What's in a name?

[philkmills]

I'm at a point with my third album where having a name for it is becoming important. Even if it's only to be a Bandcamp release, I'll want appropriate "cover" art. The disk folder where it all resides is known as CD3 and I hope that's not the best idea I can come up with.

My approach with previous albums has been to take a phrase out of one of its songs that feels representative of the collection, but nothing like that has seemed right yet. For me, naming an album with the title of one of the tracks doesn't appeal much, drawing too much attention to a single song.

Comments

[madfilkentist]

I'm thinking about the same questions for my next album, which will be a pay-if-you-want release on Bandcamp. My working title is "Beacons in the Darkness," which is the title of one of the songs (actually two, since English and German versions will be included), because it's not only one of my better songs but a nice sentiment for an album title. Obvious ideas for cover art arise, but I might have to go to the seacoast late at night with a camera to come up with a suitable picture.

[philkmills]

Your working title certainly produces an appealing image.

I'll have to get more serious about my search.