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Proof that Sending Promo CDs Still Works

Share Do not focus ALL your time and money in making the coolest website. Everyone is doing that nowadays. What they do not know is that people still want to see,feel,smell,and taste the real thing before they reach their pockets. That people want to feel extra ,extra special. Well, I guess most of us know [...]

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1 September 2011

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

Indie Musicians: 10 Stupid Album Release Screw Ups- by Chris Seth Jackson

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ShareChris Jackson posted a good article about mistakes new bands are likely to make when releasing their first album. Seth is one of our favorite bloggers because he has good insights and tips that are not cliche. You can check out his site– How to Run a Band- if you want to read more of [...]

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29 August 2011

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Music Packaging: Warp 20 Box Set

Share To commemorate Warp‘s 20th anniversary, they released a deluxe special-edition of music and art, titled Warp20 (Box Set).Warp20 comes beautifully packaged in a 10-inch square slipcase wrapped in charcoal Buckram embossed paper with tipped-on gloss-laminated cover photograph, designed by YES, photographed by Dan Holdsworth. It contains a 192-page  catalogue, double CD albums, and vinyls. [...]

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23 August 2011

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

8 Reasons Why You Should Still Send CD Portfolios

Share Here are some reasons why you should still send out CD portfolios even if you already have an awesome website: It makes the recipients feel important. When they receive your good-looking CD portfolio, they’d feel special because you actually looked for their addresses and gave them something valuable. When I say valuable, I mean 1. it [...]

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22 August 2011

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

CD LABEL PRINTING 101

ShareThe CD label is equally important as your album’s booklet and packaging. It makes your CD look professional because people would know you really had your album manufactured in a professional CD manufacturing house. Besides, the CD is your main product so you should make the CD label look great. Printing the CD label is [...]

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7 July 2011

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

CD Packaging Essentials

Share Yes, the CD packaging is meant to protect the disc but it has a bigger role. The CD packaging can be utilized to create a brand for your band. It can also be used as a great marketing tool. If you have a really creative CD packaging, people will have something to talk about [...]

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5 July 2011

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

Album Artwork Parody: Whipped Cream and Other Delights

Share This is the very popular cover of Herp Alpert’s album, Whipped Cream and Other Delights.  I find the cover quite tacky and awkward but I dunno… it may be one of the sexiest album covers in the sixties. Whether people find it tacky,funny, sexy, or sweet, there’s no doubt that it gathered a lot [...]

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21 June 2011

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

CD Packaging of the Week: MVSICA

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Share Designed by Sawdust, United Kingdom. Here’s another CD packaging we can add to our highly entertaining albums list. This limited edition packaging for the MSVICA CD comes with a random colored tiddlywink so you can scratch off the gold latex panels that cover the text on the packaging. What I love about it , aside [...]

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15 June 2011

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

CD Packaging: How to Spend Less Without Compromising Quality

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Share It’s easy to design a kick-ass artwork when you have big bucks to blow. You can use whatever material you want, you can hire the most sophisticated art director in town, you can add whatever items you like. In other words, you have more freedom with your designs. But, this doesn’t happen even to [...]

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14 June 2011

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Album Art Concepts: Yummy Cakes and Other Delights

ShareBeen lusting for icing-heavy cakes the whole day so I decided to step out of the house and go to the nearest cake shop. Now I’m full and happy. And now you know why I chose cakes for the album art concept of the week. Here are some album artworks with cakes. Dig in! Let [...]

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28 May 2011

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

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