Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

I agree, it looks slightly "cheap"...
If you are thinking about making "merchandise", I think it's better to hire 
a designer to make something a bit more "artistic" than just simple "logos" 
och instrument pics. (I imagine that there might be people here that would 
be willing to give a hand with that for "free"...?)

/Christian

Ravi wrote:
>White tshirts are imo not so cool for me, but some I am sure luv em. They 
>can't do other colors because I believe they basically use a cheap iron-on 
>process much like the iron-on paper you can get for your laser printer. 
>Beware the coffee cups as the imprint will fade if you wash them too much. 
>Better to put them on your desk and hold pens or change in.
>
>DS might actually move a few nicer black t's or properly done baseball 
>caps at similar prices. I think you would be surprised how reasonable a 
>lot of 200 or so can be from a local printer, probably around less than 
>half the price that cafe press charges, but then you have to move them . . 
>but if it were the real deal I might buy some tchotchke or something-- how 
>about a dsi dust cover for the keyboard, for example . . .
>
>I believe I definately do not speak for any majority though as I 
>personally avoid wearing any clothes that show a brand, i.e a calvin klein 
>t-shirt, etc with a huge name emblazoned. I probably wouldn't change my 
>habits for even my hero DS.
>
>But no reason to not have it there as as it's no skin off of anyone's nose 
>to have cafe press print up a hat or so.
>
>On the other hand, if I ran a business, I would rather do it nicer than 
>cafe press does. And I also wonder if Cafe press doesn't smell a little 
>cheezy since it is so accessible and automated.
>
>So those are my four or five contradictory views!
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:musicdave9@...>Dave Bryce
>Someone from another forum turned me on to a web site called CafePress.com 
>that lets
>you make up your own swag, so I threw together a few DSI things - shirts, 
>mugs,
>hats...you get the idea...
>
>Actually, I did it for myself more than anything else - I wanted the 
>baseball shirt and the
>sleeveless tee... ;^)
>
>So, I'd love to get some feedback on this - is it cool?  Not so 
>cool?  Should I ask Dave to
>post a link to it on the DSI web site?  Anything I can do to improve 
>it?  Or should I just
>delete the site?
>
>It's at <http://www.cafepress.com/davesmith>http://www.cafepress.com/davesmith
>
>Any feedback (positive or negative) is appreciated...