Vinyl Sleeve Artworks That Are So Bad They’re Good
These vinyl sleeve artworks are like B movies…or your first kiss— they’re sloppy, they make you cringe and cry at just how bad they are. What were they thinking, right? But it’s exactly because of their ugliness that they’re impossible to ignore. In fact, you might even get to like some of them. Just check […]
Grammy Nominees for Best Record Package 2019
Be the Cowboy, Mitski The record is on clear red vinyl in an spot-UV gatefold (the letters are hidden), and features an exclusive lyrics and photo book. It has plenty of cool pictures and a mini-essay. ________________________________________________________ Love Yourself: Tear, BTS ________________________________________________________ Masseduction, St. Vincent _________________________________________________________ The Offering, The Chairman Special limited edition packaging designed […]
The Music Marketing Trends You Should Try This Year
It’s not easy to be an indie musician today. You have to do everything including marketing your stuff. Good thing there are so many ways to do it thanks to the internet. But because there are so many ways to do it, that means you should strategize. Which ones are you going to focus on and […]
Music Packaging: VÄG’s 70s Vibe Vinyl Packaging and Merch
Yes, their name is VÄG, and yes, they know what it means. But in Swedish, VÄG means road, which is the former name of this psychedelic rock band. Their double entendre name appears on band swag (most popularly on their t-shirts), and a gritty 70s sound was Snask’s inspiration for the logotype, identity, and album cover […]
9 Clear Vinyl Records That Are Just So Stunning
Crystal-clear vinyl records look so neat that you’d want to show them off to your grumpy father-in-law so he’ll start loving you. It’s no wonder they’re usually the #1 choice for special editions. The clear disc has a bad reputation of having a lesser sound quality than the black vinyl, that is not true if […]
The 5 Most Common Challenges Every Musician Face and How to Handle Them
Every musician, whether a beginner or someone who’s been around for decades, has met and will meet a thousand hurdles in trying to make a successful music career. In fact, if you’re a musician and you’re not experiencing nerve-wracking challenges very often, you’re probably not doing it right or you’re going too slow. But, of […]
Music Packaging of the Week: Urbanski- Selected Works
Creative Agency: UVMW Illustrator: Wojtek Urbanski Creative Direction, Design: Jacek Walesiak Client: Urbanski / Uknowme Records Creative Agency UVMW was asked by Urbanski to create CD cover art for the album “Selected Works” as well as visual setting of his concert tour. A key element of the cover art was the photograph by Michał Szlaga. One of […]
Colorful Vinyl Record Box Sets For the Avid Collector
You know we are madly in love with creative vinyl records and vinyl packaging that’s why we’re totally mind-blown when we saw these colorful vinyl box sets. They all look so fruity, we’d like to eat them all! WHAT IT IS: Funky Soul and Rare Grooves (The Singles Collection) _______________________________________________________________ DOOM- Operation: Doomsday 7-inch vinyl box set […]
2018 Grammy Nominees for Best Recording Package
Record Package is not just something to be dismissed because it adds personality and branding to a record. Aside from the music itself, this is the reason why people actually buy the hard format. These records are worth collecting because they are in special packaging. If they’re just sold in regular-looking cases, I doubt it […]
The Most Stunning Vinyl Picture Discs Ever Released
Picture discs are records that appear to have pictures, images, or graphics on their playing surface. While most phonograph records are black, except for the label in the center, picture discs may display a photograph or artwork over the entire playing surface. We’re getting more and more orders for vinyl records since 2012 and that […]