a_kist
 United States
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Joined: Apr 21, 2016

Posted On: Apr 27, 2016

Logo needs to be able to stand by itself without the "California state band championshiips" text.

a_kist
 United States
Buyer

Joined: Apr 21, 2016

Posted On: Apr 25, 2016

- This is a professional logo, more like a company than a music festival (some of these look great for a Coachella-like festival)

- The logo needs to work in a variety of media - on a website, on a shirt (embroidered and screened), in print and anywhere else.

- Avoid unneeded complexity and small print that make recognition more difficult. This needs to be a one-glance, Think Apple, IBM, etc.

a_kist
 United States
Buyer

Joined: Apr 21, 2016

Posted On: Apr 25, 2016

In the initial comments, I had mentioned we are trying to stay away from a Red, White, Blue theme. We are trying to find new colors that express the feeling of fun and contemporary. At one point we played with neon green black and grey as a possibility. If you look at http://www.calstatebandchamps.org we are still playing with some colors to try to find the mix.

a_kist
 United States
Buyer

Joined: Apr 21, 2016

Posted On: Apr 25, 2016

If there was a possibility to draw in some reference to wind instruments (trumpet, trombone, flute, clarinet, tuba, sousaphone, saxophone, etc) it would be cool. right now those are the main focus of what this organization does.

a_kist
 United States
Buyer

Joined: Apr 21, 2016

Posted On: Apr 25, 2016

Several of the designs incorporate guitars. The primary focus of this group is school band and orchestra. While there can be a hint of guitar, it can't be the main focus.

a_kist
 United States
Buyer

Joined: Apr 21, 2016

Posted On: Apr 21, 2016

The organization also goes by our initials CSBC. CSBC is how a lot of our current users refer to us.

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