10 Awesome Gift Ideas for the Music Nerds
We know you love music so these merch items may should be for you but we also know that you have lots of musician friends you want to show a little love on the holidays. That is why we compiled a list of items that we’re sure any musician would love to receive whether it’s […]
Advice for Musicians: Things You Should Say NO To More Often
If there’s one piece of advice for musicians (or artists) that we strongly believe in, it’s this: Learn to say no. When you’re still a newbie and you want to enter the music scene, it is expected (in fact, quite wise) to say YES to a lot of things— free gigs, some favors here and […]
Creative MultiDisc CDs and DVDs That Totally Rock
There’s nothing we find more exciting over here at Unified than designing and manufacturing special box sets and multidisc CD/DVD sets. It’s a delight every step of the process and we’d be very happy to give you the service you need to give you exactly the media and packaging that you want. Multidisc CDs and […]
CD Packaging: Pyramid-shaped CD cases
What we love about the pyramid-shaped CD packaging is that it instantly stands out yet it’s not that expensive to make. Not at all! It’s probably one of the cheapest ways to come up with a creative box set without blowing big bucks. Plus, we assure you that with this type of packaging, your media […]
10 resolutions for musicians to be happier and more successful
It’s just a few weeks before the new year and aren’t we all excited to make things bigger and brighter in 2018? Here are some resolutions that can definitely push your career forward: Give yourself a pat on the back always. From now on, be proud of yourself. You’re reading this because you’re a driven person and […]
Meet The Dodds Sisters, Queens of CD Package Design
Shauna and Sarah Dodds, the creatively inclined badass sisters from central Texas whose focus is on roots music, have been nominated for Grammy Awards in four of the last five years. They joined forces in 2004 to form Backstage Design Studio. Concentrating their early efforts on design for the Texas Music Industry, they’ve grown their business to cross all […]
Music Packaging of the Week: Love by Marco Argiro
Creative Agency: BLOK Creative Directors: Vaishnavi Mahendran, Zarko Dumicic Project Type: Produced, Commercial Work Client: Marco Argiro Location: New York, USA Packaging Contents: Music CD & Vinyl Packaging Materials: Paper We here at Unified are obsessed with beautiful vinyl packaging. We’ve been making creative releases since 2008 and lovely packaging has become an obsession of […]
5 Famous Design Copyright Infringement Cases
BAIO VS JAY MAISEL Baio, a web developer, paid photographer Jay Maisel more than $32,000 settlement over a copyright infringement claim. The case stems over the cover art for the album Kind of Bloop, a chiptune remake of the Miles Davis classic, Kind of Blue. Yes, you got that right. 32k for this. Baio claims that by using […]
CD PACKAGING: KATY PERRY’S PRISM SEED PACKETS
This Katy Perry CD packaging can actually be good for the environment. The idea was to plant flower seeds in your garden while listening to Katy’s Prism album. For deluxe editions of her 2013 album, Prism, Katy Perry included packets of flower seeds in A prism seed paper. How cool is this idea? It’s as […]
Five of the Most Elaborate Music Releases Ever
Today, when everything is downloadable, you have to be creative with your music release to get people to dig in their pockets and give you cash. You can release in a kick-ass CD packaging, custom USB sticks, or vinyl pressing in Los Angeles. Here are some of the most elaborate music releases of all time. […]