Surviving the Lockdown: The Best Sites That Now Offer Free Movie Streaming
There’s no denying it that COVID19 has to be taken seriously and we’re all in our homes all locked up doing our duty to save humanity. The first week was tolerable but the next weeks would be insufferable without anything much to do at home. It’s also not so fun watching the news and seeing […]
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 […]
Biggest List of Recording Studios in America
NOTE: If you want to receive the full list containing over 500 recording studios complete with their contact numbers and emails, we will put them in a section on our website soon. Meantime, you can send us a message at [email protected] if you want to be notified once it’s up! THE ROOM RECORDING STUDIOS website: […]
5 reasons why you should still send out brochures
It’s 2015! Who still sends brochures? Good businesses, apparently. Although websites are great for promoting your business, people are still charmed by good-looking brochures. Here are the reasons why you should have a brochure even if you already have a great website: 1. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAND OUT SOMETHING OTHER THAN A BUSINESS CARD […]
Six don’ts when releasing music
Congratulations and good luck! You are about to enter a new phase in your music career. Releasing music and putting yourself and your music out there, for the public to consume and love, is not an easy feat. Aside from the creative aspects of perfecting your music, you have to do a lot of other […]
Music Packaging: Grammy Winners for Best Limited Edition Package (2001- present)
Looking for inspiration for your music packaging? Here are some of the most adorable box sets that received Grammy Awards in the past decade. Which one do you like best? The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story Artist: Bruce Springsteen Package Designers: Dave Bett & Michelle Holme Year: 2012 ______________________________________________________ Under Great […]
8 Promotional USB Drives for Movies
If you’re a filmmaker, especially if you’re an indie filmmaker,I’m pretty sure you would not consider releasing your film on USB flash drives. First of all, it’s pretty expensive. If you’re going to put a 2-hour film, you need a flash drive that has a high capacity. Movies released on flash drives usually cost $40 […]
If you’re not focusing on CD packaging, then you’re F)*&^ed!
Humans are like magpies. We like pretty things. If your CD packaging stands out, there’s a change we would want to pick it up and maybe even buy it. Don’t roll your eyes now. I know 2008, 2009- in fact a lot of 2000-sucked for a lot of us. The industry has changed. Digital downloads […]
BAND NAMES AND TRADEMARK LAW – AN OVERVIEW
WHAT IS A TRADEMARK? A common misunderstanding is the idea that one can “copyright” a band name. While it is possible to copyright the design of a band logo, the band name itself is not copyrightable. Band names are protectable under trademark law, because like “brand names” they allow us to distinguish one band’s music […]
12 Tips for Marketing Your Film on Facebook
The film marketing tips below are condensed from the workshop with Facebook and the Danish Film Institute about using social media for film marketing. There were representatives from all three sides: film distributors, film producers, and the media agencies – plus those immersed in social media itself – Crisp, Fan Page Trender (campaign performance tracking), and Facebook themselves. […]