A Beginner’s Guide to Music Mastering
Mastering is a bit of a mystery to most people. For some the mystery only goes as far as how it’s done. For most it’s a question of ‘what is it? And what is it for?’ For the latter, here is a beginner’s guide. Loudness and polish The most familiar aspect of music mastering for […]
6 Reasons Why People are Buying Vinyl Records Again
Remember that girl from a famous nineties song who’s having the time of her life listening to her vinyl records? Seems like we’ve all become like her in the last decade. Dancing and singing and squealing…just being in love with our vinyl records AGAIN. In fact, in 2019, vinyl is poised to outsell CDs for […]
Top 8 Merch Your Band Should Bring on Tour
Modern music fans will typically get their music online either legally or illegally. Some are even too lazy to download music- they just transfer music files from their friends’ USBs or phones or whatever. Some are simply okay with listening to music videos on YouTube. We can’t blame them. Why would they pay for music […]
Promoting Your Photography Business- a Checklist
Do you have a new photography business and you’re clueless where and how to start promoting it? You wish it’s just as easy as placing your good photos online (or in your studio) but you realize marketing your photography biz is a tedious task. Learning the ropes of marketing could be much tougher than learning […]
Vinyl Resurgence – Why People Love Vinyl Records Again
From being a medium for music, vinyl records simply became a collector’s piece- a representation of a great decade of music. Many people still love it but it was just too bulky. In the 90s, vinyl was a thing of the past as it was overpowered by the trendy (now tacky) cassette tapes. Everyone was […]
Flash Drives: Smart Marketing Tool for Photographers
USB flash drives are now the favorite of many businessmen and self-employed individuals not only because they use them to contain their files but also because USB flash drives serve as excellent promotional items. They do look handsome, don’t they? Lots of photographers today put their projects and portfolios in USB flash drives. This is […]
Vinyl Packaging: Sanso Xtro- Fountain Fountain Joyous Mountain
The vinyl record pressing and vinyl packaging in LA of Sanso Xtro is totally badass. Sanso Xtro aka Melissa Agate released another album after her debut album 6 years ago. This time her songs in Fountain Fountain Joyous Mountain are more sublime and intimate. The front cover is hand drawn by illustrator Fergal Brennan using rotring […]
Vinyl Packaging: Explosions in the Sky- Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
Let me introduce to you one of the coolest vinyl packaging I’ve seen in my entire life. Just take a look at this beauty and you’ll become a fan as well. This is the vinyl packaging for Explosions in the Sky’s 2011 album Take Care, Take Care, Take Care. The set contains a 10-panel quadruple gatefold […]
How to Make Friends with other Bands Without Looking Desperate
They say no one gets to the top alone. That is true to any profession but especially to the ones in the arts. You see, in art-related professions like filmmaking and music-making, there is no concrete gauge for your talent especially if you’re still a newbie as opposed to new engineers or mathematicians- all they […]
Vinyl Packaging: Brain-40 Boxset
The Brain-40 boxset celebrates the 40th anniversary of German music label Brain Records. The design references that of circuit diagrams not just as a metaphor for all the connections but because these acts were pioneers of the synthesizer and amongst some of the first to apply them to music. The synthesizer link is then continued […]