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Experts Say Why You Should Still Make CDs Today

It’s 2020, Mac has removed CD-roms in their laptops and Spotify has been growing exponentially each year, so why should we still make CDs? Well I mean…who doesn’t make CDs anymore? From Lady Gaga to the new indie kids on the block. You see, CDs are still a must. You cannot from music streaming alone. […]

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CD Packaging: The Rainbow of Time by Jimmy Liao

We here at Unified are obsessed with beautiful CD packaging. We’ve been making creative releases since 2008 and lovely packaging has become an obsession of ours. We even have a Pinterest page dedicated to all things media packaging. If you want to make a really badass album with cool CD packaging, get a quote or shoot us an […]

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Beautifully Foil Stamped CD & DVD Cases

Foil stamping is a specialty printing process that uses heat, pressure, metal dies and foil film.  A foil stamped CD/DVD packaging will shine and pop from afar, but use it sparingly, a little goes a long way. Here are some of the most beautiful foil stamped CD and DVD packaging: AMOK- ATOMS FOR PEACE The […]

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Foil Wrap as an Awesome Add-on to Your CD Packaging

The foil pack may seem like it’s something that only goes well with a box of cereal or a bag of chips. However,take a look at how foil packs are used as CD packaging. Awesome or what? Audible Visions Foil CD Packaging The foil bubble wrap not only gives this album a bit of sleek, industrial look, it […]

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Are Music Demos Still a Thing?

If you’re a new musician trying to build a career in music, you must wonder if sending music demos still work. The answer is YES! You still need to send demos in 2020 and beyond. Yes, even if there’s an abundance of content and everyone is doing digital, even if you think you can do […]

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CD Replication: How To Save Over $1,250 When Making Your CDs

Today, when you can just sell your music online, we are more doubtful why we still have to make CDs especially because CD replication isn’t so cheap (But hey, we here at Unified offer one of the cheapest CD replication services around).  However tempting it may be to just have a digital-only album release, there are […]

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CD Packaging: ALQVIMIA by NØM

We here at Unified are obsessed with beautiful CD packaging. We’ve been making creative releases since 2008 and lovely packaging has become an obsession of ours. We even have a Pinterest page dedicated to all things media packaging. If you want to make a really badass album with cool CD packaging, get a quote or shoot us an […]

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CD Packaging: Guzior – Evil Things Digipak

We here at Unified are obsessed with beautiful CD packaging. We’ve been making creative releases since 2008 and lovely packaging has become an obsession of ours. We even have a Pinterest page dedicated to all things media packaging. If you want to make a really badass album with cool CD packaging, get a quote or shoot us an […]

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CD Packaging: Fallen Titans- Apex

We here at Unified are obsessed with beautiful CD packaging. We’ve been making creative releases since 2008 and lovely packaging has become an obsession of ours. We even have a Pinterest page dedicated to all things media packaging. If you want to make a really badass album with cool CD packaging, get a quote or shoot us an […]

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Releasing Music: Physical Album Versus Streaming

Last year, Best Buy decided to stop selling CDs and physical albums partly due to record labels’ increasing reluctance to even issue them. Both choices are symptoms as well as causes of a seemingly inevitable trend: Buying music is now going out of style nearly as fast as streaming music is rising. We kinda know […]