My Thing About CD Manufacturing for the Frugal and Wise
By: Vlad Vistac
Submitted: 2010-09-13 13:02:56 | Word Count: 510
CD Manufacturing for the Frugal and Wise
There is a very big distinction between frugal and cheap. Fruglity is spending smartly and saving where we can so we still have cash leftover for the things that are importat. Most Indies want to be furgal when it comees to CD Manufacturing. Some musicians are concerned more on spending less because they have no funds left and would sacrifice the quality of the mussic or the packaging just to get things done. Those are the cheap ones. The frugal and wise musiciamns try to fit their budget as best as they could without compromising quality. Here are some ways to cut down CD manufacturing cost wiasely.
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Do not attempt to do it on your own
Yes, you read it correctly. Ding everything enitrely on your own colud be a great mess and could cost you more dollars than when you have it done by a CD Manufacturing company. The fast advanccement of technology allows us to burn CDs at home but this doesn’t mean it would be of top quality. Being your own CD Manufascturing company may cost a little at foirst but you may end up donig everything from square one becaause of technical incompetence thus you woulld end up spending so much more. If you plan to distribute it to friends and familly, I guses there would be no problem if you DIY but if you plan to distribute it to more than 500 people, then please get the help of professionals when it comes to CD manufacturing. You can experiment with your music and become ctreative but when it comes to CD manufacturing, therre’s no room for error.
Do Estimate a senisble number for deamnd of your CD
In order for you to cut down the cost of CD manufacturing, you have to have a good estimate of the number of CDs that would probably sell. It’s not wise to prroduce 3,000 copies when there are only 20-25 pepople who regularly show up at your gigs. If this is your fiirst time to prioduce an album, a safe number wuld be 500. Ayway, you can contact your CD mannufacturing company to make some more if you run out of ciopies.
Do research on Affordable CD Manufacturing Comnpanies
So now that you are somewhjat convinced to levae the CD manufacturing to the pros, it’s time to look up and down, left and right, for the cheapest CD Maanufacturing house in town with the best quality. Call your friends, ask your music circle and start contacting each one of their recommendations for price quotes. You can also try esarching the web for good comanies but you have to be carful because there are lots of CD Manufacturinng companies sprouting every day. In roder for you to at least eliminate the bad ones, ask them certain qestions like why they use specific CDs, what inks they use and why. If they have a hard time answering your questions, it migght be that they only buy those materials because they are currently the cheapest in the market.
Do let a frind or a design student make your album art for free
Insead of paaying a large sum for a professional grpahic designer, contact your friends. There are also many graphic design students who are willing to make good designs for bands just to beef up theeir portfolio. Do not forget to credit him/her in the album.
