Posts Tagged ‘Music’
Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
At the start of the first lockdown, I was furloughed and wanted to try do a project I had been wanting to do for years but never had the time for. Making a song a day for a whole month. So, I decided to make a song a day for thirty days. I was doing a masters in music innovation at Waterbear in Brighton at the time and thought it would also be interesting to write about for an upcoming essay.
The songs were uploaded daily to my bandcamp and I would post about them every day on social media and it was really lovely having a very small group of people keeping up with the project daily and getting feedback constantly and feeling like I was creating something original.
Anyway, people were asking if I would make a CD, and I wanted to see if I could keep the CD’s in ethos with the project. I had gotten really into the number thirty and I liked the symbolism of having thirty cds for thirty songs. I also loved how each day in the project I had to try create something new and so I wanted each CD to be new and differentand so I liked the idea of painting each one.
In the end it was difficult and challenging but really exciting seeing everyone getting unique CD’s! I also painted a lyric poster for every song so you would get a numbered print and cd. I sold them through Resident Music in brighton and sold out like 6 hours after putting it up for preorder! It was really rewarding.
I then made thirty days 2 and 3 and for the second decided to have the cd’s more conventionally made through your site but had custom badges and for the third I am going to put an order through soon for conventional CD’s again but will be making thirty unique hand made tiny zines with lyrics and drawings in them.



Raf’s story is both inspiring and heart warming.
We love to hear about our customers projects…the more detail the better. It gives us great pleasure to work with cutomers and see the final product that they are achieving.
If you want to speak to us about a project that you may need some advice with drop me an email :
una@duplicationcentre.co.uk or call us on 01702 530354 we would be happy to chat and help you where we can.
If you want more information on Raf Batchelor’s story , you can follow him on FaceBook.
Tags: artwork, CD Duplication, customers, design, lockdown, Music, printing, publish
Posted in Artwork, communication, Customers, Design, Interest, Lockdown | Comments Off on A Customer’s Story: 22nd April 2021
Thursday, March 25th, 2021
We are please to be producing CD’s,DVD’s & BLU-RAY with really hopeful and positive themes.
If you need any advice or help with your project/idea or order just contact us and we will be pleased to help you.
Our phone lines come directly to our production rooms and office, so you can speak to the people who have the expertise you need. If you prefer you can speak to us on “Live Chat” via the home page on the website.
You can of course also email us for help and advice.
You can use any of these addresses:
una@duplicationcentre.co.uk, martin@duplicationcentre.co.uk, support@duplicationcentre.co.uk, help@duplicationcentre.co.uk or sales@duplicationcentre.co.uk
We look forward to working with you.



Tags: advice, CD Duplication, DVD Duplication, help, Helpful HInts, Music, publish
Posted in advice, Artwork, communication, Customers, general information, helping you, Helping You Decide | Comments Off on Spring is Here: 25th March 2021
Tuesday, March 16th, 2021
With all the massive benefits of the digital world, the physical world of Vinyl, CD’s , DVD’s & Blu-Ray have given many people great diversion and entertainment, particularly during Lockdown.
There is room for all of these in our diverse world.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-56187737


Tags: advice, CD Duplication, DVD Duplication, Helpful HInts, lockdown, Mp3, Music, technology
Posted in communication, Customers, general information, Interest, Lockdown, music, music therapy, New Technology | Comments Off on Old School Media Entertainment:16th March 2021
Thursday, March 11th, 2021
Its a really busy time for planing and developing in the live music industry ….whether it all happens as per the headlines????
Its good however to keep up to date with current thinking.
Another good article below for you to read about festivals:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-56199403

Tags: customers, Helpful HInts, live music, Music, music festivals
Posted in Customers, general information, Interest, live music, music | Comments Off on Which Festivals will go ahead in 2021: 11th March 2021
Thursday, February 25th, 2021
As if Covid wasnt enough of a blow to our live music scene it seems that UK artists will be faced with red tape and fees for visa’s in order to tour and play in some EU countries.
Many musicians feel that the government have failed them and despite a very straightforward plan being put forward during negotiation stages, which would have allowed musiocians to travel without work permits,the EU rejected the proposal.
Read more of this interesting article here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55978480

Tags: Brexit, concerts, live music, Music
Posted in communication, Customers, general information, Interest, live music, music | Comments Off on Music Stars Raise Pressure over EU tours: 25th February 2021
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
The day after the latest Lockdown announcement musicians are still left wondering when live music will get back to some sort of normal.
Sharing with you a BBC article from yesterday evening….as usual its a good read.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56159302
Tags: live music, lockdown, Music, news
Posted in communication, Customers, general information, helping you, Interest, live music, music | Comments Off on Live Music & Lockdown: 23rd February 2021
Thursday, February 18th, 2021
Even before the pandemic many artists were trying to find ways of providing a cinematic and very different experience for their fans at home. When the pandemic hit us and hit the live music scene so badly, it became more of a challenge and may be even a necessity to address this.
This is a wonderful article that charts the thoughts and recent history for some artists in their quest to get live music to us!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55947209

Tags: customers, live music, lockdown, Music, technology
Posted in communication, Customers, general information, Interest, live music, Lockdown | Comments Off on A New Genre for Live Music: 18th February 2021
Thursday, November 19th, 2020
Many people are using DVDs as an alternative to live streaming in Care Homes.
Many Care Homes do not have the technology or money to facilitate Live Streaming so the DVD is prooving its worth, helping bring both entertainment and also valuable information into Care Homes and remote locations.

For more guidance about Care Homes visit you can visit:
https://www.publichealth.hscni.net/covid-19-coronavirus/guidance-hsc-staff-healthcare-workers-and-care-providers/guidance-healthcare
Stay Safe!
Tags: advice, Care Homes, CD Duplication, dementia, DVD Duplication, Helpful HInts, Music, music therapy, old age, technology
Posted in Charity, communication, Customers, helping others, Lockdown, music, music therapy, old age | Comments Off on DVD’s in Care Homes: 19th November 2020
Thursday, November 12th, 2020
Computers use an online database to display CD information, the most common one is known as Gracenote, a more detailed article on Gracenote can be found here Gracenote CD Database and CD-TEXT.
Tunes and Windows Media Player DO NOT read and CD-Text embedded on the actual CD, at all! This is common for all computer CD player software.
When the CD information is displayed on a computer, the info is coming from an online database. The database is usually Gracenote (the more common) or AllMusic.
The Gracenote database serves CD information to: iTunes, WinAmp, Quintessential Media Player, and Finder (Mac OS). The AllMusic database serves CD information to: Windows Media Player, Rhapsody, and Real Music Player.
Registration on these databases must be completed by you, the client, rather than us as no extra information is added to the CD for them to work.
You can find further information on how to submit your CD on the below links.
Gracenote Database
AllMusic Database
Tags: Allmusic, cd text, database, gracenote
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Tags: advice, CD Duplication, cd text, DVD Duplication, gracenote, Helpful HInts, Music, Technical
Posted in CD Text, communication, Customers, Gracenote, metadata, music, New Technology | Comments Off on Will my song titles show when i play my CD in a computer: 13th November 2020