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Featured CD Packaging Designer: Duncan Long

My Q&A with Duncan Long is not very long but it is very insightful. This guy is not only talented and smart; he also has a wicked sense of humor. He sent me this self-portrait saying “this will give your ...
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Unified Manufacturing Projects: Fear Factory’s Mechanize

Unified Manufacturing just finished a custom vinyl records release for Fear Factory, the all-time monster of dark metal, titled Mechanize. Unified collaborated with Candlelight Records and Paula Hogan, one of the pioneer female record label directors and one of the ...
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CD Packaging: What Makes a Great CD Packaging

The CD packaging should protect your CD First and foremost, a CD packaging should be able to perform its basic function. Its primary purpose is to store and protect the CD from scratches, dust, liquids, and other elements that could ...
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CD Packaging: Zinkplaat’s Mooi Besoedeling

Ahhh. My hands are itching right now as I am typing this. I cannot wait to start scratching that goddamned CD! Images from Lovely Package _______________________________________________________________________ Unified Manufacturing is an L.A. -based one-stop-shop that offers very affordable CD/DVD/USB replication, custom printing, ...
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Music Retail News: UMG's New Pricing Structure Designed to Get Single CDs in Stores at $10 or Below

To compensate the lower pricing, UMG also plans to step up deluxe versions of albums which sell at a higher price to cater the hardcore fans and collectors. UMG is also banking that the lower price points will at the ...
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Eco Packaging: How Musicians Can Pomote the Green Movement

Today, one of the biggest problems that the world is facing is global warming. We have neglected and abused the world for so many decades and it’s about time we do something to save it before it gives up on ...
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ECO DVD Manufacturing: Atlas Films on O’reilly Factor

Our clients at Atlas Films, the wonderful talented crew who brought us Tapped the Movie, were on the O' Reilly Factor the other day. In case you haven't seen it, you should because it's one of the most awesome and ...
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DVD Packaging: Unified makes 100% Eco-friendly DVD packaging for Tapped the Movie

We recently produced an eco- friendly DVD for the environmental documentary,Tapped the Movie by Atlas Films. Because of the independent film company’s advocacy, Atlas Films collaborated with Unified Manufacturing in making 100% eco-friendly DVD packaging. We made a cardboard sleeve ...
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Music Retail: Recorded Music Couldn’t Last?

We all know that the Music retail business is facing a big challenge because of the sagging economy and the digital media but does that mean that the custom vinyl record industry is bound for extinction? Here is what Brian ...
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Mini-Albums: One Way to Improve the Music Retail Business

USA Today is taking note of the uptick in country mini-albums (or EPs, or collections that generally have fewer than ten songs). Luke Bryan, the newspaper points out, released his second “Spring Break” digital EP today. And "country's Josh Thompson ...
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