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CD Manufacturing

CD Packaging: Design your Own Reggae Album Cover ( a Step by Step Photoshop Tutorial)

ShareDesign your own, authentic Reggae album cover in this fantastic Photoshop Tutorial. And who better to guide you in the process than David Sykes- a designer who is Jamaican born and bred, and who also happens to be one of the winners from the Crestock Photoshop Contest 2008? Enjoy!
I am a Jamaican, born during [...]

1 September 2010

Marion Isobel

Music Packaging: Raise a Glass of…

ShareAnd for this week’s music packaging concepts…Music Packaging with drinks. Kampai!
To view the complete list of artwork themes that we’ve complied, scroll down to the bottom of this post.

All photos are from: LPCoverLover
Here is the list of Artwork themes that we’ve compiled so far:
Guns
Cigarettes
Sharks
Roses
Telephones
Body Hair
Aliens and Outerspace
Piano
Animals
Clowns

29 August 2010

Chris Bauer

CD Manufacturing: Things to Prepare Before Calling Your CD Manufacturing Company

ShareWhether this is your first or fourth time to visit a CD manufacturing company, there are some things that you should know and think about to make everything smoother and faster. You do not want to spend a lot of time with the CD manufacturing guys because you simply have other things to do. After [...]

13 August 2010

Marion Isobel

CD Manufacturing: Advantages of Choosing a CD Manufacturing House Within Your Area

ShareSo you have finally decided to release your very first album. You’ve waited for so long and now it’s about time you show the whole world what you’ve got and become part of the music scene. You’re already done with the nitty-gritty process of releasing an album from recording your songs to conceptualizing your album [...]

22 July 2010

Chris Bauer

Music Packaging: Album Art with ROSES

ShareI research about everything music packaging almost everyday, why not compile or make a collection of covers with similar themes? For example: CD covers with animals in it, with electronic organs, with robots, with motorcycles, with babies.
It would serve as a database or a creative bank for musicians and CD designers. So if you want [...]

14 July 2010

Marion Isobel

CD manufacturing: How many CDs shall we make?

ShareThe answer is this: think big but start small.
Baby steps. Remember, Dead stock is dead money so you have to be wise when it comes to these things.
If the act has no proven record of selling CDs, then get 300 CDS made otherwise known as CD duplication. Don’t go crazy and reproduce thousands right away. [...]

13 July 2010

James Hill

CD Manufacturing: Major Record labels feeling the hit (but the indies are coming out strong!)

ShareThis article was written by Edward Christman and originally appeared in Billboard biz
UPDATE: First Half 2010 Sales Recap: Lady Antebellum, UMG Lead The Way
Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now” was the top selling album in the U.S. in the first half of the year, as a familiar downward sales trend proved to be [...]

12 July 2010

James Hill

CD Manufacturing: MIA Designed Her 3rd Album’s Kick-Ass Packaging

ShareM.I.A’s artwork for her third album is one of the most creative album packaging in terms of Cd manufacturing that I’ve seen this year and the best thing about it is that it is designed by Maya herself. The concept is about technology,digital age, and the internet. It features YouTube bars, Google search results, an [...]

11 July 2010

Marion Isobel

DVD Packaging: Cardboard Transit Box Design

ShareIf you are currently having a tough time choosing the perfect case for your film, demo reel, product promotion video, etc., then you might want to consider this humble but very good-looking cardboard packaging. It resembles a transit box and is made of 100% recyclable material. The packaging does not only work as a DVD [...]

10 July 2010

Marion Isobel

CD Duplication or CD Replication: Which of The Two Suits Your Project?

ShareSo what really is CD Duplication? Is it just the same as CD replication? These terms are quite confusing especially to new artists and they are often used interchangeably. Well, we cannot blame them. When you look up the term replicate in the dictionary, it says “To duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat”. So replication is [...]

9 July 2010

Marion Isobel