5 Ways to Declutter Your Band’s Online Presence
As the internet has grown and expanded over the last decade, it has become much easier for musicians and artists to maximize their online presence. Making a website is so easy and there are just so many media platforms to choose from (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Stumbleupon, Reddit, Linkedin, Tumblr, Google Plus, and a thousand […]
5 Legit Reasons You Should Release Music in Vinyl
If you’re a musician and you’re contemplating whether it’s worth it to release music in vinyl, we strongly suggest that you give it a go because people are definitely buying vinyl records again. Making a vinyl record might sound tedious, time-consuming, and expensive…and it probably is. However, there are so many ways you can make […]
Wearable USB Flash Drives For the Forgetful Lads and Gals
How many flash drives have you lost in your lifetime? If you’re as forgetful as me, you’ve probably lost around a dozen. It’s not just the loss of the flash drive that can drive us insane, it’s the never-ending search! The solution may be simple. Wearable USB flash drives! Now you might roll your eyes […]
Vinyl Packaging: Gloriosa Rotonda Vinyl Sleeve
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 us […]
Add-ons That Instantly Boost Merch Sales
You have awesome custom t-shirts near you and custom merch yet how come your merch sales is not improving? Maybe it’s the economy or maybe you’re just not marketing them well enough. Marketing doesn’t mean you have to put them everywhere (although that helps), it means you have to make them more enticing so your […]
How to Gracefully Handle Criticism About Your Art
Art is for anyone. It’s just not for everyone, says art critic Jerry Saltz. But according to his beautiful essay How to Be an Artist, making art is indeed tough and you have to be able to handle criticism because that’s part of art. Period. He says this in a self-deprecating way as he claimed to […]
7 Creative Examples of USB Flash Drives in Brochures
USB flash drives in brochures has been a thing since flash drives were invented. USB drives are compact, fancy, and can contain all the stuff you want to show off to impress your customers and clients. There is nothing fancier and more convincing that giving away good-looking brochures. Couple it with a marvelous flash drive […]
Artist Branding: The Art of Connecting With Your Audience
The number one music advice I can share to you as a guy who used to work as an A&R rep, is that if you have a band, artist branding is essential. People need to know who you are. In other words, a profitable career in music requires connecting with your audience. If you are a […]
Music A&R Reps and How to Approach Them
Whether you want to be signed to a big record label or a more modest but equally awesome indie label, you gotta learn how to approach music A&R reps. These guys have been getting flocks of demo reels and e-mails a day that you really have to know how to sell yourself. Here are some […]
SwivelCard USB: Business Card with USB and Analytics
A swivelCard is a premium paper business card that includes a USB drive–a smart business card. It includes analytics and can be updated even after giving it out. This one above is a smart, disposable, wireless SwivelCard USB called Intellipaper. What Can swivelCard Do? Paper comes alive with embedded USB technology. Imagine giving your business […]