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[je_taime_mods]

For my typography IV class I have to make a book using a band/musician or a poet.

i'm thinking of using Rilo Kiley, BUT only using self titled & take off's, nothing past that. i don't want to deal with shitheads telling me oh "portions of foxes"...i would have done this/i loooooove that song... blah blah blah. music snob or not, it kind of makes

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[michaelpop]

I'm not quite sure I understand the concept.

[je_taime_mods]

oh yeah, if i choose a band/musician, i use their lyrics.
if i use a poet i use their poems.

with emphasis on typography, i have to construct a book with the feel of whatever type of music i choose.

[michaelpop]

So you're just lifting the lyrics directly, not interpreting them, right? And I suppose it's your job to design the font that captures the essence of each song?

[je_taime_mods]

right, direct lyrics

color scheme, paper/medium (some people have semn their lyrics on fabric! for their books)

the book as a whole has to capture the essence of the songs as a whole...so if i chose rilo kiley let's say i would pick their more moody songs of the two albums and use them , or in the man who i would leave out a few songs to stick with the melancholy theme

that's what i know for sure, i want to be elegantly sad

[michaelpop]

That's a really interesting assignment! I'd love to see the finished product before you turn it in, whatever you decide to go with.

I guess it comes down to whatever record or set of songs you feel you can connect to the most on an emotional level. My thinking goes that if you feel it in your heart you'll be better able to externalize it visually more thoroughly.

College is hard!

[je_taime_mods]

to get an A in the class we have to make two (of the same, first to get the kinks out, second for portfolio/turn in)

[je_taime_mods]

exactly, those three

take offs, the man who & chelsea girls are so meaningful to meeeeee i can't choose!!!

[je_taime_mods]

sewn* their lyrics, i've lost all ability to spell