Vinyl Manufacturing: Vinyl is too wonderful of a medium to die
Why should an indie band put their album on vinyl? It’s the coolest format.not everyone can have access to it.if you don’t want your music to go everywhere,it’s one way of having control over your product. Will vinyl ever die? “No. Absolutely not. It’s too wonderful of a medium.” says Thomas Bernich, owner of a […]
Indie Musicians: Promotion for Indies
Press Release Let a publicist or a writer create a press statement for your band and your new album then submit it to radio stations, newspapers, magazines, blogs, tv shows, and what have you that might entertain music press releases. It would also help if you already know a journalist since he would surely plug […]
Music Packaging: The Melvins Box Set Printed on an 1890s Antique Press
A box set that’s letterpress printed on an antique press from the 1890s? How cool is that! The Melvins, through their myspace, reveals plans for a gigantic and extremely limited box set that they’ll sell at shows and online. The set includes 13 different albums from the Pacific Northwest sludge-rock godfathers, including their new one, […]
Indie Musician Tips: Blog to Maintain a Loyal Fanbase
his blog before his music. (update: he deactivated it after his breakup with TP.wtf). A friend of mine recommended his site two years ago and since then, I’ve been a follower of his blog…and about a month’s time of reading his stuff, I started liking his music. Before that, I wasn’t such a die-hard fan […]
Music Packaging: Clown Covers
So I was browsing through some LP and CD covers again today(I wonder why I’m doing this a lot) and all of a sudden a bright idea came to mind. Since I’m researching about everything music packaging almost everyday, why not compile or make a collection of covers with similar themes? For example: CD covers […]
Unified Manufacturing Projects: Fear Factory’s Mechanize
Unified Manufacturing just finished a custom vinyl records release for Fear Factory, the all-time monster of dark metal, titled Mechanize. Unified collaborated with Candlelight Records and Paula Hogan, one of the pioneer female record label directors and one of the greatest in the business, in making this dark but very tasteful package. `Mechanize’ is the […]
Eco Packaging: How Musicians Can Pomote the Green Movement
Today, one of the biggest problems that the world is facing is global warming. We have neglected and abused the world for so many decades and it’s about time we do something to save it before it gives up on us completely.More and more musicians are joining the Green Movement. In their own simple ways […]
Featured Designers: Three Bears Design
Northeast Ohio is home to our next group of featured designers, Three Bears Design. The creative and well educated group, with degrees from art and design institutions across the Northwest, enjoy creating all sorts of projects, including illustrated t-shirts, catalogs, show posters, and of course: compact discs. Today, we’re proudly displaying their “Sospiri” project, designed […]
Unified Manufacturing: Obama Music Released by Unified Manufacturing!
Barack Obama, in his wisdom, working with the Democratic National Committee, chose Unified Manufacturing to produce the Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement record. That choice means the album is in the hands of an experienced, energetic team of industry veterans working to fulfill the vision of the new President. And fulfill it […]