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August 2009

Music Events: Billboard Film and TV Music Conference 09

Share WHEN: October 29-30 WHERE: Beverly Hilton,Los Angeles, CA Now in its 8th year, this conference offers attendees the unique opportunity to learn from, network and share their music directly with the best music supervisors, composers, directors, songwriters and producers in the business. Learn more about the increasing importance of MUSIC in film and TV [...]

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29 August 2009

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Independent Music News: New eBay Rules Affect Indies

ShareIndie retailers will face another massive hurdle this September when eBay introduces a rule that means they will have to double the advertised price of many of the records they sell. Ebay has a new rule which means sellers are expected to absorb the price of domestic postage costs in to the starting price of [...]

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23 August 2009

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Packaging: Creativity Vs Functionality

Share We all know that in the Packaging Industry, all designs must be USEFUL art. That means creativity should never outdo functionality. In other words, the package should serve its purpose which is well..to enclose and protect the product. You might wonder what triggered this blog post. It’s this. This Milk carton is on the [...]

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23 August 2009

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CD Packaging: Science Vs Witchcraft

Share The idea of using Floppy Diskettes for album packaging is not new. It has been done before by New Order, Porch Nap and some others but I have to say I find the new packaging of Science Vs. Witchcraft the best version so far. They used 5.25″ Floppy diskettes, took out the magnetic disk [...]

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8 August 2009

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Music News: $1 for Coldplay Tickets??!

ShareThat’s right. One Dollar! O-N-E effin dollar! Wait, Did I say ONE dollar? Just checkin. Last-minute tickets to big acts like Coldplay and Bruce Springsteen are as little as $1! At least the bad economy has brought something good to music lovers. According to eBay Inc’s StubHub, the leading Internet ticket re-seller, last-minute concert ticket [...]

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1 August 2009

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