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” […]
CD Packaging: Foreign Slippers- Farewell to the Old Ghost
There are just some CD packaging designs that would make you go “woah, why didn’t I think of this before?” You envy the designers a little because the music packaging is just beyond extraordinary. Well…this is one of them. Foreign Slippers worked with Sparks Studio for the CD packaging of their debut album titled Farewell […]
The coolest interactive posters you’ll ever see
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, interactive posters do exist and they’re the coolest promotional items ever. Trust us, when you see them, you wouldn’t just want a regular poster. Here are some brilliant posters that go above and beyond simply being pieces of paper that contain good design and good information. METAL PLATE POSTER You don’t […]
Flash Drives: Smart Marketing Tool for Photographers
USB flash drives are now the favorite of many businessmen and self-employed individuals not only because they use them to contain their files but also because USB flash drives serve as excellent promotional items. They do look handsome, don’t they? Lots of photographers today put their projects and portfolios in USB flash drives. This is […]
Branding Yourself as a Musician- A Checklist
If you want to make a career out of your music, you should learn more about musician branding to market yourself effectively. And in order to market yourself well, you should treat your band as a brand. I know some artists turn red reading my first two sentences- for them, music should be from the […]
CD Artwork: How to Spend Less Without Compromising Quality
Designing the CD artwork of your album might seem easy but if you want to save a few dollars, you have to It’s easy to design a kick-ass artwork when you have big bucks to blow. You can use whatever material you want, you can hire the most sophisticated art director in town, you can […]
5 Tips For Making Movie Posters
Although a movie poster can be a creative playground, you still need to know the basics in creating one especially if you are planning to impress your professor (or first client) and you have a deadline to beat. Here are some tips in making movie poster. Understand the core of the film Thinking of a […]
Typographic Movie Posters that Pack a Punch
A poster should be imaginative and witty or else it’s just another piece of marketing trash. It should get people’s attention the second they see it. And the image and message of the poster should retain in their heads for at least 5 minutes after that. Designers do this by making really brilliant designs. They brainstorm […]
4 Musts of CD Packaging
As they say, music alone will not sell. CD Packaging design is one of the reasons why the hard format is still alive. When everyone is going digital, it is wise to offer fans something that cannot be downloaded. Do not just give them forgettable album artwork – give them something that’s so awesome that […]
CD Packaging of the Week: Plant43’s Burning Decay
You just have to love the bleakness of these images. If you stare at them so long they will remind you of the lonely rainy days in the mountains. No text, no crazy designs, just captivating photographs. Emile Facey (Plant43) writes: When writing music I always have an image or scene in mind which is […]