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7 DVD Demo Reel Packaging You’d Be Proud to Give Away

You’ll never get a second chance to make a first impression that is why your demo reel should not only be really good, your DVD should be housed in a really attractive case, too. Who would want to watch your reel if your DVD packaging is boring? As a filmmaker, this is your number one […]

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CD Packaging: Guzior – Evil Things Digipak

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 […]

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6 Practical Tips for Designing Album Artwork

If it’s your first time to release an album, chances are the album artwork is the last thing you think about that’s why it can be a total pain in the arse especially if you’re near your deadline. Do not underestimate how tedious making an album cover can be. It’s definitely not like submitting a […]

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All You Need To Know When Designing CD Album Art

If it’s your first time to make artwork for a CD cover or CD packaging, then the best thing to do is to not do it yourself. Hire a legit CD packaging designer like the Dodds Sisters (they’re awesome)! But if you prefer to do it yourself, especially because they really are not so cheap, […]

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Vinyl Packaging: Relicários de São Tolosa’s Artistic Album Cover

We here at Unified are obsessed with beautiful vinyl 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 […]

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CD Packaging: Insieme- Musica Diversa

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 […]

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Career in Music: 8 Things to Do When You Have Creative Burnout

Every day, thousands of musicians and artists experience creative burnout. The experienced ones would anticipate it and welcome it like the tides, but if you’re new to this feeling, chances are…you’d take it seriously and consider it as a sign that you should give up music entirely. Please don’t. A burn out is simply a […]

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Branding Basics for Artists

No artist wants to think about branding because every artist’s primary motivation is to express, not to sell. However, most of them are already unknowingly doing it anyway. Branding is simply being consistent with how yo define yourself, constantly reaching out to the same group of people,  and speaking right to them. In marketing terms, that is […]

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How to Stay Motivated as a Musician

As musicians, we become everything from being euphoric after releasing an album to frustrated and unmotivated for a million reasons– not selling enough, not having gigs, not going anywhere and all the other things that make a career in music tough. We’ve all been there. And in those moments, it’s hard not to wallow in […]