Face It finished recording around May this year and have been busy since then doing the CD artwork, taking holidays and getting married, so it's been a while since they last came to the studio. The idea for the session was to work out what else needed to be done to finish the project. The band have previously been a 60s covers band but are keen now to showcase their own material and will be playing their first originals gig in a few weeks time.
Jack had emailed me the CD layouts earlier in the day, so I printed them out so we could discuss them during the session. The guys arrived about 8pm, with a few beers. The CD artwork is really good and shows off their mod roots with lots of interesting items to spot if you look closely. We talked about what credits to put on the cover (I'd like a mention!), what copyright markings are required and if they want to list who wrote each song and what instruments they played, or put "Tracks 1,3,7 by XXX, Tracks 2,4,6,8 by YYY etc".
I suggested they use MaxDuplication to duplicate and print the CDs. They do a very good package of 50 duplicated CDs with a 2-page insert, back panel and CD label all in cellophane for around £100. I've used them in the past and the quality was very good. One time, the CD label hadn't dried properly before putting in the case, so when the case was opened, the CD had stuck to the insert. I sent them an email and they replaced the faulty parts the next day. That's good service.
We also discussed online options. I've previously used TuneCore for digital distribution. For around £35 they will send your tracks to approximately 30 of the major downloading sites (iTunes, Amazon, Tesco, Spotify etc etc) and a few obscure ones too. The artists gets around £5 per downloaded album and about 50p per track. With Spotify you get about 0.3p per play (so you need 3 plays to get a penny!), which isn't much, but if you get a lot of streams it all adds up.
The guys left around 10:30 with the job of finishing off the CD labels and OK-ing the final mixes. They should be back in a couple of weeks with hopefully the finished article ready to send off to the printers.
Jack had emailed me the CD layouts earlier in the day, so I printed them out so we could discuss them during the session. The guys arrived about 8pm, with a few beers. The CD artwork is really good and shows off their mod roots with lots of interesting items to spot if you look closely. We talked about what credits to put on the cover (I'd like a mention!), what copyright markings are required and if they want to list who wrote each song and what instruments they played, or put "Tracks 1,3,7 by XXX, Tracks 2,4,6,8 by YYY etc".
I suggested they use MaxDuplication to duplicate and print the CDs. They do a very good package of 50 duplicated CDs with a 2-page insert, back panel and CD label all in cellophane for around £100. I've used them in the past and the quality was very good. One time, the CD label hadn't dried properly before putting in the case, so when the case was opened, the CD had stuck to the insert. I sent them an email and they replaced the faulty parts the next day. That's good service.
We also discussed online options. I've previously used TuneCore for digital distribution. For around £35 they will send your tracks to approximately 30 of the major downloading sites (iTunes, Amazon, Tesco, Spotify etc etc) and a few obscure ones too. The artists gets around £5 per downloaded album and about 50p per track. With Spotify you get about 0.3p per play (so you need 3 plays to get a penny!), which isn't much, but if you get a lot of streams it all adds up.
The guys left around 10:30 with the job of finishing off the CD labels and OK-ing the final mixes. They should be back in a couple of weeks with hopefully the finished article ready to send off to the printers.
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