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Default 13-04-2008, 17:16

REPRO are a good shout! b&w one sided a6s on paper are usually sufficient

I always try to have a description of some sort, not that it ever means much, but it can stimulate a discussion with people you dont know and sometimes a conversation/discussion about something familiar to them can entice them along to the gig
   
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Ding! 13-04-2008, 18:07

Some minimal description is essential, as far as I'm concerned. As are myspace links. If you give the punter the information, they are more likely to check out the bands in question. If there's neither on a poster, I wouldn't be surprised if no-one turned up for the gig. It's not that difficult to make a poster eye-catching AND informative.

And saying that font types will give an impression of what the band sound like is a massive generalisation, as it only works for extreme music like death metal etc.
   
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Default 13-04-2008, 21:30

ive been getting my recent printing done (incl Enablers/Felix Kubin posters and our group listings leaflet) at Iceberg Arts...its a new social enterprise set up by the Cyrenians...full print shop facility...can do posters/fliers/leaflets...whatever you want... colour/b & w/double sided........and they dont charge VAT!!!! based in a wee building on summer street, next to Cyrenians

cheaper than repro/thistle/wherever...and connected to a charity

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Default 14-04-2008, 08:57

Cheers for that DS. I think i'll give that place a try for my next bunch of flyers etc although just now, I just use the work printers hehe

On the description thing - I think i'll give it more of a chance cos people are putting up a reasonable argument as to why to include it on a poster.
   
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Default 22-04-2008, 20:26

Yes Iceberg are a breath of fresh air, we are getting all our stuff done there now, nothing is too much bother unlike some of the others (better quality also), they are also doing up to a1 size they have a myspace MySpace.com - Iceberg Arts - 40 - Male - UK - www.myspace.com/icebergarts

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Default 22-04-2008, 22:26

I'll be using Iceberg from now on.

Thanks for the tip, Sharon.
   
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Default 23-04-2008, 07:22

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I'll be using Iceberg from now on.

Thanks for the tip, Sharon.
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No no, it's cool. Your poster is great - so long as there is at the very least a myspace link!

Does that mean that the punter will have to then note the address, get to a computer and do some work on his/her own? Cheesh, imagine that...
   
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Default 23-04-2008, 08:30

I like a little blurb on a poster too. The latest poster for my next gig, with IMP, is The Low Lows one (supplied by the label) and I felt that the image kinda sums it up: Cowboy hat, butterflies, Flowers, unusual font and just a little otherworldly, sums the music up quite well I felt. I would have liked to add some info about the French band, Crevecouer, as they are on their own tour and should be a great gig in their own right, no room so I went with the strongest image and then a little hope that the discerning music fan will get an idea that this gigs looks well worthwhile. If there was space I would have a added a quote about the sound though...
   
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Default 23-04-2008, 09:10

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Does that mean that the punter will have to then note the address, get to a computer and do some work on his/her own? Cheesh, imagine that...
Not if it's a flyer. Because the point of flyers is to hand them out. Thus, the potential punter will have all the details required on one small bit of paper.
   
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