13: 'Treat Every Band Like The Next Big Thing', with guest Ian Baldwin

They say to never judge a book by its cover, but isn’t the cover a part of the book itself? The face of the body of work? This week we talk to Ian Baldwin of Hear&See about design and how it applies to the music industry specifically.

They say to never judge a book by its cover, but isn’t the cover a part of the book itself? The face of the body of work? This week we talk to Ian Baldwin of Hear&See about design and how it applies to the music industry specifically.

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Show Notes:

Getting to know Ian Baldwin
States Away
Early Clients
COIN
Digital Tour Bus
TwentyOnePilots

Hear&See
Artwork
Blog / Newsletter

Inspirational artists / designers
Alex Pardee
CavityColors
Nicholas Moegly
Brian Morgante (Flesh and Bone)
Olly Moss
Ryan Clark (Invisible Creature)
Brandon Rike
Brandon's behind the scenes look at Blurryface

Jeff Finley

Music Digs
New Apple Music playlists
Waterparks debut album
I’d Get to the Top of the Mountain if It Would Just Stop Fucking Growing by Dia Frampton
Star Wars album covers
Jimmy Eat World
"Sure and Certain"
"Get Right"

Recommendations
Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight - Travis Scott
We Move - James Vincent McMorrow
Love/Sex/War - Shapes & Colors
Terrible Things - The Orphan The Poet
Summer Daze - Weathervein
seanwes (podcast and website)
The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure by Grant Cardone

Ian Baldwin
Ian on Twitter.
Hear&See's Website.

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