10. Kanye Paper Matez Constructed by Paper Matez, the bear is accurately detailed to Kanye’s “Graduation” cartoon creature, complete with shuttered sunglasses and copiously branded Louis Vuitton backpack. 9. U2 Lego Set How cute can they get? 8. Bloc Party’s Promotional condoms Thumbs up for promoting responsibility. 7. Feist Mushaboom Music Box band Merch A […]
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CD Manufacturing: Things to Bring and Think About Before Stepping Inside a CD Manufacturing Company
CD manufacturing company would save plenty of man-hours and you would save plenty of money and headaches caused by production delays. Additional fees may be charged by some CD manufacturing companies if you lack the correct materials. So better have them all ready. Here are some things you should bring and think about before you […]
CD Packaging of the Week:Amnesiac- Radiohead
Album: Amnesiac Artist: Radiohead Cover Artist: Stanley Donwood Year: 2002 This wonderfully done packaging won the Grammy Award for Best Recording Package in 2002. That’s almost a decade ago but this packaging has managed to keep its appeal intact. It was presented in a red hardbound book filled with artsy illustrations by Stanley Donwood and […]
Indie Musicians: You Know You're Ready to TOUR When…
So this is it! After many years of religiously practicing in your garage, your band finally came up with a good set of songs and released an album. Luckily and to your surprise, many people actually liked it. You’ve gathered a good number of fans just a month after you released your CD and now […]
CD Packaging: Music in a Pizza Box
This 5-track short release by California Nintendo-core rockers HORSE the Band is a tribute to the band’s favorite food-PIZZA. The CD looks like a pepperoni and cheese pizza, it comes in a pizza box complete with ‘grease stains’ in the right places, there are coupons and even that little stand that keeps the pizza from […]
Music Retail: All About Merch
Before anything else, check out this really awesome video about t-shirts: Too awesome, isn’t it? I dunno if it’s related to my whole post but I just can’t help but share this video. Well, at the very least, the vid might have convinced you to make cool shirts for your band or it might have […]
Music Packaging: Dos and Don'ts of Music Packaging
So you’ve been wracking your brains out and squeezing every droplet of creative juice for the most awesome CD packaging ever. It’s not easy 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 […]
Indie Musicians: 5 Blogging Tips for Musicians
Blogging is one great online tool for musicians to gain more fans. It would help you build a solid fanbase if you broadcast your life, philosophies, opinions, rants, and frustrations online since it creates an intimate (albeit virtual) relationship with the readers. It makes them feel like they know something important about you, the artist, […]
Indie Musicians: How to Make a Kick-Ass Press Kit
FOR THE WHOLE KIT Develop a Concept: It matters if you have developed a good concept for the whole kit so that each piece or page is recognizable as part of the kit. This gives the impression that you really mean business because you took the time and effort to really weave everything together into […]
Indie Musicians: Solicit Grants using Kickstarter
YouTube, can create a MySpace, Facebook, Twitter account for their band promotion, can blog about their lives to gather followers. And if they have the recording equipment and CD burners at home, they can actually make their album at a very small cost. Anyone can do that. Anyone. The setback is that with millions of […]