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by Marke
Released 2010-01-05 05:47:29 +0000

Hit the heart to feature your own records.

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I've been working on this for another project with tumblr, but I realized it could make a good sky for falling if someone wanted to animate (or combine it with an existing animation of) someone falling through it.

If anyone's interested I can upload a zipped PSD with the layers to make the stars and snow move.
by Marke
2010-05-08 18:22:34 +0100
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2010-04-09 16:59:55 +0100
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2010-03-20 19:10:21 +0000
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2010-03-17 23:38:34 +0000
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2010-03-19 02:12:10 +0000
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2010-03-06 00:34:28 +0000
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2010-01-18 00:44:16 +0100
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2010-01-29 13:27:56 +0000
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2010-01-28 18:37:10 +0000
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I'm not sure exactly how this can be used in the final piece, but from the moment I heard Sean's first demo, this image popped into my mind: a model of the solar system hanging as a mobile over a stark white crib... both ambiguously located in a dark, space-like void.

I've got some temp credits on this version... almost picturing it as a sort of poster or book cover or album cover. But perhaps the elements of it could also be used in a sort of animated title treatment at the beginning of the music video?

What do you guys think?
by Marke
2010-01-24 15:05:30 -0600
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screen cap of me working on some textures, typography, and pallete ideas...
by Marke
2010-01-24 17:51:50 +0000
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by Marke
2010-01-21 20:00:39 +0000
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2010-01-21 20:01:52 +0000
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by Marke
2010-01-05 06:15:57 +0000
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Please RECycle your RECords :)
by Marke
2010-01-05 05:51:04 +0000
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by Marke
2010-01-06 02:49:53 +0000
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by Marke
2010-01-05 06:11:50 +0000
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Another concept I've been playing with... obviously we don't want to make it seem like all we make are audio records... but I love the visual impact of it with the red record button/label.

Maybe this could have some copy to the effect of "text, images, audio, video: they're all records here"

Hmmmmm (?)
by Marke
2010-01-06 15:10:23 -0500
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Blue & Red on Transparent.
by Marke
2010-01-06 02:54:51 +0000
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Hitrecord_poster_1sm
Early concept mock-up I've been working on for the poster.
by Marke
2010-01-06 20:08:44 +0000
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We're making postcards for people to take away from the REC room, so I checked out the Manifesto Collab and then worked with Joe to craft a Sundance-specific summary of what we do, how we do it, and why we do it.

The bulk of this copy-edit is based on Dan and TeaFaerie's great piece, but I used all sorts of other ideas and sentences that I'll cite below when I get a second.
by Marke
2010-01-23 20:01:55 +0000
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(the obverse of the manifesto poster)
by Marke
2010-01-23 20:35:59 +0000
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by Marke
2010-01-25 05:26:49 +0000
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I can't find Dan to ask him to upload this (he took it) so I'm uploading it myself for the Nebulullaby sleeping RECquest.
by Marke
2010-01-28 23:51:50 +0000
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Made some text overlay graphics for Dr. Gory to incorporate into his remix cut of Pete's "Find The Sun"
by Marke
2010-01-29 11:31:51 +0000
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by Marke
2010-03-10 22:47:10 +0000
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Plastering. (or “How I would say “Please come to our screening tonight” if I was a wallpaperer by trade”)
by Marke
2010-03-16 19:15:31 +0000
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by Marke
2010-03-19 17:53:33 +0000
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Zep_zoo
I'm working on the end credit cards, and I saw this drawing by Hum4CHAOS and just had to incorporate it. Lovely
by Marke
2010-03-20 18:01:42 +0000
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by Marke
2010-04-29 17:29:33 +0100
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Mike and I just released the new Payment History feature on hitRECord!

http://hitrecord.org/payment/history

You can get to it from your profile, and it lists all your contributions to RECords in money-making productions along with your share, amount and total. As we add more productions (e.g. SXSW and beyond) they will show up here too and you can track your payment status.

(Also, we’ve dramatically spruced up the autocomplete interface for citing resources on remixes and adding RECords to albums and collaborations. Pretty :)
by Marke
2010-06-02 16:21:44 +0100
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by Marke
2010-06-09 13:23:05 -0400
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Backcushions
Based on HelloLindsayyyyy's idea & using RKBear's amazing illustration.
by Marke
2010-06-09 21:12:05 +0100
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Simple.
by Marke
2010-06-09 20:04:24 +0100
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Write like me!
by Marke
2010-06-18 19:19:28 +0100
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Hitrecord
Hi Everyone!

With the RElease of the new homepage we've added the ability to tag your collaborations with one or more RECord types (video, image, audio, text).

You can choose these when you're REleasing a new Collaboration, but you can (AND SHOULD :) go back and revise your old collaborations to add the types.

That way, they'll show up in the proper category in the new "Collaborate!" tab, and RECorders looking for certain types of collaborations to contribute to can find your project.

<3
by Marke
2010-07-12 19:05:09 +0100
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New_drawer
Some early sketched thoughts about revising the RECord "drawer" on hitRECord.

Part of 35-part Visual Feature Roadmap we've been working on. Lots and lots of good stuff will be coming over the next year!
by Marke
2010-08-10 20:03:27 +0100
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by Marke
2010-08-11 16:40:48 +0100
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http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hitrecord-org-live
10:30 NYC TIME
by Marke
2010-08-16 22:09:25 +0100
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Made a little 8.5x11 sign to go with the shirts at the Summer in the City shows.

:)
by Marke
2010-08-16 22:06:52 +0100
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Corn_chord
Flabbergasted, the chord ran along the keys whilst we ran through cornfields.
by Marke
2010-08-31 04:46:56 +0100
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Playbill_rev_3sm
Official public on-sale today!
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0300452AED9B8AA0?artistid=1485902&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1
by Marke
2010-09-14 22:09:11 +0100
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by Marke
2010-09-24 20:43:56 +0100
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Wirrowpumpkin
My very-Wirrow Halloween pumpkin :)
by Marke
2010-10-31 22:56:48 +0000
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by Marke
2010-12-04 00:30:45 +0000
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by Marke
2010-12-24 23:43:01 +0000
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by Marke
2011-01-08 23:11:33 +0000
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Some pretty big improvements to the basic hitRECord record card design are in the midst of being developed. Super excited for these!



  • Simplified drawer

  • Much better use of horizontal space

  • More useful header with reduced portrait

  • Works elegantly with and without descriptions

  • Longer titles

  • And, most importantly, BIGGER videos and images!


 

by Marke
2011-01-16 19:47:37 +0000
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Posted for the people who were wondering about improvements to the drawer.


This is still in development and will take awhile to deploy, but here's a list of coming features, changes, and improvements.



  • removed "re:" button – this was confusing and rarely used (remarks will be written in the conversation itself)

  • icons records (for text, audio, video recs) show up and are linked

  • full resource and result list (not just top six)

  • now in list form with rec type icon rather than thumbnail (this will help speed the whole site up) and let you see at a glance the full resources and results without clicking through (though you can still click through to see the full thumbnail listing as before)

  • ability to flag records that may not be original or are suspected of copyright infringement or other TOS violations for moderators to review

  • list of albums and collaborations that the record appears in

  • list of the author's tags (linked!) plus the ability for the community to add tags (the author can always remove community tags s/he doesn't approve of)


As I said, these are very big changes, particularly to the back-end coding, so don't exactly deprive yourself of oxygen while you wait. But I thought I'd share the design development work since people have been asking for a lot of these features and we've been listening!

by Marke
2011-01-16 21:25:05 +0000
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One more teaser preview of the coming development work.



  • The remark field is moved out of the drawer and to the top of the conversation window

  • ability to subscribe (!) to threads [and then get notification badges of new messages on the Conversation page

  • sorting toggles for comments

  • ability to only view remarks (filter out results and recommendations) to just read the pure conversation.


 


Again, no breath-holding... but this stuff is indeed coming!


<3

by Marke
2011-01-16 21:39:29 +0000
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We wanted to have a great place for first-time visitors to quickly see some of our "hit" RECords in an easy and immersive way.

Here's one mock-up of what that might be like.

:)
by Marke
2010-07-05 19:19:10 +0100
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by Marke
2011-02-08 23:18:32 +0000
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Idea for a poster or album cover or something :)
by Marke
2011-02-26 20:46:35 +0000
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by Marke
2011-02-27 16:43:06 +0000
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A new font I've been working on. You can download the semi-beta-ish version here.

by Marke
2011-03-02 00:29:31 +0000
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by Marke
2011-03-17 22:26:54 +0000
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Diamond

A little thing I made today for no reason.

by Marke
2011-05-12 22:13:39 +0100
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by Marke
2011-05-13 20:08:03 +0100
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2011-06-07 22:04:13 +0100
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by Marke
2011-06-13 01:03:13 +0100
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Friday Night at The Made Shop


Finishing up the 3rd and pre-final draft of the hitRECord RECollection anthology book with a little bit of help from my friends (Mr. Lebowski & Rye).


Final press file due in Iceland on Monday. It’s gonna be good. Very good.


by Marke
2011-06-18 02:12:52 +0100
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Checking final hard proofs all the way from Iceland and specifying final cover fabric and foil stamping colors for hitRECord's RECollection Volume 1 packaging!

by Marke
2011-07-07 22:24:35 +0100
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by Marke
2011-07-26 20:01:40 +0100
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REMIX IT, YO!

by Marke
2011-07-26 22:11:12 +0100
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by Marke
2011-07-28 18:08:51 +0100
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I apologize for not getting this up earlier — apparently whatever bug on the site that was affecting videos on Friday and Saturday also wouldn't let me upload large ZIP files. But the bug is fixed and I got this up.


Sorry to everyone who already started working and had to rebuild all this stuff yourselves :(

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by Marke
2011-08-14 20:38:25 -0500
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by Marke
2011-11-03 19:12:23 +0000
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Tinycovers

After four rounds of cover foil stamping mock-up proofs from the printers I think we've finally settled on all the right materials, finishes, and colors. It's gonna be sexy.

by Marke
2011-11-17 23:38:36 +0000
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by Marke
2010-07-10 02:33:08 +0100
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by Marke
2011-12-06 22:50:17 +0000
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by Marke
2011-12-08 20:53:34 +0000
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Firetext

Just wanted to see this in black and white with a bit of texture...

by Marke
2012-01-22 16:23:09 +0000
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by Marke
2012-02-04 16:52:58 +0000
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by Marke
2012-02-09 18:29:29 +0000
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by Marke
2012-02-22 21:28:22 +0000
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by Marke
2012-03-02 18:58:50 +0000
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Exciting news everyone! As hitRECord continues to expand so does The Made Shop.  And my roll as hitRECord's Creative Director is growing and taking on The Made Shop with it!


Come meet the staff.  Kim, whom I'm sure some of you know is our Manager and nothing would ever get done without her. 


And I want to introduce Adam our new new Project Designer and a serious drummer! He is doing a lot of front end coding for hitREcord, making it all look pretty with new features and what not.  Plus he will be acting as a Resident Curator as well, so look out for him, his hitRECord name is acb.


This is not only great for The Made Shop but it is also really going to be a huge improvement for hitRECord! Updates to the site and overall design are going to be happening a lot more frequently now and I had to share!


Thanks.

by Marke
2012-05-04 00:39:53 +0100
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by Marke
2013-02-13 18:49:58 +0000
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HITRECORDERLY No. 2 on VINYL COMING SOOOONNNNN!!!!


Subscribe in The Record Store

by Marke
2012-07-03 23:39:01 +0100
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Tired

I thought this might make a really great chorus to a song, or else a tiny story.


(I picture it repeated with long gaps between lines, so the meaning changes each time more is added to the phrase — starting negative, moving to ambivalent, getting nearly nihilistic, but then ending with the hint of redemption. (e.g. "I'm tired." I'm tired of being tired." I'm tired of being tired of being tired." "I'm tired of being tired of being tired of being."))

by Marke
2012-04-16 10:23:22 -0700
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by Marke
2012-05-30 21:13:55 +0100
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2013-03-09 03:12:02 +0800
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