![]() ![]() Once Brad’s photo was decided as being the cover, it needed tons of manipulation. (I had spent months producing dozens of illustrations at Cory’s requests which I ended up archiving after his new management team sandbagged Cory and myself with demands to focus solely on Cory’s physical presence for branding. It was digital, colorful, and lacked the soul/grit found in Cory’s songs. I wasn’t a big fan of the original photo from a direction perspective. The art direction and production for Little Bird went through many phases and ideas-drawings, paintings, etc.-before we ended up on Brad Knapp’s color photo of Cory singing. ![]() They signed him to a young artist development deal on their imprint label, Black Seal. Our efforts paved the way towards an end result that millions of kids never get- Cory got his break with the release of “Little Bird” as it received the attention of RCA Records. Having handled all of Cory’s branding and design since 2004 in an effort to grow his career outside of the midwest, this release (2006) was important for one main reason: A collective goal to land a distribution/label deal. Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons’ “Little Bird” marked the first full-length release that we worked on for he and FUSE Recordings after the release of the “Darken Your Door” EP. ![]()
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