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Title: Show Your Business Card
Post by: oddmetersam on January 18, 2013, 10:56:10 PM: Hey, Gang!
While preparing for the NAMM Show (see related link), I decided to update my business cards and I'm interested in whatever business card layouts you folks use (if at all). Why not show 'em off, here?

Here's mine.

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/148177.jpg)
Title: Show Your Business Card
Post by: rustyg61 on January 19, 2013, 02:42:52 AM: Cool card Sam! Love the font! Here's mine -

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/148195.jpg)
Title: Show Your Business Card
Post by: oddmetersam on January 19, 2013, 09:15:04 AM: Wow, Rusty! That's beautiful, especially with your spectacular bass front and center. And thanks. The font I used is called Space Age.
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Post by: rustyg61 on January 19, 2013, 01:39:24 PM: Thanks Sam! If I wasn't playing my SCSD, I would have a MK just like yours! It's gorgeous!! I hope to go to NAMM someday!
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Post by: pauldo on January 24, 2013, 11:02:22 AM: Sam - that is a great picture of you and your bass.
Rusty - that is a real smart idea to include the equipment that you have. I should get some cards made up like that, its a great way to promote yourself for any and all gigs!
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Post by: hieronymous on January 25, 2013, 05:21:26 PM: Very cool guys!

Here's mine, featuring the AlFemBic:

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/148633.jpg)
Title: Show Your Business Card
Post by: rustyg61 on January 25, 2013, 05:39:33 PM: Thanks Pauldo! Glad you like it! I just downloaded the logos from the Internet & made the card in Photoshop.
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Post by: rustyg61 on January 25, 2013, 07:52:53 PM: Nice AlFemBic Harry! I would love to get some Activators for my Jazz Bass!
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Post by: jazzyvee on January 26, 2013, 06:52:54 AM: (http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/148678.jpg)

Jazzyvee
Title: Show Your Business Card
Post by: rustyg61 on January 26, 2013, 08:21:26 AM: Great card Jazzyvee! I love your tag line! Leave your ego, play the music, love the people.
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Post by: jazzyvee on January 26, 2013, 10:25:44 AM: It's a quote from great blues guitarist Luther Allison which ican personally identify with. :-)
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Post by: pauldo on January 26, 2013, 10:29:54 AM: Nice quote.
Luther used to play around the Milwaukee area alot - and he did exactly as the quote said - his shows were epic!

RIP- L.A.
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Post by: oddmetersam on January 29, 2013, 03:41:20 AM: Great cards Harry and Jazzyvee. Thanks, Pauldo. Rusty, did you find logos with already transparent backgrounds or did you have to render the backgrounds transparent in PS?

For what it's worth, I create cards in Avery DesignPro (a free download) and print them myself. And there's no doubt in my mind that QR codes are the thing of the future. Several biz cards I picked up at NAMM had them and I usually got comments on mine, which link to sound clips on Fandalism.
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Post by: mike1762 on January 29, 2013, 03:26:30 PM: My FUC business card:
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Post by: oddmetersam on January 29, 2013, 05:11:58 PM: Cool. Love the vibe!
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Post by: rustyg61 on January 29, 2013, 05:26:52 PM: Cool card Mike! Sam, For the Fender, Hartke & Rickenbacker logos I just found some with black backgrounds that would blend in, the Eden logo I had to crop & delete the background & the Alembic logo is actually a scan of the logo on a set of strings, so I had to do extensive background removal for it. I have all the logos saved so if anyone wants them, email me & I'll send them to you.
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Post by: rustyg61 on January 29, 2013, 06:38:20 PM: Sam, I just got a QR reader for my iPhone & scanned your code & it took me right to your page! That is too cool & a great idea!! I wish I would have known about it before I just got 2000 cards made for my band! LOL!
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Post by: oddmetersam on January 30, 2013, 01:07:52 AM: Rusty, thanks for the info and the offer. You can still create a QR code for your band's website for free on the internet and save it as a .jpg on your computer. Then, include it as part of all your future stationery, emails, etc.

And you can still print the QR code on stickers and put those on the back of your 2000 cards (and a lot of other places, too). Problem solved!

Maybe later on one of us can start a thread here: Show your QR codes. LOL.
Title: Show Your Business Card
Post by: rustyg61 on January 30, 2013, 02:20:39 AM: You're welcome Sam! I got a QR app for my phone tonight that create them as we'll as reads them. That's a good idea to make stickers & put them on my cards!

(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/148994.jpg)