Miscellaneous Questions thread

[RebornIdentity]

Labels are slowly signing up to the idea that extra revenue (or exposure) can be made by releasing stem sets, so this is probably the future.

It's about time. Given the shrinking revenues from CD sales, this makes so much sense as there are plenty of people who will pay for this type of material. £3 for a tracks stems from Beatport seems a little steep but I have been known to pay it for tracks/artists I love. Even commercially releasing instrumental versions of albums would make a lot of sense.

[RockstarBruski]

Labels are slowly signing up to the idea that extra revenue (or exposure) can be made by releasing stem sets, so this is probably the future.

It's about time. Given the shrinking revenues from CD sales, this makes so much sense as there are plenty of people who will pay for this type of material. £3 for a tracks stems from Beatport seems a little steep but I have been known to pay it for tracks/artists I love. Even commercially releasing instrumental versions of albums would make a lot of sense.

I'd actually start buying DVD/CDs again if the albums came with HQ stems on them

don't forget about Indaba at http://www.indabamusic.com as they let you do a few remix contests for free and I've downloaded some nice stems from them all 100% legal and legit to do and you might be able to win some cash, contracts, etc if you enter one of their contests with a good enough production

[DJ Skip]

Big Question! Anyone have a tutorial on making cover art, or a good program.
I really stink @ It.
Any help would be great!
DJ Skip

[SundayMorningStereo]

Big Question! Anyone have a tutorial on making cover art, or a good program.
I really stink @ It.
Any help would be great!
DJ Skip

You could basically take a look at mine and then do the exact opposite, i definetly also need to learn this ^^

[DJ Skip]

LOL Yeah I think mash up are tough, but cover art seems like a job.

[DJ Firth]

Hmm not sure if you find mine any good, but if you do then I might try make a photoshop tutorial on how I do it?
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll16 ... ject-1.jpg
Mines are pretty mediocre but I do enjoy making the artwork, more than the video anyway

[DJ Skip]

thanks Darkz

[RockstarBruski]

I suck at coverart and just make super basic ones here and there. I use an old program called paint shop pro but I think that Photoshop is the king now but dunno. I would think just treat cover art like any paint project. Go to youtube and start reviewing tuts on photoshop.

Hopefully, more people who make coverart on here will chime in with what programs they use. Many names come to mind especially one - CLT (ANDY) hello...ahemmm you might want to chime in here

[DJ Skip]

Thanks Guys!
Skip

[Ryan Nellis]

Photoshop is the standard, but if you're looking for a free version of it might I recommend GIMP

http://www.gimp.org/

It's very similar to photoshop...but free!

I usually look for nice wallpapers online to make my cover art from. Nothing too exciting. I just crop them down to size and make a fancy title.