Things To Do Before Sending a Demo CD
Sending a demo CD to a record label for a slim (less than 1% ) chance of getting signed is…well, still worth it. After all, all you have to do is send your kit or email blast to these labels, right? Easy peasy? Kinda, but not really. Let me explain. Record labels get hundreds of […]
Best of the Best: Our Top Advice Articles for Indie Musicians
We decided to compile the best articles for indie musicians we’ve posted over the years so it’s easy for you to find them. Do check out some of them. You can pick a nugget of wisdom or two on making merch, releasing an album, marketing your music, and more. Happy reading! ON MERCH: Tips From […]
How Artists Can Achieve Balance Between Money & Passion
This has been a perpetual problem of every artist: getting the right balance between money & passion. Do you find that your life is so full of meaning (and you love it that way) but then when the bills arrive, you totally get a head splitting headache because you’re too broke you can’t even buy […]
6 Essential CD Packaging Tips for Every Designer
It’s your first time to design a CD packaging and you thought it’s easy to pull off. After all, you’re too familiar with the CD artworks of your favorite 90s boy bands. How can it be hard, right? Well it can be pretty tough because we don’t want a CD packaging just to contain the discs anymore, […]
Bluray Packaging: Wes Anderson’s Film Collection
We haven’t seen really pretty bluray packaging in a while so we’re so delighted when we saw this beautiful bluray packaging of Wes Anderson’s films! WES ANDERSON is known for his meticulous visual style, hyper-aware of every last detail in his fictional worlds. That fastidious approach either endears fans to dig into every frame, or […]
CD Packaging of the Week: Hard Rock’s Guitar Pick
We here at Unified are obsessed with beautiful CD, vinyl and DVD 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 […]
Are people still buying CDs?
If you’re a musician about to release an album, I’m sure you’re wondering if you really should still make CDs when fewer and fewer people are buying CDs. For the first time in history, global revenue from music downloads and subscriptions has overtaken sales of physical formats. Digital revenue grew nearly 7 percent to $6.85 […]
CD Packaging: Reckless Kelly’s Long Night Moon (Glow in the Dark Ink)
The GRAMMY-Nominated Long Night Moon CD packaging features Glow In The Dark ink, with hidden images and messages, secret codes and all kinds of other goodies. Plus, comes with it’s own coordinating LED UV light! It’s difficult to do the design justice with a flattened image, but included below is our best shot at it. […]
How to Make Lovely CD Box Sets Without Breaking the Bank
Planning to release a CD box set yet you don’t want to spend big bucks on your CD packaging? Read up on how you can make lovely CD box sets that are affordable to make. We here at Unified are obsessed with beautiful CD packaging. We’ve been making creative releases since 2008 and lovely packaging […]
Unique Band Merch Ideas That Can Make Fans Go Wild
As we’ve said again and again and again, the best way for artists to survive these days is to diversify the source of income. Band merch are a must for artists to thrive especially now that CDs are not very reliable to produce enough income for the full-time musician. But don’t just sell the usual […]