commonly referred to as a “logo”) is the critical first step in building a business!

What makes a great corporate Identity? (What makes a great logo?)
Your corporate Identity must have several characteristics to make it “great.”

First and foremost your logo must be relatively simple. A logo needs to be instantly recognizable at great distances or when printed at very small sizes. Often times we will have clients request extremely complex logos. These complex logos do accomplish one of our goals of a great logo; they further the brand by communicating a message. Unfortunately that message is only delivered to the customer successfully when they have the time and proximity to take in all the details of the art. A complex logo looses it’s effectiveness on a billboard when a potential customer has only a moment to glance up at your logo. Something too complex may look like nothing more than a blob of color to a passing driver. My all-time favorite example of a great “simple” logo is the Nike swoosh. (more…)

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This is reposted from my previous blog entry at thewetcat.com (which I never update much). I figured it’d be a good way to get the ball rolling here.

This tutorial is for a quick and easy way of doing a 2-3 color shirt design that’s all vector. Like I have said before, these tutorials are just tutorials - they aren’t the end all be all way of doing things. It’s just stuff I do. This is a quick way of doing a shirt design for a band. Doesn’t really matter what genre, but if you have the assignment of just coming up with “something” then this is a good thing to do. Again, you should spend time on your projects to make them the best they can be, but this a quick and dirty approach and will save you time and money in the long run. You’ll need Adobe Photoshop, Streamline, and Illustrator for this tutorial. And you should be familiar with most of the tools already. Because I assume you are.

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As you can see, we are making some visual changes to the site.  Bare with us until we can get it how we like it.  Thanks.

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You are viewing this site in it’s infancy. Soon there will be plenty to read. From business insights, design tips, tutorials, commentary, and more. You will learn something from readin this. But give us some time to get it started!

In the meantime, have you checked out the Go Media Store?

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