aka “Avoiding Mom while she stresses about a family picnic.”
Just read an interesting article on PDN (that’s Photo District News) about Flickr and its potential as a marketing tool for professional photographers. Neat stuff, and it would make my life a whole lot easier if Flickr decided to set up some sort of ecommerce tools to go with its site. Which reminds me, I need to update my “real” photography website. Well, I needed to do that about two months ago. Anyone want to design some sort of logo for me? I’m shit at graphic design…
I also stumbled upon this interesting news while perusing Pitchfork’s site.
Together with our friends at FUZE, we’re calling all fans for a chance to see the summer’s most cutting-edge festival up close and personal—and be a part of it behind the scenes!
We’ll pick the best review, photo and poster—and we’ll fly each winner and their guest to Chicago, put them up in a hotel for the weekend, and give them $500 cash and two VIP passes to the festival.
But that’s not all. The writer of the winning review will get to review this year’s festival—and their article will be excerpted on Pitchforkmusicfestival.com. The winning photographer will join Pitchfork’s official photo crew for the weekend. And the winning poster artist will see a limited edition of their work printed up and for sale on the festival grounds!
There’s three ways to play.
1. Writers:
Upload an audio review you or a blog entry about last year’s Pitchfork festival, or about any of the bands on this year’s incredible lineup.
1. Submissions must be between 300-500 words or if audio no longer than 5 minutes in duration.
2. Audio submissions should be in mp3 format.
3. Fuze Bevarage and the Pitchfork Music Festival retain all rights to submitted material
4. Fuze Beverage and the Pitchfork Music Festival retain rights to reproduce and distribute submitted material
2. Photographers:
Enter an image you took at Pitchfork last year—or another recent concert you’ve attended.
1. Contestants are allowed to submit up to 10 photos
2. Fuze Beverage and the Pitchfork Music Festival retain all rights to submitted material
3. Fuze Beverage and the Pitchfork Music Festival retain rights to reproduce and distribute submitted material
3. Artists:
Design a poster for our Friday night collaboration with All Tomorrow’s Parties, featuring Sonic Youth, GZA & Slint.
1. All designs must use only 2 colors and be no larger than 14 x 19 inches and on plain white background.
2. Fuze Beverage and the Pitchfork Music Festival retain all rights to submitted material.
3. Fuze Beverage and the Pitchfork Music Festival retain rights to reproduce and distribute submitted material
So what are you waiting for? Get to work on those contest entries, and make sure you submit them no later than June 15th. When you’re ready, you can submit them via this Imeem page . See you at this summer!
Yeah. I’m in for the photography bit. Was toying around with the idea of going to the festival anyway (cheap! fun! excuse to visit Chicago!!), but maybe I have a shot in hell of going for free with someone else, getting some spending cash, and being able to take photos of awesome bands there. Now I just have to figure out my 10 best images…hmmm this is going to be tough.