Library Music

A couple months ago I bought this book called The Music Library which was published by FUEL. The book is dedicated to a form of music that was completely disregarded and for the most part forgotten about. Library music was music that was created for TV, radio and movies from the years vinyl was the mainstay of music format. This music wasn't composed for the purpose of the mainstream audience. Most of the music was created without it even knowing if it was going to be used. What makes this genre interesting is that these musicians had complete freedom when it came to making this music. Because they didn't know what the music was going to be used for they created bizarre combinations of genres that is actually very similar to modern music.

Why I decided to put this on my blog is because this music, like all music, required some kind of packaging. What makes this packaging interesting is that the artists were given as much freedom as the musicians. Also, because the music didn't necessarily fall into any certain catagory or have a specific audience the cover art could be as bizarre or simple as the designer felt was appropreiote. The only problem was that most of this art had to be made on a very small budget. This combination of complete freedom and small budget made for some very interesting cover designs.

The Music Library on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Music-Library-Jonny-Trunk/dp/0955006112/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203126785&sr=8-1

Here are a few images of the covers. They aren't the best examples of what's in the book but it gives you a taste of what I'm talking about.