Here are this week’s Billboard’s top 10 hits with their album covers. Which one do you like best? 1. “Just The Way You Are”- Bruno Mars 2. Like A G6- Far*East Movement (Featuring Cataracs & Dev) 3. Just A Dream-Nelly 4. Teenage Dream-Katy Perry 5. DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love-Usher Featuring Pitbull 6. Only […]
Author: Marion Isobel
Vinyl Packaging: Taylor Swift Will Release New Album in Vinyl
Taylor Swift has emerged as one of the biggest pop stars of the MP3 age, but deep down, the 20-year-old singer is an old-fashioned vinyl collector. Swift personally made sure that her third album, Speak Now, would be available as a vinyl record as well as a CD and a digital download. The double LP […]
Indie Musicians: Top 21 Music Licensing Companies
There are many legal requirements you should comply if you want to have a career in music: you need legal permission if you want to cover songs, you need to trademark your band name if you don’t want another band to use it, your performance contract, and many others. If you want to make […]
Indie Filmmakers: Tips in Making EXTREMELY Low Budget Films
X-Deal. X-deal or exchange deal is a scheme where two parties will agree on mutual benefit. Find another zero budget filmmaker who has the goods you need and try to offer your services in return. Of course, you have to be picky, too. You have to know the filmmaker’s expertise before offering him a deal. […]
Indie Musicians: 4 Ways to Make Your Superfans Feel Special
Superfans are the 20% of your fans that deserve 80% of your attention. When you are already in the stage of your music career wherein you have loyal followers (aka Superfans), then you better know how to take good care of them before they go kaput! Superfans are the ones more likely to spread your […]
Vinyl Manufacturing: How Vinyl Records are Made (Video)
Vinyl is back! Actually, it never went out of style because it’s too wonderful of a medium to die. The 1960s is the golden age of vinyl. In the 80’s CDs hit the market and people start to prefer the convenience of CDs. A decade later when computer downloads enter the scene, it seems that […]
DVD Packaging: Tin Locker Sets for Campus Films
Don’t you just miss watching old campus flicks like Jawbreaker, Bring it On, Sorority Boys, and 10 Things I hate About You? Oh I love, love, love campus flicks even now that I’m more than a decade older. They remind me of my younger, more vulnerable years! I remember my friends and I used to […]
Indie Musicians: 10 Signs It’s Time to Quit Your Band
Quitting your band is one of the hardest decisions you’ll ever make. You’ve devoted time, money, and your heart and soul in to this group. Every band sees some trouble from time to time, and you don’t want to be a weenie and quit just because someone used your guitar pick to clean their teeth. […]
Indie Filmmaking: D.I.Y. Distribution Methods for Your Indie Film
Handling marketing and distribution yourself is a great way to ensure that you retain your rights, and maximize the amount of money you are able to earn with your independent film. The tradeoff is that you’ll need to do the work yourself, but in many cases you can make more money this way than if […]
Dexterrific: Killer Promotion and Merch for Dexter (TV Series)
If you can’t think of clever ways to promote your film or music, may Dexter serve as your inspiration. To some of you are not familiar with that show, it is drama/crime series, centered on Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), a serial killer governed by a strict moral code who works for the Miami Metro […]