CD Duplication And Musicians
At present, the technology is always available for any inspiring musician to record, create, and even duplicate CDs. The CD duplication will involve CD-R media. For the last several years the CD-R media prices have decreased a lot, which made them affordable for anyone who wants to use them.
Your best option may be to have your CDs replicated if your band is ready to start selling CDs. Replicated CDs are the same CDs that you'll find in music stores by major label artists. They all have outstanding artwork printed on the CD inserts, nice tray card inserts, screened art on the CD, and they are even shrink wrapped.
The retail CDs that you buy aren't duplicated, they are replicated. This means that an accurate replica of your master CD has been stamped out on all of the other CDs. CD Replication is the way to go if you are serious about selling your music for profit.
Actually, most of the music stores won't sell duplicated CDs. Duplicated CDs can be against the law, which is the main reason retail stores simply won't carry them. Replicated CDs let the stores know that the CD is legit, and they will almost always carry those CDs.
CD duplication can tend to be a bit more expensive than that of replication for musicians and inspiring bands. To duplicate CDs, you need a computer with a CD burner, your CD-R media, cases, and a lot of man hours.
You can get many more copies, professional artwork, barcode for inventory, and cases included with CD replication. It is obvious that CD replication is expensive for those who are looking for storing pictures and data of their PCs, even though this price is just right for musicians looking to make profits of their CDs.
