What are the most popular promotional custom USB drives for bands?
Now that more and more musicians are trying to find new ways to package their music aside from the standard jewel CD, they’ve been coming to us asking if we do promotional usb flash drives. And of course, YES, WE DO! We’ve been doing USB replication and promotional usb drives since flash drives were first […]
Vinyl Packaging: METTYU (Student Project)
via We here at Unified are obsessed with beautiful vinyl 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 vinyl packaging, get a quote or shoot […]
Grammy Nominees for Best Record Package 2019
Be the Cowboy, Mitski The record is on clear red vinyl in an spot-UV gatefold (the letters are hidden), and features an exclusive lyrics and photo book. It has plenty of cool pictures and a mini-essay. ________________________________________________________ Love Yourself: Tear, BTS ________________________________________________________ Masseduction, St. Vincent _________________________________________________________ The Offering, The Chairman Special limited edition packaging designed […]
Film Distribution Myths You Should Stop Believing to Achieve Success
Award-winning Producer/Writer Jerome Courshon breaks the biggest lies of distribution and gives awesome pieces of advice for indie filmmakers who want to get a distribution deal. Myth: I’m a director, a filmmaker, a creative person. I don’t have to worry about the business stuff. Truth: There are of course some people who get lucky and either have a […]
Music Packaging: VÄG’s 70s Vibe Vinyl Packaging and Merch
Yes, their name is VÄG, and yes, they know what it means. But in Swedish, VÄG means road, which is the former name of this psychedelic rock band. Their double entendre name appears on band swag (most popularly on their t-shirts), and a gritty 70s sound was Snask’s inspiration for the logotype, identity, and album cover […]
The 5 Most Common Challenges Every Musician Face and How to Handle Them
Every musician, whether a beginner or someone who’s been around for decades, has met and will meet a thousand hurdles in trying to make a successful music career. In fact, if you’re a musician and you’re not experiencing nerve-wracking challenges very often, you’re probably not doing it right or you’re going too slow. But, of […]
8 Design Secrets to Achieve Really Attention- Grabbing Packaging
Designing a media packaging whether it’s a CD/DVD case, USB box, vinyl sleeve, or special box set that contains all of the above and some merch, is equal parts art and science. It has to attract your target market but at the same time, it also has to be able to protect the contents as […]
Music Packaging of the Week: Urbanski- Selected Works
Creative Agency: UVMW Illustrator: Wojtek Urbanski Creative Direction, Design: Jacek Walesiak Client: Urbanski / Uknowme Records Creative Agency UVMW was asked by Urbanski to create CD cover art for the album “Selected Works” as well as visual setting of his concert tour. A key element of the cover art was the photograph by Michał Szlaga. One of […]
2018 Grammy Nominees for Best Recording Package
Record Package is not just something to be dismissed because it adds personality and branding to a record. Aside from the music itself, this is the reason why people actually buy the hard format. These records are worth collecting because they are in special packaging. If they’re just sold in regular-looking cases, I doubt it […]
Tips for Choosing the Perfect Band Name and Why You Should Copyright It
Who would have thought that finding the perfect band name could be a pain in the ass? Your job was to make beautiful songs, not come up with a witty, unforgettable, easy-to-remember but unique band name. All of this fuss is connected to music marketing and damn, you really hate that job. But wait a […]