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Chris Bauer

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How to Really Achieve Your Goals in 2013

ShareIt’s that time of year again where we buy planners and make New Year’s resolutions and set life-changing goals. I’m sure you have plenty of goals for your band in 2013 and you can’t wait to make them happen. This is your year, right? But are you sure that you can do them this time [...]

7 January 2013

Chris Bauer

CD Packaging: Ghosts- Radical Face

ShareArtist: Radical Face Album: Ghosts Design: Shealah Year: 2007 Concept: ”Ghosts” and is based on the thought that people leave their ghosts behind in every house they live in. The album tells stories from the houses perspective. I used an antique wallpaper pattern and many old frames to give a feeling that the house has had [...]

29 November 2012

Chris Bauer

musician tips

How to Effectively Handle a Flaky Band Member

ShareYou give your 150% to the band- you book the shows, you handle the social media and blogs, you plan the tour and the merch and the next band practice. It doesn’t bother you so much that you are doing most of the work because you really love the band. But when one band member [...]

28 November 2012

Chris Bauer

CD Packaging: Sigur Rós ‎– Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust

Share Artist: Sigur Rós Album: Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust Label: EMI Year: 2008 Design: All tour photography by Eva Vermandel; still life photography by Joss McKinley; design by Sarah Hopper 200-page fine weave cloth-bound hardback book’… The pictures are a mixture of shots of the group and their travels. They’re compositionally interesting [...]

22 November 2012

Chris Bauer

CD Packaging of the Week: Rest of the Story – Chris Tarry

ShareA 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 [...]

14 November 2012

Chris Bauer

13 Places to Look for Packaging Design Inspiration

Share 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 [...]

12 November 2012

Chris Bauer

18 Weird But Cute Wedding Invites

ShareYour 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 [...]

7 November 2012

Chris Bauer

Basic Merch Marketing Strategies for Indie Musicians

ShareMusic 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 [...]

6 November 2012

Chris Bauer

DVD manufacturing

8 Adorable Chick Flick DVD Packaging

ShareNot all of us love Chick flicks but I bet most of us would agree that these are very adorable DVD packaging. If you have a chick flick film and you want to get ideas on how you can package your DVD, check out these lovely DVD packaging from chick flick films. And in case [...]

1 November 2012

Chris Bauer

DVD Packaging: Buenos Aires- Days and Nights of Tango

Share Designed by Estudio Klazein Country: Argentina “The Tango Collection contains 7 DVDs with the very best Tango performances, entirely shot in the most typical locations of Buenos Aires, with high quality digital video and 5.1 surround sound. The presentation is a replica of the real bandoneon, handcrafted and with a unique serial number. This [...]

21 October 2012

Chris Bauer

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Chris Bauer

How to Really Achieve Your Goals in 2013

CD Packaging: Ghosts- Radical Face

How to Effectively Handle a Flaky Band Member

CD Packaging: Sigur Rós ‎– Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust

CD Packaging of the Week: Rest of the Story – Chris Tarry

13 Places to Look for Packaging Design Inspiration

18 Weird But Cute Wedding Invites

Basic Merch Marketing Strategies for Indie Musicians

8 Adorable Chick Flick DVD Packaging

DVD Packaging: Buenos Aires- Days and Nights of Tango

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