For this
post, I will discuss preparing for an album release. This week was the final week of recording in
the studio, so the mixing and mastering has been completed. I’ve read some ideas on what to consider for
this release from an article online. The list of things to consider while
finalizing this release was the budget and the following:
- New Photography
- Obtaining Proper Licensing/Copyrights of album
- Publishing Flyers (spread the word)
- Email Blast
- Newspaper Announcement
- CD Duplication
- Ordering of Merchandise
So, yesterday we had a photo shoot with Christian Bauer of
12 to 12 Productions to wrap up the end of Monétique’s EP “ Don’t Put Me in a
Box” which is set to be released 12-21-12.
This shoot was actually pretty fun.
It was hot, but nevertheless, pretty fun. So over 40 shots of various positioning,
color, outfit changes, and lighting, we think we’ve found the album cover! I
also read another article that assisted in some additional marketing tips.
As far as just having received the final master of the
7-track EP, that will be sent off to the Copyright Office tonight and
registered via Lady Monarch Productions, Inc with ASCAP. ASCAP is the Performance Rights Organization
that Lady Monarch Productions, Inc is currently a member of. This will be important because this music
will be released everywhere. It is best
that we claim our copyright before it gets published to prevent it from being
in jeopardy of being used without a license.
The flyers have been designed by DesignWorks360 and printed. Now
the hard and more time-consuming part will be to distribute ALL 5,000 within
the Tampa Bay area. The email blasts and
newspaper announcements all work together for our Marketing Initiatives for
this project. The duplication has to be
done within the next couple of days in order to have the actual copies by the
Album Release Party on 12/23/12. As far as the t-shirts,
they have been ordered and will be received by this week. This is very exciting because these shirts
will be exclusive to this event! Stay tuned for more news soon.
Sources:
http://www.copyright.gov/
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