After the Recording Seminar

Please join us on November 16 for the “After The Recording” seminar at the AMF Creative Media Center. Are you working on a new recording? Have it ready to go and not sure what to do now? This seminar will be full of information on what’s next – CD mastering, duplication, artwork, distribution and more! Our guest speakers will give you the information you need, and will be glad to answer the many questions you might have. When: November 16, 2011 Time: 7:00-9:00pm Where: AMF Creative Media Center 1901 E. 51st Street (Stage 4) Austin, TX 78723 Space is limited! Please RSVP to RSVP@austinmusicfoundation.org

How to import your reference CD into your computer

This question has come up with relative frequency, so I'm going to write the step-by-step directions to let you get your reference CD into your computer as .wav files or mp3 files.

These step by step directions are for converting a disc to .wav files, but the steps will be similar for converting to MP3 too.

DDP Masters

In the past few months, we've had several requests for masters to be sent over the internet to the manufacturing plant. DDP is the perfect format for this. Many plants will give you FTP information to send the DDP master to their facility or a login to a webpage that you can upload the file. I like this trend and recommend this for clients that have chosen replicators that accept DDP masters.

QR Code

We just pressed our first CDs that feature a QR code on the packaging. When the artist, songwriter Tonya Tyner, handed in her artwork, I didn't even know what the black and white square on the back of the digipak was. Now it seems like I am seeing them everywhere. When she told me that it was readable by smart phones and that you could have it link to a variety of functions, I thought it sounded like a great idea.

Digital Distribution

An update from the previous post dealing with online music distribution. Things to think about when choosing a digital distribution service:

Band Camp

In this world of low-quality codecs and single song sales with a customer base that demands product instantly, I wish there was a place music fans still appreciated an album as a whole and understand the value of music. . .