Planning a Christmas or Holiday CD: How to Have Your Discs in Time
The holiday season is one of the best times of year for a CD. Artists sell holiday albums at shows and online, choirs and churches share their Christmas concerts, and schools and community groups record their seasonal programs. Fans give…
Vinyl Keeps Growing. Here’s What It Means for Independent Artists.
Streaming may be how most people listen to music today, but vinyl just keeps getting stronger. This spring’s Record Store Day brought hundreds of new and limited-edition releases to thousands of record shops, and the numbers behind the event tell…
Top 10 Designer Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)
We estimate that 90% of project delays come from artwork that doesn’t follow our specs. The good news is that nearly all of them come down to the same ten mistakes. Avoid these, and your project will move through prepress…
How to Press Your First Vinyl Record
Pressing your music on vinyl is one of the most rewarding ways to release it. There’s nothing quite like holding a finished record with your artwork on the jacket. But if it’s your first time, the process can feel like…
CD Replication vs. Duplication: What’s the Difference?
If you’re getting CDs made, one of the first choices you’ll face is: replication or duplication? The finished products can look almost identical, but they’re made in completely different ways, and the right choice depends mostly on how many discs…