CD Packaging: 5 Ways to Make a Creative CD Packaging
A Creative CD Packaging is probably the best way to get your album noticed. If you are a new artist producing an album and you want people to get interested in your music, you have to grab their attention first by having a catchy album art. Here are 5 creative CD packaging ideas that will surely make your album stand out from the shelf.
CD Packaging of the Week: Animal Collective’s ‘Merriweather Post Pavilion’
No, it is not moving and yes your eyes are still fine. This is the cover image of Merriweather Post Pavilion, the 8th studio album of Animal Collective. The much-anticipated and now celebrated album boast trippy cover art inspired by the work of Japanese psychologist Akiyoshi Kitaoka. Kitaoka has created heaps of incredible visual illusions […]
Moldover’s CD Jewel case but it acts like an iPod
It’s a CD Jewel case but it acts like an Ipod therefore I am calling it CD-pod. Imagine the confusion you will give to your seatmate on the subway as you rock out with your… CD case. This invention is CRAZZZZY! Just thinking about the people’s puzzled faces makes me want to buy it right […]
CD Packaging: Flight of the Conchords
Flight of the Conchords’ Bret and Jermaine officially made the crossover from TV stars to rock stars via this full-length self-titled album. If you still haven’t seen them on HBO, one youtube video can definitely convince you that these guys are awesome cool. The pair is seriously funny and is definitely worth every penny and […]
CD Packaging: Science Vs Witchcraft
The idea of using Floppy Diskettes for album packaging is not new. It has been done before by New Order, Porch Nap and some others but I have to say I find the new packaging of Science Vs. Witchcraft the best version so far. They used 5.25″ Floppy diskettes, took out the magnetic disk and […]
CD Packaging: Chickenfoot’s Heat Sensitive Cover
Chickenfoot, the new supergroup band which comprises Van Halen and Red Hot Chili Peppers members, launched their debut CD with an inventive packaging. The album packaging, when heated up by the simple touch of a hand, will change opacity, revealing hidden images on the cover and hidden song titles on the back cover. The packaging […]
Want to see your favorite album in vinyl record?
The Vinyl Collective may be worth checking out. The Vinyl Collective is a place for fans of vinyl, artists, and record labels to work together towards getting more albums put on wax. 220 members of the group vote on which albums they would like to see pressed into vinyl. Once an album is selected, the […]
CD Packaging: Beck and 8-Bit
This collaboration album between Beck and 8-bit, a robot gangster rap group (you read that right) has quite the story behind it. Originally Beck and his record label, Interscope Records, planned on around 30 independent artists remix Beck’s music. Somehow 8-bit, out of Highland Park, CA, ended up producing the track “Ghettochip Malfunction” almost entirely […]
Grammy 2024 nominees best recording package
The 66th Grammy Awards for Best Recording Package were: The Art Of Forgetting (Caroline Rose) Cadenza 21′ Hsing-Hui Cheng, art director (Ensemble Cadenza 21′) Electrophonic Chronic Perry Shall, art director (The Arcs) Gravity Falls Iam8bit, art director (Brad Breeck) Migration Chang Yu Chung, Li Jheng Han & Yu Wei, art director (Leaf Yeh) The Best […]
VMA Award winning music on vinyl
The VMA’s 2022, was a star-studded award show and was attended by one of the biggest stars in the industry like Taylor Swift, Blackpink, and LL Cool J. There were definitely a lot of awards given out. And so we have made this article compiling a list of the awarded music releases which are available […]