I'm up and have been up dealing with the packaging for an upcoming release. There are times I just want to brain people. We had four cover options on this CD and I spoke loud and clear my choice - the designer agreed. The singer did not, so we went with the singer's choice and used our choice for the inlay card (back of packaging). The photos (which I insisted on - the original photos the singer wanted to use were horrible, so I made the singer do a whole new session) in the booklet are stunning. But performers have their own weirdnesses about what they like - so this morning I got a bunch of options that the singer preferred. Forget the cost of having to replace the photos that are there, but each and every option save for one, was HORRIBLE and didn't represent at all what the album or the singer is about. It was actually shocking. AND - best of all, the singer has now decided that - wait for it - I was right all along about the cover. Insert me rolling my eyes.
So, we're using the cover I originally wanted - the cover that the singer wanted becomes the inlay card, and we are replacing one photo in the booklet, which is the one photo I wasn't thrilled with - with the only photo the singer sent this morning that was decent. I have sent the singer several very strong e-mails, but I'm putting this puppy to bed tomorrow. And I have to tell you, that if we were to indulge the singer and do everything asked for, in the end we'd end up right back where we were - just like with the cover.
