Resource Center By Diana June 14, 2009October 18, 2016 Posts by category Design 5 things that can delay or degrade your CD/DVD project Design Process Walkthrough Digital Liner Notes Design Project Checklist Remote Design Sessions The psychology of color in design Virtual Jewelcase What Does Your Music Look Like? Working with a designer Preparing your own graphics 5 most forgotten CD design elements Disc Face Design Instructions Doing your own production files Finishing Services Proofs and Proofing PROJECT CHECKLIST Creating a Compressed (zipped) folder FREE CD Project Planner EBOOK What is a RELEASE NUMBER and why do I need one? When I Do Your Graphics … What I need from you Barcodes Barcodes The secret Barcode Check Digit – how it’s calculated Packaging Choices Anatomy of a Jewelcase Jewelcases vs. Digipaks Other Packaging Options Packaging Choices Recycled wallets, jackets and digipaks Photos and Images Hiring a photographer (or artist) Photographs and Images Photography techniques & tips Image Resolution – DPI/PPI/SPI Scanning Stock Photo Sites Proofs Text Font Sites Preparing Your Text Writing Liner Notes WHAT I NEED TO DO YOUR GRAPHICS Featured CD/DVD Design and Manufacturing Crescent City Duplication sold to Louisiana Red Hot Records Introducing Webinar Wednesdays LEGAL STUFF CD & DVD Logo usage rules Examples of a basic mechanical license FREE LEGAL HELP for New Orleans Musicians Other Legal and Business Stuff Should I put the FBI anti piracy logo on my CD? Terms and Conditions BMI and ASCAP BMI and ASCAP – Performing Rights Organizations Mechanical Licenses Sound Exchange Copyright Copyrighting your songs and recordings Copyright Infringement vs. Theft My Copyright Policy Getting your CD track info to show up on computers How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work Mechanical License basics Musicians can reclaim old copyrights Public Domain Untangling Cover Song Licensing on YouTube Mechanical Licenses MAKING CDS & DVDS Manufacturing Project Overview and Production Schedule What is a GLASS MASTER and STAMPER? CDs Beth Patterson – Forward Costa Rica travelogue Duplication versus Replication How CDs are made YouTube video Maximum Playing Time of CDs Photography Songs for Junior Rangers Wins 2nd Children’s Music Award Handling a CD or DVD Why don’t I recommend manufactured quantities less than 1000? Digital Downloads Creating MP3 files Don’t Give Away Your Music for Free How to legally sell downloads of cover songs DVDs Recording & Mastering Choosing a Mastering Engineer Digital vs. Analog Inserting Track Info onto your Master Louisiana recording studios Mastering Mastering Lingo ISRC codes ISRC Codes Submitting your Master DDP masters Submitting tracks via the internet IPR form IPR Form NEXT STEPS Distribution Distribution Internet Dropbox Facebook Marketing Tips for Musicians FREE e-Course Google Alerts – what are people saying about you? Internet Concerts Where to host your website Marketing and Promotion Business card, post card and poster printing services Elevator Pitch GETTING THE WORD OUT – grassroots ideas to promote yourself and your music Icontact Email Service LinkedIn for Musicians and Filmmakers Marketing Ideas Exchange Reasons You Should Never Scrimp On Your Photo Shoot Marketing Ideas Exchange Websites New Orleans Fun Guide – Free event listings SECURITY FOR WORDPRESS (AND OTHER THINGS) Touring and Performing Gig Kit Passport Travel Tip Venues OTHER RESOURCES Airbed N breakfast – great resource for places to stay or to rent out a room Carbonite Join the Crescent Music Community JOIN THE RECORDING ACADEMY Editorials HR 848 Preformance Rights Act How to Just for Fun Outside Articles and Resources Blue Note App Creative LIVE Online tutorials Other Misc Links and Resources Press Clips 30 People to Watch – New Orleans Magazine Mastering the Art of Musical Image Business struck a chord with special mix of musical services Portfolio Beatles for Sale on Parlophone Records by Bruce Spizer CDs Al “Carnival Time” Johnson – Beyond Carnival Beth Patterson – Hippocampus Bruce Daigrepont – Jamais de la Vie Caelic – Beth Patterson/Patrick O’Flaherty Carlos Abadie Quintet – Immersed In The Quest ~ Vol. 1 Chris Driesbach – One Cross, Three Nails Continuing the Legacy at the Louis Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp Cynthia Girtley – It’s In My Heart Cynthia Girtley – New Orleans Tribute to Mahalia Jackson Davell Crawford – My Gift To You Dr. Michael White – Adventures in New Orleans Jazz, Part 1 Dr. Michael White – Adventures in New Orleans Jazz Pt. 2 Dukes of Dixieland – Celebrating Satchmo Ellis Marsalis – A New Orleans Christmas Carol Ellis Marsalis – On the First Occasion Ellis Marsalis Quartet – Thelonious Fi Yi Yi and the Mandingo Warriors EP Freedom Is Coming Jason Marsalis – In A World Of Mallets Jason Stewart – Cyclicality Jazz Sawyer Jesse Moore – Live at the Old Point Joe Krown – Exposed Joe Krown, Walter Wolfman Washington and Russell Batiste, Jr. – SOUL UNDERSTANDING. John Fohl – Teeth and Bones Kermit Ruffins – 1533 St. Philip Street Kermit Ruffins – We Partyin’ Traditional Style Kid Merv – Body and Soul Kid Red and 3r – Live at Checkpoint Charlie Louisiana Bicentennial Celebration Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra 2011 Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra – Becoming American Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra – Envisioning Louisiana Manuel Obregon – Simbiosis More CD Covers NOCCA Student Compositions 2013 Robert Eustis – Flyin High Songs for Junior Rangers – National Park Service Songs of the Lower Mississippi Delta Wendell Eugene – If I Had My Life To Live Over DVDs Alaska – North of the Arctic Circle Dandelion Diamond Rebel Winter Flying to Alaska Featured The Beatles Records on Vee-Jay – Digital Edition Itunes Liner Notes Marketing Materials Posters and Postcards Other Design Cutting Edge Showcase Schedule Other Design Photography Photo session with Beth Patterson Publications Cutting Edge Program Other Publications Recent Projects The Blues Masters featuring Big Al Carson – 4th Edition SUCCESS PLANNING Attitude is Everything Email Overload – Take control of your inbox Goal worksheet It is not the critic who counts … Take yourself out of the equation Would you tell me please, which way I ought to go from here? 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