Note that you can get inkjet printable CDRs for the same price as shiny-surfaced ones, and an inkjet printer that can handle them is about a hundred bucks. The ink does add up and the process is time consuming, but the results look surprisingly great, so if you're going to burn in very low volume, I would recommend this over stick-on labels both for the reasons outlined below and because it looks a whole lot better. -- Irfon-Kim Ahmad http://www.ramp-music.net On 2011-10-09, at 1:23 PM, Shawn Thorpe <shawnogordo@gmail.com> wrote: > Something I'd recommend to anyone burning their own discs - avoid affixing > your own labels to the CD's. I did this back in 2005 with my old band, and > none of those discs are playable now. I've heard that the adhesive backing > from the labels eventually eats through the finish of the CD's and destroys > them. I'm pretty sure that Discmakers actually offers pre-printed CD-R's, > which would cut down on the cost of production but still leave you with a > good-looking (and playing) product. > > On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Brian <brianmc7@...> wrote: > >> ** >> >> >> >> >> You might be making the mistake of thinking too big at this point. From a >> business perspective, if you can only see yourself selling less than a >> thousand CDs in the beginning, you're main focus at this point should be on >> promoting your music and determining how many units you can sell. Keep in >> mind that since most people these days aren't going to buy a CD off the >> internet from an unknown act, most or all of your CD sales will come by >> selling the CD yourself at gigs. If your music isn't published and licensed, >> that is a big concern, which will need to be addressed, because what you're >> really doing is setting up your own record company. >> >> It's cheaper to burn bulk CDRs yourself as needed, and have somebody else >> handle the printing. I wouldn't worry about a CDR not playing in some >> players. Although I've heard about this problem, I've never encountered it, >> which might be because I burn things in WAV. Of course, the end product >> won't be wrapped in cellophane, but I wouldn't worry about that either for >> the time being, because the higher profit margin burning it yourself could >> be used as a means to send the product out to a duplication facility if or >> when that need arises. >> >> --- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, Gregory <glists@...> wrote: >>> >>> A bit OT here, but I figure someone on this list has released a CD or >> two, as I'm ready to do so with my music (written and recorded in Logic, so >> a smidge on-topic). >>> >>> First question - I know the differences between duplication and >> replication of CDs, but I am wondering what people's experience with >> duplicated CD's is like. I probably need only a short run, so replicated >> would be more expensive, but I certainly don't want to sell any >> unprofessional CDs that don't work in some players and the like. So is the >> quality of replicated CD's worth the higher cost I would be paying (probably >> double)? >>> >>> Also, I'm looking for distribution recommendations - specifically for >> actual CDs, rather than digital distribution. I will be doing digital as >> well, but do need at least one option for people to buy physical CDs. CD >> Baby appears to be the goto distributor, and I'm wondering if that is what >> people on this list would recommend. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Gregory >>> >> >> >> > > > > -- > -Shawn Thorpe > http://shawn.mx/ > http://geminidragon.tv/ > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
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Re: [Logic_Cafe] Re: OT: Duplication vs Replication
2011-10-09 by Irfon-Kim Ahmad