CD – DVD – Vinyl – T-shirt – Box Sets
One marketing hack which I find very smart is wrapping the CD or DVD in a poster. Instead of coming up with a regular (and sometimes expensive!) CD packaging and a poster, why not turn the poster into a CD/DVD packaging? That way, you’ll be spending less and marketing more efficiently. Here are some of […]
If you want to make a career out of your music, you should know by now that as an independent musician, making music is just one part of it. You have to juggle it with a lot of things from marketing, booking, designing merch, attending meetings, accounting and a lot of other tasks not directly related […]
When we hear the word colorful, we automatically think of fluffy things, candies, ponies and rainbows. However, here are examples of CD artwork designs that are colorful but are totally mature and classy. Whoever said colorful is tacky surely have not seen these CD artworks. When done right, colorful could be kick-ass! Jamie Lidell’s self-titled album cover Nameless- Album […]
IF THERE’S SOMETHING THAT’S NOT CLEAR TO YOU, DON’T SIGN! Contracts often run for long periods of time so don’t be too cool (aka lazy) when reading it. Make sure you understand each word and each sentence. But it’s so technical, you say. You don’t have time for this, you say. Get a lawyer’s help! […]
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 […]
There are a millions of start-ups each year that do not go anywhere that is why the first year is really very crucial. What should you expect on the first year of your small business? What problems are you going to encounter? Most important of all, what can you do to ensure success? Here are some […]
When it comes to custom t-shirts printing in LA, the packaging should always be included in the equation. Tees are just tees but if you put them in really cool t-shirt boxes, they suddenly have more value. Here are some of the most adorable t-shirt boxes I’ve seen: LATELY LILY T-SHIRT BOX SET If it’s […]
As an indie musician today, you have to be a master of music but a jack of all trades as well. That means that aside from being a musician, you have to be an accountant, an event organizer, a social media guru, and a master promoter too. Whew! Don’t you wish you could go back […]
Let the designers do the designing…and no one else! So you don’t want to pay a designer because you think you can do it? Nothing too hard about it, right? Just sketch a cool thing that would possibly look awesome on a tee and print it with your band name. That’s it! No need to […]
Here’s proof that minimalist designs are the classiest. The typography and graphics of these CD packaging were screen printed right on the surface of the jewel case. As you can see from these examples, you don’t need to go crazy with your artwork to get attention. Subtlety works. Aphex Twin’s Syro Full Album Art and […]