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June 2010

Design and Inspiration: Eye-popping Ways Artists Use Paper

Andreas Kocks

Share A virtual tour of the Museum of Art and Design‘s newest exhibition, dedicated to all the surprising ways artists are using paper today. In the year since the Museum of Art and Design reopened in its new digs on Columbus Circle, they’ve been delivering consistently compelling shows–from punk-rock lace to radical knitting experiments. The [...]

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30 June 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

CD Duplication: Reasons Why You Should Leave it to the Pros

ShareSo you want to become as indie as possible and create everything on your own from writing the lyrics of your music down to reproducing your CDs? Why freakin’ not? With today’s technology, CD duplication is as easy as making French toast. And besides, you are already an artist. It would not be that hard [...]

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30 June 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

College students Face Penalties for Sharing Music Files

ShareIndustry organizations representing the recording industry, motion-picture industry, software and video-game industries send colleges and universities notices when they discover that a user of the school’s computer network has illegally shared a digital, copyrighted file. The recording industry then leaves it up to the school to take action. Among the schools nationwide to have received [...]

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30 June 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Music Piracy: ‘Music Rights Now’ Campaign Against Online Piracy Launches

ShareUniversal Music Group, together with RIAA, made a facebook page titled “Music Rights Now” where it encourages the public to lobby elected officials in Washington for stronger measures against online music piracy. The page links to an online form where users can contact their local members of Congress and express the need for action. “We [...]

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29 June 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

10 Creative Packaging Concepts

Ten Creative Packaging Concepts

ShareImagine Ferrero Rocher being sold in plastic wraps instead of the gold foils; totally unappealing! The way you package and present your product really makes an impact on many economic equations and its market presence. Designers understand this only too well, which is why we have so many creative innovations in the packaging sector. In [...]

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29 June 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

Indie Musicians: So… what should artists do in order to survive?

ShareThe first thing that you should do is try to be different from the others. It is cliché but it is the ultimate rule when it comes to grabbing the attention of consumers. If the other albums are not selling, maybe they’re not doing something that catches the consumer’s fancy and maybe it’s because they’re [...]

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29 June 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Interpol’s latest album and free silkcreened prints

ShareInterpol recently announced the release of its fourth album this September thru Matador Records. As of the moment, we can only see a small preview of its album art but from the preview I can say it looks very sleek and solid. It looks like the Interpol’s logo was hit by a hard object and [...]

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29 June 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

Music Promotion: This is How You Create a Great Looking Facebook Page

ShareBy Orli Yakuel, TechCrunch Like most of you, I too LIKE Facebook, and ever since my last TechCrunch post (How to Build Engaging One-of-Kind Facebook Fan Pages), I’ve been exploring and trying to find new ways to improve the creation process of a Page. This time, I’d like to focus on a how-to for the [...]

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29 June 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Music Online: Google’s Music Download Service

ShareIn what could prove to be a welcomed move for music labels, Google Inc. is planning to release a music download service that’s tied to its search engine later this year. The Wall Street Journal is also reporting that Google will introduction of an online subscription music service sometime in 2011.  Many hope that this will [...]

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27 June 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Music Promotion: How to Organize A Successful Meetup

ShareThis post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum Gathering friends, followers and “likers” online can only take you so far in the world of networking. Organizing a Meetup is a great way to move your virtual network to a tangible territory. Quite simply, a Meetup is a planned event where like-minded people meet [...]

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27 June 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

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