CD Packaging of the Week: Rest of the Story – Chris Tarry
A CD packaging that looks like a book for accomplished author and highly distinguished jazz musician Chris Tarry designed by Rethink Media. “Chris Tarry is both an accomplished author and a highly distinguished jazz musician. The challenge was to package his latest CD, Rest of the Story, in a way that highlighted both of these talents […]
13 Places to Look for Packaging Design Inspiration
Packaging blogs. If you’re trying to come up with a CD packaging design, you’d likely want to view Packaging blogs…ya know, just to get some inspiration. Some say there’s a problem with this approach, though, especially if you’re looking for designs with the same medium (i.e. CD packaging designs to get inspiration for your CD […]
How to Market Your Brand with Bluray Promotional Videos
Regardless of the industry of your business, you have to aggressively market your company for it to receive enough recognition. Branding your company is no easy task and requires using a combination of approaches, including online methods like SEO and social media. You also need to use offline methods as well; this includes flyers, posters, […]
18 Weird But Cute Wedding Invites
Your wedding invitations shouldn’t be boring unless you accept that you and your soon-to-be hubby are, in fact, two boring people. Forget scented stationery! There are so many ways to customize your wedding invite- from having a custom wedding USB drive to wedding vinyl records to wedding balloons! Come up with a wedding invitation that […]
Basic Merch Marketing Strategies for Indie Musicians
Music feeds the soul; merch feeds the body. How cheesy but that is very true, my friend. You know that! If you’re a musician, you need to sell band merchandise in order to survive. And in order to sell, you have to know how to market your merch. Here are some strategies that could help […]
Six Tips to Prevent Money Issues with Your Band
On the early stages of forming your indie band, anything related to money is most often avoided because you don’t want to “ruin” the excitement or because it’s just too early to think about money or because you want to focus on your music first. That’s okay if you’re still not making or owing any […]
Music Marketing: What Big Musicians Can Do that Newbies Can’t… Yet
They say that in order to be a winner, you have to do what winners do. But I don’t think this applies to music marketing.If you don’t want to be laughed at, take it easy baby and don’t do the following: BAND LOGO ON SHIRTS. If you’re not yet as big as KISS or Rolling […]
MAKING A BAND LOGO- Everything you need to know
You need a band logo if you’re a relatively new, up-and-coming musician and you’ve decided to take your music career to the NEXT LEVEL (good on you). That’s because if you want to push a step further, you have to level up on marketing your band. That is because being serious with your “music career” […]
Three Materials that Add Oooph to Your CD Packaging
Running out of ideas for your CD packaging? Instead of going crazy with your graphics, why don’t you put a twist to the materials you use. Here are some materials that could add some oomph to your CD packaging. Thermochromic ink This patented special-effect ink is a new technology that is shaking things up in […]
CD Packaging: Todos Somos Niños- We’re All Children
This is one of the most creative and fun CD packaging I’ve seen in a while. It’s something you’d want to have with you while you’re on an 8-hour train ride because it gives you something to do. Punching holes on paper is definitely one of the most stress-relieving activities there is. It can definitely […]