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Chris Allard, The Guitarist Mastermind
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 | Designers, Music | No Comments
Chris allard is a guitarist mastermind. So much so that he had british web designer mastermind Dave Hall www.icanmakeyouwebsite.com create him a website featuring the best font in the entire world, Copperplate Gothic Bold.
You can almost hear Chris shredding away just looking at the header for his website. Just off the logo itself, I would say that Chris Allard is the best guitarist in the world. It’s not an exageration. This is the power of Copperplate Gothic Bold, transforming rockers into rockstars. International rockstars now that we’ve shown the world Chris Allard’s work. So stop toiling away on your rainy little island Chris, the Queen doesn’t rule your life. Take a giant step into the bright bright sunlight that is the world and take your stage, you’ve earned it.
So thanks to Dave and thanks to Chris for lighting the way and blazing the trail for Copperplate Gothic Bold. Your site and your playing goes to 11.
NBC Sing Off? Pissed Us Off! Try These Notes For Size.
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 | Courtesy Redesigns, Music | 1 Comment
NBC’s “Sing Off” has gone and pissed us off!
Here are the facts:
1. A cappella is awesome
2. Copperplate is amazing
3. Not using Copperplate for an ACappella show was the worst idea ever, you might as well develop a show around kicking baby puppies, and that’s horrible!
Is it a coincidence that the three letters that are the initials for Copperplate Gothic Bold are CGB? No, it was on purpose, those are valid musical notes.
Is it a coincidence that Frederic Goudy invented beatboxing? No sir-ee-doo-bob.
Is it a coincidence that the perfectly shaped serifs used in Copperplate Gothic Bold are much like the uniquely crafted vocal lines used to express the underlying song in A Cappella? That’s easy…NO!!!
Is it a coincidence that the perfect temperature to enjoy CGB is 98 degrees? Or that the show’s host is Nick Lachey, big NO!
NBC, you missed the boat, big time. Not even T-pains appreciative song about you putting him on a boat can save you now. So cancel the show, try again, and next time think before you jump in the pool, the pool of Copperplate Greatness! This is a great start for you a courtesy redesign of your beloved host with a much improved simple but effective logo to promote your show. We just ask that you include Exit 245 next time.
Kramer is Ready to Rock! Fontastic.
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 | Music | No Comments
So what a wonderous delight running around the interwebs and finding a rock band rocking out Copperplate Gothic Bold on their album cover.
I think Kramer really encapsulated the idea that:
- Copperplate Gothic Bold is Global
- They can really rock your socks off
- Globe images are timeless in design
- A single tree is badass
Using all of these design elements Kramer went from mediocre Progressive Rock band (according to the forum posts this came from) to amazing awesome guitar gods just with a single album cover.
So thank you Kramer, your “Life Cycle”
just got a big longer, so did your hair, because to have an album cover like that you probably have long hair, really long hair, like stringy drugged out coke user hair. But the album covers use of CGB saves you, really it does.
Indiana Straight No Chaser A Cappella!!!
Thursday, August 14th, 2008 | Music | No Comments
A friend of the CGB Meredith Geary sent us a video of SNC doing their version of the 12 days of Christmas.
It’s a great video, great a cappella, and they used copperplate gothic bold. In the video they forgot the 13th day of christmas, Copperplate Gothic Bollllldddd. Future reference you University of Indiana folks and everyone else the 13th day of Christmas is Copperplate Gothic Bold.
Ho Ho Ho – The Dan Band Gets It!!!
Thursday, August 14th, 2008 | Music | No Comments
The Dan Band is Hilarious, we added some CGB for them.
Our favorite Christmas Carol was penned by the Dan Band. Made famous through the wedding singer and later by Old School, the Dan Band is musical genius. After tiring of the normal broadway musicals, Dan Finnerty realized he could be more successful by using his voice to sing expletive filled covers of woman artists. Not just piss poor covers Dan belts out with the best of female singers.
We recently caught them at the 9:30 club in DC for the second time and we could not get this song out of our heads. So crank up the Apple TV, bust out the new Apple iPhone and crank that Dan Band for the whole family. This song will get stuck in your head. We recreated the logo for the intro to the video to be more friendly to Copperplate Gothic Bold. If the Dan Band wishes they may use this improved logo to help them get those high school gigs.
Mans born, man lives, man dies…and it’s all vanity. Cake!!!
Thursday, August 14th, 2008 | Food, Music | No Comments
Cake is a great band and they have a great font. Sweet...Literally.
Short and sweet…literally. Cake is great and they use Copperplate Gothic Bold. Just let it simmer and contemplate how truly great this is.
“Man is born, man lives, man dies…and it’s all vanity.” Their new B-sides and rarities CD is great. The lyric from above is from a preacher they sampled and played along with. The song is called thrills and is on their album “B-Sides and Rarities” it’s perhaps the greatest cake song ever made.
Cake – Thrills on iTunesWhile the album itself doesn’t necessarily use Copperplate, the fact that they have used Copperplate before and that the band is Cake, we will forgive them and offer it to you on iTunes.
Enjoy this great song and may you have your Cake, Copperplate Gothic Bold and eat it too.
A Cappella, MySpace and the Bostonians!!!
Thursday, August 14th, 2008 | Music | No Comments
The Bostontonians A Cappella are getting down to the CGB!
A Cappella music if you have never heard it is extremely important to the international music scene. It gives extremely talented people the ability to be superstars for the 4 years they are attending college and for the ones that can’t get away, the rest of the time they are in grad school. A Cappella also inspires students in high school and middle school to keep pursuing music as part of their lives later on in life.
The premise is that groups audition new members in the fall and spring as old members graduate. They spend between 3-6 hours a week practicing and they sing pop songs with just voices. It’s absolutely great, and we think that the Bostonians are great because they use Copperplate Gothic Bold.
So CGB it up friends in Boston, one of America’s greatest cities. Keep up the A Cappella greatness, keep rocking Quincy Market, and throw a tea bag or two in the water for us!
Auf Der Maur = CGB = Won Der Full!!!
Thursday, August 14th, 2008 | Music | No Comments
Auf Der Maur trusts CGB.
Auf der maur, former bassist for smashing pumpkins is off to make a record, judging by her font choice, it could be the greatest album of all time!!!
Mike Katsufrakis, long time friend of the CGB shot this our way, and we must say that we are “Auffully” glad that he did!
Best of luck on the new CD, keep using the Copperplate and we can only imagine the wonderful new sounds you will bring to this record with the power of CGB behind you!
No need to go, Copperplate says it’s a Great Show!
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 | Music | No Comments
Lasalle Bank Theatre using their own Copperplate Gothic Bold variant, this may hurt business as patrons already know the biggest show is outside on the sign.
So we found this great theater that uses a derivation of Copperplate Gothic Bold. We’re all about family values and when we have a chance to see members of the family we feature them as well.
No need to build the theater, just stop. The sign is enough to entertain.
PS: The site we found this image on is not keen on Copperplate Gothic Bold, in fact the title of the forum is Copperh**e. We are saddened that others do not find joy in the greatest font of all time. I welcome anyone to find a better font for any and every application of any language in the world. So Copper(expletive) you can take your bold defiance somewhere else, the Internets does not need your negativity.
The Day the Copper Music Died Lived!!!
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 | Music | No Comments
Kenny G Saxophone Man Music enhanced by the Copperplate Gothic Bold.
Kenny G, one of the founders of modern day music, gravity and the world, has shown us through his sheer existence and subtle design elements that only Copperplate Gothic Bold was good enough for his multi-platinum disc “duotones.” At CGB we want to congratulate Kenny G not only for his sheer mastery of the little saxophone, but also for his design skills. Kenny G has once again proven that Copperplate Gothic Bold is the King of all fonts that have been and ever will be. Amen.
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