When youre a professional musician who’s launching a new cd your cd cover should portray your image, what your all about.  So it’s really important to put a lot of effort into it and use a professional photographer and graphic designer who understands your music to photograph and do the design for you. 

When you find yourself in a cd shop like Musica or Reliable Music  have a look at all the different cd covers.  Some people just have a plain photograph of themselves somewhere in a veld (not really attractive is it?) on the front cover  and others just seem to pull your eye immediately (even if it’s not your kind of music) but because of the awesome artwork and great photography.

 The cd cover and inside booklet  are the second most important part of any cd, this gives extra info on the musician, the lyrics of the songs and just a general idea of what to expect from the cd.  Remember, the photograph/artwork you decide to display on the front cover will be seen by thousands of people and they will then form an impression about you and it might even convince them o buy your cd.

 Terry is from Angola and she is currently on holiday and visiting her sister here in South-Africa. Terry has been singin since she’s 9 and have always wanted to be a professional singer.  She has already recorded her cd and just have to make some minor adjustments.  Now that she has some free time on her hands she has decided to have her Photograph done for the front cover. 

 This shoot turned out to be great fun Terry had hired a professional make-up artist to do different make-up for every outfit (bit time consuming) and she brought three totally different outfits.  She was very shy at first but her shyness soon dissipated and she soon came alive and enjoyed her professional shoot.

 Terry will have the artwork done in Angola and then combine the two to form the cover of her first album.  All the best Terry!!

Riani