Greetings Steemit,
From 2009(ish) till the clubs closing 12/31/2012 - I helped operate a Saturday night weekly EDM event in my hometown known as "Fresh Mode". (The stories of which could fill many posts.. but that is for another time) I've also operated a few self run events, mostly park parties, since then - and will include some of that relevant content in this post as well.
With help from my favorite Wookie and pickle savant @swedishcalypso - we were responsible for booking talent, providing & operating sound equipment, performing ourselves most weekends, as well as designing flyer & promotion art.
Attached in this post is some of that aforementioned flyer & promo art that I designed - mostly by adding text or layering a few free use images found on google. I had to knock out one of these every weekend for 3 years - and they all had to be original & tell a different story.
The trick here is that every weekend hosted a different act - so every weekend's event flyer had to be unique as well as representative of the performer. Some of these have stories behind them.. others were left to my own creation.
There is also the challenge of listing all pertinent information the Artist wants listed, such as: name, style, genre, affiliations, websites, etc. Some of these flyers took HOURS to get just the font/text listings placed correctly.
You'll also catch a few Steemians listed here - as we hosted many locally based talent that later joined our Steemit community.. so be on the lookout for flyers listing: @sykochica , @winstonwolfe, @echozaurora , @sssence, @fenomenon7 .
I try to tell a little story with each piece - as to the type of show it was used for or who the artist was that played. Some of the earlier works are def less skilled than my later pieces. Presented in no specific order, just random pulls from my Imgur account. So it goes.
Social Media Artwork
Poster Artwork on the Walls of the venue
Poster Artwork in the Windows - placed 'Side by Side' in the front window of the venue
St. Patty's Day Pubcrawl Event
DJ Spiral = @WinstonWolfe & This Guy That Guy (TGTG) = @sweedishcalypso & @giftedgaia
@echozaurora show (that top hat is kinda her thing)
TGTG Show ( @sweedishcalypso & @giftedgaia )
All Vinyl Show night
Outdoor Park Party
Mash up Mayhem night (Hence Kokopelli)
4x4 House Music night
Multi-genre out of towers
In your Face Drum n Bass
All three Konkrete Jungle Springfield DJs - including @fenomenon7
The Dichotomy of: Funky House vs Drum and Bass
My friend Casey said "I just want something simple on the the flyer, nothing crazy!"... ok dude
A technician on the decks = Chris Close
Flyer for two kick ass out of town DJs who love graffiti artwork
Flyer for the classiest DJ I know, Mr. @essence (Hence the 'Mad Men' theme)
Another Example where I had a Dirty Glitch Hop DJ playing, so I went 'Classy Wedding Style' with the flyer art
That night a Pirate Headlined the show
My friend doing a Live PA set with lots of buttons - hence the brain power flyer
A pair of Super Groovey House DJs
One of the times @swedishcalypso & I were able to get @sykochica to join us on drums.. cuz, ya know.. She's at least 1/2 Muppet.
Super Funky Live PA Guy
Another TGTG show ( @swedishcalypso & myself).. cuz us playing sounds like the music of Angels
Promo Post for a Park Party
Trance DJ headliner = sounds like Robots singing love songs
Two Dark EDM DJs (one of my favorites)
2 Turntablists playing on 4 decks that night
More TGTG performances (We played often)
Pretty heavy lineup so I went purple & pink color scheme to throw you off
Day Time Park Party (Fayetteville Invades Springfield) & also a Fresh Mode that night = Basically 2 show flyers in 1. This piece is just a zoomed in Google Map view of the 143 mile journey, and though very simple in design, it took FOREVER to get all the text added & spaced where I liked it.
Yet some more TGTG performances - we have this thing about NOT red lining.. so that's the joke here.
Random flyer listing both @winstonwolfe & @swedishcalypso - I like this one.
Halloween Pubcrawl Event.
Christmas Event - Merry Fresh Mode with @fenomenon7
Tag Team Night - again listing @winstonwolfe , @swedishcalypso , and myself @giftedgaia - in the theme of an early 1990's video game start screen
Another Halloween Pubcrawl Event - the 'No Tricks, All Treats' phrase was a jab at other promoters in the area at the time who were throwing whack shows - and though smaller in operation (by our intention) we always felt like we held the standard of being 'the professionals' at what we did in our scene
NYE event with an International Headliner - I thought the World may be ending, hence the flyer design
Local Friend DJ Malkontent
Funky House Music All Night event
Three Zen Mutha'Funkas I know - hence the theme
Friends from out of town event
Local Swing House guy DJ Sketch (Play button going off like a bomb cuz he uses a Midi controller)
Another @echozaurora Show (early flyer)
Some unrelated Artwork I did for a Business Networking Group - they were having a 1930's circus themed charity event and needed a promo flyer
And unbeknownst to us at the time - THIS is the final Fresh Mode flyer - featuring @sykochica , @swedishcalypso , and myself @giftedgaia
Hope You enjoyed the show Friends!
Cheers Steemit!
~GiftedGaia
-What is: Steemit Talk Podcast
-Life is short - hence why Podcasting is Important
-My Youtube Page (lots of Drone Videos)
-GiftedGaia's Favorite Quotations on Life and Music
Well done - it ads up to a lot of great experience and talent!
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Nice work. Cool to see the massive improvement over time. You got good pretty fast.
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