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Brand System & Identity Standards

1. Brand Overview

Brand Name

Apprise Music

Tagline Options

  • Empowering African Music Worldwide
  • Music Distribution. Rights. Growth.
  • Building Sustainable Music Careers.
  • Africa’s Creator Infrastructure.
  • Where African Music Goes Global.

2. Brand Purpose

Mission

To help African music creators distribute, protect, monetize, and grow their music careers through technology, education, and rights management.

Vision

To become Africa’s leading independent music infrastructure platform connecting creators to global opportunities.

Brand Promise

Every creator deserves access to world-class music distribution, royalty collection, publishing administration, and career development.

3. Brand Personality

The Apprise brand should always feel:

✔ Modern

✔ Professional

✔ Innovative

✔ African

✔ Educational

✔ Transparent

✔ Trusted

✔ Global

Avoid appearing:

❌ Corporate

❌ Complicated

❌ Exclusive

❌ Elitist

❌ Overly technical

4. Brand Values

Creator First

Everything begins with helping artists succeed.

Transparency

Clear pricing.

Clear royalties.

Clear communication.

Education

Helping creators understand the music business.

Innovation

Using technology to remove barriers.

Community

Building African music together.

5. Logo Usage

Use the complete “Apprise Music” logo whenever possible.

Recommended for:

  • Website
  • Documents
  • Presentations
  • Business cards
  • Email signatures

The standalone icon.

Use for:

  • Social media profile
  • App icon
  • Watermark
  • Favicon

Minimum Clear Space

Maintain clear space equal to the width of the play button inside the logo on all sides.

Never place text inside this area.

Minimum Sizes

Website

220 px wide

Presentation

40 mm

Print

35 mm

Favicon

48 × 48

6. Colour Palette

Your logo uses a purple-to-blue gradient, which should become the foundation of the brand.

Primary Gradient

Electric Purple → Royal Blue

Suggested digital values:

Purple

  • HEX: #C22BFF

Royal Purple

  • HEX: #8A3DFF

Deep Blue

  • HEX: #4E45FF

Indigo

  • HEX: #3A3DFF

Gradient:

#C22BFF → #8A3DFF → #4E45FF

Supporting Colours

Dark Navy

#111827

White

#FFFFFF

Light Grey

#F5F7FA

Medium Grey

#D1D5DB

Success

#10B981

Warning

#F59E0B

7. Typography

Primary Font

Poppins

Used for:

Headings

Buttons

Navigation

Secondary Font

Inter

Used for:

Body text

Articles

Forms

Documentation

Presentation Font

Poppins SemiBold

Inter Regular

8. Photography Style

Use:

African creators

Real recording studios

Live performances

Music production

Artist collaboration

Technology

Community

Creative entrepreneurship

Avoid:

Generic stock photos

Corporate office scenes

Unrelated lifestyle imagery

9. Illustration Style

Use:

Simple flat illustrations

Rounded icons

Clean gradients

Music technology

Digital dashboards

Analytics

Streaming platforms

Royalties

Publishing

Growth charts

10. Icon Style

Rounded

Minimal

Line icons

Gradient accents

Examples:

🎵

📈

🌍

💰

🎤

🎧

📀

🎬

📚

11. Tone of Voice

Apprise communicates with:

Professional confidence

Practical guidance

Educational clarity

Optimism

Accessibility

Write as if you’re helping creators make informed business decisions—not selling to them.

12. Brand Messaging

Elevator Pitch

Apprise Music is an African music technology company that helps independent artists distribute music globally, collect royalties, manage publishing rights, and build sustainable music careers.

Short Description

Helping African creators release music worldwide while maximizing royalties and long-term career growth.

Long Description

Apprise Music provides digital music distribution, publishing administration, rights management, creator education, and marketing services designed specifically for independent artists, labels, and songwriters across Africa.

13. Brand Applications

The identity should extend consistently across:

  • Website
  • Mobile app
  • Artist dashboard
  • Presentation templates
  • Social media
  • Email signatures
  • Business cards
  • Letterheads
  • Contracts
  • Invoices
  • Artist certificates
  • Press kits
  • Event branding
  • Merchandise
  • Roll-up banners

14. Design Principles

Every Apprise design should be:

  • Clean and uncluttered
  • Generous use of white space
  • Rounded corners (8–16 px)
  • Gradient accents rather than heavy fills
  • High-quality photography
  • Consistent iconography
  • Clear visual hierarchy
  • Mobile-first

15. Digital Asset Library

Create a shared folder for your team with the following structure:

Apprise Brand Kit
│
├── Logos
│   ├── Primary Logo
│   ├── Icon
│   ├── White Version
│   ├── Black Version
│   └── SVG Files
│
├── Brand Guidelines
│
├── Fonts
│
├── Colour Palette
│
├── PowerPoint Templates
│
├── Canva Templates
│
├── Social Media Templates
│
├── Email Signature
│
├── Press Kit
│
├── Photography
│
├── Icons
│
└── Marketing Assets

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