Logo : DeW Note Records
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
A half-moon logo for new country music label DeW Note Records, based out of Nashville and Los Angeles.
Uses the twin motifs of a country hat and a font that invokes the old West, with some notes incorporated inside. We like to think of it as depicting the virtual country soundtrack that plays in the mind of the avid country listener.
January 4th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
This Logo seems dated. It utilizes the western theme nicely with the font, but the it’s all too much. The notes in The middle add a nice feeling but seem trapped and confined, which doesn’t remind me of country music. In the description it is also said that the overall look and font invokes the old west, But from what I know about country music is it isn’t just about the old west anymore. It’s red collar, and blue collar. The half moon symbolizing the hat doesn’t remind me of a cowboy western hat, so much as it does a straw farm hat, which in my mind paints a picture of a lonely banjo being played, and not so much everything that is classical or contemporary country.
The overall presentation comes off a bit rough, with the choppy shapes used to make the hat, also, In the name, the first word ” DeW” has an upper case D, lower case e and and uppercase W, but the doesn’t follow through in the rest of the words / label name, so it comes off as inconsistent, and threw off my reading of the name wondering if there was some hidden meaning in it.
I hope this came of some use, also, I was wondering if this was a Final product, a project, or a work in progress for a record label?
Thanks,
CWoods
January 6th, 2010 at 8:45 am
Hi Chaz — thanks for stopping by and leaving some feedback. Yes, this is final art that has already been integrated across all of DeW Note Records collateral materials both online and offline.
Country music falls under a wide net these days… all the way from stuff that sounds just like modern pop music all the way to very straight laced pure traditional country. This label and the music it promotes falls under the latter category. You’re right that many of the big country names tend towards the values you cite, but don’t forget about the genre’s rabble rousing roots — David Wood certainly hasn’t.
Selling records is a big goal of course, but the primary purpose is to be true to his art as he sees it. Hopefully an audience will follow…