20 Unconventional Album Release Gimmicks That Totally Rock
When you want to stand out, when you want to be talked about, you gotta have album release gimmicks. Don’t just make CDs in regular CD jewel case and digital downloads like the rest of the regular guys. No siree! You gotta be a little EXTRA! How? There are so many ways to get creative […]
17 Creative CD Disc Art Designs
There are so many ways to get creative with your CD disc art to give your album just a bit of oomph. Here are some of the most creative CD disc art designs we’ve found on the net. Tell us which one you like best.=) Oasis- Be Here Now Dave Matthews Band- Scenes […]
24 Common Mistakes Indie Musicians Make (by Industry Pros)
No matter how awesome we are, we still have blind spots and learning the most common mistakes indie musicians make can help us make better choices for our music career. TIME MANAGEMENT Not investing enough time into building your music career. Most musicians spend most of their time on music, but put very little effort […]
Biggest List of Music Licensing Companies from A-Z
Abaca Entertainment Group– Represents a catalogue of fine quality recordings from a roster of artists/bands & songwriters from Canada, USA, Australia & U.K., along with various smaller record labels – featuring ALL styles of music. APM Music – APM is made up of over 30 libraries. Over 295,000 tracks fill up their vast library. Member of the […]
The Biggest List of Film Festivals in the US (July-Sept)
So…let’s move on to the third instalment of our Biggest List of Film Festivals in the US, shall we? Without further ado, here it is folks! The list of film fests from July to September 2013. If you want to get an Excel file of the full list of film festivals in the USA (Jan-Dec) […]
10 Elegant Wooden CD Cases
If you’re looking for an elegant CD case or CD packaging for your wedding CD invite or promotional CD, nothing beats wooden CD cases when it comes to elegance. Great for wedding CDs, collector’s edition DVDs, and other special CDs or DVDs that would need a really special case. Presentation CD/DVD Case made in Cedar […]
15 of the Most Creative Corporate Brochure Designs
Companies with creative brochure designs are a few thousand steps ahead of the competition. Corporate brochures are a great way to market your company because it instantly reflects your brand– your core values, your personality, what you’re about. If done well, your company brochure can impress even the snobbiest prospects but if done wrong, it […]
So…the CD is dead? The trick is to Diversify.
“Who the fart are still buying CDs? It’s not 1993! Who would want the square-ish bulky thing with only 12-16 tracks when there’s the no-weight, no –mass (and some no-cost) Spotify? Let’s just skip the CD and go digital full-force.” Not the wisest decision, buddy. Apparently, many still buy the good ‘ole compact disc. Sure, […]
CD PACKAGING DESIGN: Gabby Young and Other Animals – The Band Called Out For More
We here at Unified are obsessed with beautiful CD packaging. We’ve been making creative releases since 2008 and lovely packaging has become an obsession of ours. We even have a Pinterest page dedicated to all things media packaging. If you want to make a really badass album with cool CD packaging, get a quote or shoot us an […]
Unified 2013: Four Really Awesome New Products & Services
Happy New Year to all! 2012 was the busiest year for Unified and we’d like to thank all of you for it, especially to you who takes the time to visit our blog and share some of our posts. Thank you very much! Now, let’s move forward to 2013. Hmmm, we have a feeling 2013 […]