Graphic Design, Tape Cassette. Flier Design., For a monthly rock music gig, please comment. Options

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Here is the front side of a flier I've just finished for a monthly rock gig.

I think it's pretty much finished now so feedback would be cool.

The first image is the original that I pulled off the net, the second is the result of the past 5 hours.

I've reduced these sizes to 900x600(ish) as the original is made for 300dpi prints which translates as 4195x2976, load times might of sucked a little for most :P

So keep in mind that the original is much much more detailed than these samples :D

ORIGINAL:


5 HOURS LATER:


I'm pretty chuffed considering I made it up as I went, comments and critique?

[xTHExDUDEx]

5 hours is like 1/4 of my day, I don't sleep much :D
I've dampened the opacity and better matched the colour of the pink text to the heart, semi-transparent pattern overlay made stronger to further bring the pattern of the tape thru the text. Also added a very subtle pillow emboss so it doesn't look quite as flat. Smudged all the "scrawl" text, looks much better now I think.

File format is PNG with no interlacing.
File size is 8.74MB

LINK:http://="http://www.sharebigfile.com/...sample-png.html

Hi-res critique?

EDIT: Also, thanks for your feedback twighlightsamurai, I'll try to add the grain on the left back in.

EDIT_2: Updated the linked PNG. Added lo-res sample below:

Lo-res sample: