New Soul Rebel said:
Skylar
i really love your packaging.
I'm also in the process of recording an album with my band New Soul Rebel here in the UK.
Would really value any advice you can give me on the best (and simplest) way of packaging up our album like you have here.
How did you get it on spotify?/Itunes?Google?Amazon?
What's involved in getting the songs registered?
How do you copyright them?
How much does it cost to get all that vinyl done?
Great work mate, and congratulations on getting it finished and finally produced. Sounds great.
Regards
Matt
As far as physical packaging goes, I am a big fan of powerful imagery and little else.
On my record I was fortunate to secure
Geddes' cosmonaut image on the cover. When you have an image of that magnitude, anything you add (text, graphics, etc.) is only going to detract.
I've spent many years in awe of
Hipgnosis' work, and that was a big inspiration.
Anyone in your group savvy with graphic design? Choose a color theme, ONE font, and maybe some imagery that can stay constant and be repeated (for me, it's the gray cube...more or less a logo and branding effort).
Keep things
simple and
consistent.
I did all the digital distribution (Spotify, iTunes, etc.) through CDBaby. Enter in all the required info, pay a nominal fee (~$60USD), and they take care of setting it all up.
I'm not well versed in British copyright laws, but I registered my copyrights in the United States through http://www.mysparkcopyright.com/
There's probably a similar service in the UK.
Vinyl pressing cost will depend on quantity and who's pressing it. Mine was done by Record Industry in The Netherlands via Furnace MFG in the US. Total cost for 500 units was about $3300USD.
Thank you for the kind words and good luck!