albert Salerno






 

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bring your ideas to life.
 






cd art

I'm a musician, so designing CD packages is my favorite type of project.

My services include the complete package:
Booklet, Trayback, CD Face, Text and Artist Logo


Here are some recent samples:

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    redesign
Mary E. Holland, a San Francisco singer, had a friend design her first CD. She brought it to me because she felt it needed a more stylish presentation. I colorized the photo from the old cover and placed it in a more dynamic setting.
   

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AFTER::

BEFORE:
AFTER:
     
   
business cards
 

 

photo correction


This band uses two sets of lead singers, but they didn't want to take a separate publicity photo. They sent me the BEFORE picture, and head shots of the two alternate members. I did some gentle skin-grafting, and came up with an AFTER picture they could use in their promo package.

 
BEFORE

AFTER


    The same band recently had an excellent photo taken; unfortunately it was shot in the recording studio, so the gray background was not professional or exciting enough to be used as a promo shot. I added a colorful cityscape that ties in with the name of the band (CITY LIGHTS), and the band now features the altered picture in their promo package.
   

BEFORE

CITY LIGHTS before

 

AFTER

CITY LIGHTS after

   

promotional posters

The full-size art was printed on glossy photo paper for display, and a small .jpg was sent in emails to promote the events.

 
 


   

websites

Below is a sampling of websites I designed and maintain, updating whenever needed:

duartemusic.net

bwguitar.com

magnetictalent.com

bradbuethe.com

rudolfiartists.com

musicteamworks.com

takezomusic.com

robertjonesguitar.com

ritalackey.com

nancywrightmusic

happynoterecords.com

hazlewoodconsulting.com

loraleechristensen.com

darrylberk.com

northernlightsrecording.com

pacificdj.com

oldudesgroovin.com

salernosigns.net

sfbands.net

signaturecorporategifts.com

vincemusic.com

 

 

writing

  • Throughout the 1990s I wrote approximately 60 feature articles and music reviews for San Francisco's BAM Magazine.

  • I have been a marketing communications writer, web designer, technical writer, and journalist.

  • I was Senior Content Writer at audiohighway.com, a pre-Napster (and 100% legal) music download site, and Webmaster at wildbrain.com, an animation studio in San Francisco.

    Below are some writing samples:

  • Shawn Phillips
    A full-length music article that appeared in Discoveries Magazine, January, 2000.

  • Point-of-Sale Check
    I've been a contract writer for various corporations. This sales collateral piece was written for Bank of America.

  • Entertainment Reviews
    These originally appeared in BAM Magazine, SF Hot Ticket, and Audiohighway.com


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