Band Promotion: How to Shoot Conceptual Band Photos
If you are a new band, you will eventually need conceptual band photos for your CD packaging, album art, website, press kit, posters, shirts, and other stuff needed for band promotion. Now you DO NOT want to slack off in this department because it’s your way to get noticed. I will say it again: Good […]
Online Music Licensing Resources
Music licensing is the licensed use of copyrighted music. It also ensures that the creators of musical works get paid for their work. In layman’s terms it can be viewed as leasing your property out to someone for a fee, based on how and where they intend to use it, and for how long. What’s […]
Album Artwork and Copyright- What We Can Learn From the Kind of Bloop Case
Anyone can file a lawsuit and the costs of defending yourself against a claim are high, regardless of how strong your case is. Combined with vague standards, the result is a chilling effect for every independent artist hoping to build upon or reference copyrighted works. This is what Andy Baio wrote on his blog. Baio, […]
DVD Cover Look-Alikes
Sure there are tons of DVD cover artwork that look alike but the ones below deserve to win the “Similarity is Uncanny!” awards in DVD packaging. The similarities of the DVD artworks are so obvious that we can’t help but wonder whether the designer of the less popular films intended it to confuse the consumers, […]
Top 10 Vinyl Record Myths
Vinyl is so back and lots of musicians are now releasing their albums in vinyl. But many musicians still think that it is not a wise thing to do because it’s impractical and they believe it won’t sell. In fact, if they only knew that what they heard about vinyl records could be just a […]
Kickstarter Statistics and Tips
Independent filmmakers and independent musicians are now so in love with Kickstarter so I thought I should share some statistics about this much-loved crowdfunding site. Hopefully, this would help and encourage those who are planning to start a campaign. Launched Projects: 20,371 Successful Projects: 7,496 (43%) Unsuccessful Projects: 9,700 Live Projects: 3,175 Approximately 40% of […]
DVD Packaging: Dexter Evidence Bag
This DVD packaging of Dexter TV show is another proof that their promotion guys are really working hard to create a brand for this hit TV series. Do you still remember the fresh “human arm” they placed in a grocery store in Spain? Or the bloody fountain in LA? Undoubtedly, these guys are experts in […]
Merch Concepts: Paperdolls
Looking for creative custom merch concepts for your band? Here’s a very fun one we stumbled upon online. It’s simple and really cheap to make but it can be your fan’s favorite. This creative Band Merchandise is for a band called Evertheory. A friend of theirs offered to design paperdolls for the band as promotional […]
Indie Filmmaking: Your Advertising Budget- $1 Million or $0
Heck, I Still Want the Hard Format!
packaging, I love reading every bit of info about my favorite films (and not from my laptop, please!), I love smelling the pages, and I love the kind of high I get everytime I open a new DVD. That certain ‘consumerist’ high cannot be experienced with downloads. Yeah sure, you can enjoy the visuals and […]