Unique Band Merch: Condoms, Lollies, Cereals, and Soup
You moan and groan that you’re not getting enough money from your gigs and album sales and that the music industry is nearing extinction. Well, welcome to the year 2010-you have to accept the fact that most fans want FREE music and are not willing to spend much on music itself. So what’s a musician […]
CD Packaging: Dos & Don’ts of Designing CD Covers
So you have spent plenty of nights wracking your brains out for the most awesome CD packaging ever created in history. Poor you! But I am sure that it would all be worth it once you see people’s “wow, cool!” expressions when they see your CD packaging. You realized just how important CD packaging is […]
Compact Disc: History of the CD
What is a CD? A CD is a short term for compact disc and was originally invented to store digital sound recordings exclusively. Later, it was also used to store other types of digital data like images, documents, and the like. Until today, it remains the industry’s standard for storing and preserving audio. The CD […]
CD Packaging: Effortless Face Portraits
Most of us wrack our brains out just to come up with a catchy design for our CD packaging but I do not think these guys are like most of us. Check out these effortless CD covers that really kick ass. Vampire Weekend- Contra Look at that. It’s just like an old polaroid photo from […]
CD Packaging: The Making of Katy Perry’s Cotton Candy Scented Packaging
Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dreams” CD packaging smells like cotton candy! Check out this behind-the-scenes video to find out exactly how the cotton candy scented packaging was produced from start to finish. Follow her first to visual artist, Will Cotton’s NYC studio, where he shoots the photos for the album insert and then paints the album […]
CD Packaging of the Week: Elyjah’s Planet Planet
Client | Elyjah Artwork | Zwölf : www.zwoelf.net Production | Kieran Joel Styling | Leena Zimmermann German designers Zwölf fired pellets into the CD covers of Elyjah’s latest album, Planet, Planet(Klimbim Records/Cargo). These guys surely had a lot of fun shooting all 2,000 covers and receiving 2 prestigious awards afterward. This CD packaging won Gold at the European Design Award […]
Independent Filmmaking: The Filmmaker’s Greatest Challenge
Great filmmakers are great storytellers. We make films to share something-to let other people see what we see, hear what we hear, and most importantly feel what we feel. The really good films make us see life not just as it is-but as something more. This is the primary goal of all good filmmakers-to freely […]
Top 5 Online Don’ts for Musicians
I’ve been paying attention to online promotion around the internet for years now and I can say that I know which ones are doing it right and which ones are not sensitive and sensible enough. Some artists are pleasant but some just have an annoying online presence, no? Although there are no strict rules for […]
8 Publicity Tips for New Musicians
You must have realized by now that as an indie musician, you practically have to do everything on your own-including publicity. You barely have time to practice your music and ha! You still have to contact that editor, that music blogger, that radio guy just for 2 minutes of fame. Do not complain, now. Yes, […]
Indie Musicians: How to Get Gigs When Your Band is Still Unknown
There is a certain catch 22 in getting a gig when you’re band is still new. Booking agents won’t pay attention to you if you still haven’t played live even once, and you cannot get other gigs unless you have that first gig. It’s like applying for jobs which all require 2 years or more […]