Showing posts with label business cards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label business cards. Show all posts

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Tagging ourselves

We've needed to update our business cards for a while now. This is the one we've been using for the past couple years:


The first problem? Check out the URL in the bottom left corner. Nobody uses Myspace anymore. Or at least we don't. I haven't felt the need to send people there since discovering how to put our songs on the sidebar of this blog.

Additionally, the tagline bugs me. It's accurate—a number of listeners who've seen us live have said they were surprised to hear such a big, full sound from just a keyboardist and a drummer. But if you've never heard us, is "little band, big sound" going to make you curious enough to try us out?

This time around, we went with one of my original ideas:


When I ran this past Ron the Drummer a few years ago, he had reservations. Why typecast ourselves as a coffeehouse band when we didn't want to limit ourselves to coffeehouses? I saw his point. But on reflection, "coffeehouse stadium rock" is a good description of our sound. We do singer-songwritery stuff that fits in well with the coffeehouse genre. We also play a lot louder than the typical singer-songwriter who brings herself and an acoustic guitar to a cafe. There's only so much you can turn down when drums are involved.

I haven't had a chance yet to hand one of these out to somebody who's unfamiliar with the band. However, I did get to give it to our producer yesterday when he visited Phoenix. He loved it. Thought it was hilarious. I'll take that as a good sign.

Here's hoping a lot of people ask for our cards in the near future.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Susan Wenger, Rock Star

I finally got around to seeing The Social Network a few days ago. In one scene, Mark Zuckerberg pulls out a business card that says "I'm CEO, Bitch." No idea if Zuckerberg has these business cards in real life, but that's pretty funny regardless.

The scene got me thinking. Though I have no desire to be CEO of anything, I'd love cards that say "I'm CEO, Bitch." No, forget that. I want cards that say "Rock Star."

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Last night a bunch of friends and I went out to dinner to celebrate a belated milestone birthday: the big four-two. Yes, I'm the answer to life, the universe, and everything. (If you don't get the reference, drop everything you're doing and find a copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy immediately.) My friends Sally and Kyle presented me with a gift: some business cards that say

Susan Wenger
Rock Star

Awesome. Now we just have to get similar cards for Ron the Drummer and we're on our way.

Monday, February 9, 2009

In business

It's been a good week for Cinder Bridge. The audience at Friday's Old Town Artisans gig seemed to enjoy us -- including the ones who wandered in from the Gem Show and had no idea who we were. I had a lot more fun singing in front of actual people than in front of vegetables and dirty dishes.

Additionally, Ron the Drummer and I finally agreed on a tagline for the business cards. I did 'em up, and the printed copies arrived Thursday night.


A lot of people who hear us play live say they're surprised to hear such a big, full sound from just two people. We figured we'd take that and run with it.