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Work Hard But Don't Take Your Music Career Too SRSLY

grunt work and I believe it’s the shortest path to success. What I’m talking about is that try your hardest, work real hard on achieving success in your music career, but as much as possible do not look desperate and ...
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/ Chris Bauer
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E-mail Marketing: How to Write an E-mail so That People Will Read it!

Whether you're an indie musician promoting your first album or a salesman with big numbers to break, writing a compelling e-mail that people will actually read is a big plus in advancing your career or business. There is much more ...
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/ Erick Yankton
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CD Packaging Design: Keramick and Lobo- The Braille

Artist: Keramick & Lobo Album: The Braille Label: Exogenic Breaks Year: 2009 Designer: Antti Heikkinen Antti Heikkinen created this clean and playful CD packaging design for Keramick & Lobo, an electroacoustic band from Helsinki, Finland. "The wonderful electroacoustic band Keramick ...
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/ Marion Isobel
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MERCH: Bad Merch from Good Movies

Star Trek Urn Even if I kinda like Star Trek and my life is pretty lame, I still wouldn't allow my ashes to be plopped into this. Would you? Jar jar Binks Lollipop Never buy your kids (or anyone!) this ...
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/ Chris Bauer
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All about the dvd logo – What is it? Do we really need it?

The DVD Video Logo has become a ubiquitous symbol in the realm of home entertainment, but its significance and necessity have sparked debates among consumers and industry professionals alike. What exactly does the DVD Logo represent, and in today's digital ...
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/ Chris Bauer
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5 Highly Entertaining Album Covers

Mooi Besoedeling- Zinkplaat This album has a scratch-off ink layer on the front and back, as well as a guitar pick to scratch the ink off with. You will certainly get a different kind of high with all the scratching! ...
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/ Chris Bauer
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DVD Packaging and Customer Purchase Decisions

Maybe because of financial or time constraints, we do not give much attention to how we package our DVD. We just choose a decent photo for the artwork, a plain-looking case, and a good set of trays. After all, what ...
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/ Chris Bauer
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Album Art Concepts: Yummy Cakes and Other Delights

And Someone Left the Cake Out in the Rain- Jimmy Webb This 18-song compilation is an interesting mixture of some of the best-known -- and a few of the least-favored -- versions of Jimmy Webb's songs. Ruining it for everybody- Iwrestledabearonce ...
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/ Chris Bauer
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CD Packaging Ideas You Must Try!

CD packaging ideas? Or are you working on tons of album art day in and day out that you’re creative juices are about to run out? I hear you. It’s tough. Working with the same materials and way too similar ...
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/ Erick Yankton