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Creating Buzz for Your Merch

One of the best ways to promote your band (and to earn a few dollars) is by selling band merchandise like t-shirts, stickers, tumblers and other collectibles. If the items are good, it would benefit your band’s image; it would ...
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9 Sweet-Looking Fabric CD Sleeves

These CD sleeves are definitely the sweetest way to package your CD invites. They're fancy, cool, and definitely has that handmade vibe that makes it something more than the regular CD cases you see in stores! Whether you're having an ...
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Our Top Advice Articles for Musicians

We've written a lot of advice articles for musicians over the years. Here are the best ones: 1. If you want to make a career out of your music, you should know how to brand yourself as a musician.  2 ...
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Rubber Stamped CD Packaging

Each of the CD packaging of Symon Hajjar's "There is Always Love" EP is hand-stamped. For the front cover, they used a stamp with a rocker mount so that strong and consistent pressure could be applied. For back cover, they ...
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10 Commandments for Laying-out CD Artwork

When we design CD artwork, it seems like a very easy task but in fact, there are so many things you can do wrong which could make you start from scratch again, or worse...have really bad prints! Before you create ...
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Creative Burnout: Tips for Juggling Music, Work, and Life

Are you about to have a creative burnout because you're having a hard time keeping up with the demands of your band, your job, and your family? If we only knew adult life is one hell of a riot, we wouldn't have complained much ...
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Collection of Album Art Concepts

Looking for album art concepts for inspiration because you're running out of ideas? Well, you're on the right page of the internet. I bet you know how much we love album art and CD packaging - to death (of course, ...
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Very Creative Die-Cut Business Cards

Want ideas for a business card that will really impress your prospects? Here are some of the coolest die-cut business cards you can get inspiration from. Bands can also get inspiration from this for their dropcards/ download cards. DJ Business ...
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Album Art Concepts: Bathtubs

If you're planning to do photo shoots of your band in a bathtub for your latest album, you might want to check out these album covers with bathtubs first. This collection might inspire you or it might make you want ...
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Discontent can be a good thing for artists

If your band mate is content with his life and if he's content with the kind of music your band is making, he will not be pushed to improve anything. Why would he change anything if everything's perfect, right? He feels ...
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