So I have been busy working on a new project, my first attempt at doing something online.

I am also working on a series related to outsourcing everything you can. Over the past few months I have tried outsourcing programming and design work.
Still not ready to try outsourcing personal business such as email etc. yet but considering it. Some of the experiences have been great, some well experiences.

So for this project, IOUmusic, I tried CrowdSpring.com to come up with a logo. This is one experience I think that will fall in to the great category.With no real set idea on what I wanted, I have received a number of sharp looking submissions.

I was going to wait until submissions were closed but maybe you will see something in one of these logos that with a small tweak would make it perfect.

So if you have a few minutes, visit the gallery and let me know what you think. Anything I rated 4-stars is one I am shortlisting, but I am open to thoughts on all of them. There may be some now that I have not yet seen or rated, so zero stars means that.

If you are interested in updates I am going to start posting on Twitter once the logo has been selected @ioumusic

Halifax will be losing a fine talent this summer when Peter moves across the Atlantic. Before that happens, head to Utility to see some of the work he has done over the past 8 years:

I’m putting up an exhibition of my album cover artwork from the last eight years, opening at Utility this Thursday.

It’s a bit of a last hurrah, a farewell of sorts from me to Halifax before I move away this spring. I’ve been wanting to do this for some time now, and it appears that it took an impending move to motivate me. For those who may be wondering, I’m still hoping to work with Halifax musicians after I leave, so don’t be a stranger.

I’m hoping that as many interested persons as possible will come by Thursday at 7pm, but it’ll be up for about three weeks.

There’s a Facebook event too (I don’t know if you can link to these things like this):
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/even … 4748474901

Also I’ll be doing a show of drawings at Argyle Fine Art in April, I’ll be posting more info on that when the specifics come together.

He’ll also soon be kicking off the first series of interviews I’ll be starting here, sound design, all about designers crazy enough to work with musicians. Watch for that in the near future

EVERYONE IS INVITED TO THE LIVE ART CREATION!!!

BUT IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THE CREATION..here are the details!!!

Music Nova Scotia, Argyle Fine Art and award winning photographer Chr!s Sm!th, invites you to participate in the exciting LIVE creation of a large, original work of art! The banner will be used as the back drop on Nova Scotia’s Main Stage at the ECMA 2009 and will represent Nova Scotia’s talented musicians and visual artists too!

Artists will be given three photographs by Chr!s Sm!th, based on selected live photographs of Carmen Townsend, David Myles and The Tom Fun Orchestra.

Three lucky artists will be chosen to work on the piece together LIVE at the Seahorse on Argyle Street during Music Nova Scotia’s Open Mic on Tuesday, February 17th in the Industry Room. A large canvas and most materials will be provided. The completed piece will travel with Music Nova Scotia to the ECMA’s from February 26-March 1, 2009.

Send us no more than 10 images of recent work you have done, an artist statement and your contact info by popping them on a disk and sending or dropping them off to Argyle Fine Art. You may send digital images of your work, low resolution please, to gallery@argylefa.com. NO ORIGINAL ARTWORK PLEASE. Only selected artists will be contacted. Good Luck and thanks for participating! We look forward to seeing your art on stage!

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: February 3rd, 2009

This innovative project is just one of the ripple effects of the recent art show REPIXX, by Chr!s Sm!th and 15 artists that responded to his photographs, first shown at NSMW in November.

We hope that we may find some interested filmmaker that may want to document the evening, from beginning to end….if interested please get in touch with MNS or Argyle Fine Art by phoning 902-425-9456. Check out Chr!s Sm!th’s website for more amazing photographs of some of the Country’s finest musicians at www.funkfactor.com

Argyle Fine Art
1869 Upper Water Street
Halifax, NS B3J 1S9
www.argylefa.tk

Check out this amazing series of illustrations on the perils of crate digging here