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How to Plan Your First Vinyl Release
How to Plan Your First Vinyl Release
Planning your first vinyl release? This practical guide covers quantities, packaging, artwork, mastering, timing, and what to think through before you press your record. Read more...
How to Stop Chasing Hype and Building a Lasting Music Career
How to Stop Chasing Hype and Building a Lasting Music Career
Ariel Hyatt is a powerhouse in marketing and PR for independent musicians. She’s written several books on the subject and is a sought-after speaker at events like SXSW, Grammy Camp,... Read more...
How to Sell Your CDs and Vinyl at Local Record Stores
How to Sell Your CDs and Vinyl at Local Record Stores
Record stores are normally run by passionate music lovers, and they often have loyal customers who want to support local music. Getting your CD or vinyl onto their shelves is... Read more...
Merch, Music, and the Magic of Social Media
Merch, Music, and the Magic of Social Media
Utilize social media to build a community of superfans eager to buy your CDs, vinyl, and merch. Read more...
Q & A With Our Mastering Engineer
Q & A With Our Mastering Engineer
Interview with Tom - our chief mastering engineer about what mastering really is, mastering by a human vs. computerized algorithms, how to communicate clearly with your mastering engineer and much... Read more...
Why Does It Take So Long To Make Vinyl?
Why Does It Take So Long To Make Vinyl?
The production times of vinyl seem to get longer and longer. Why is that? Will it ever get better? What should you do while waiting for your vinyl to be... Read more...
Digital Distribution
Digital Distribution
Here are some quick insights on the topic of digital distribution. We compared three popular companies offering the service, then we set up an agreement with the one we think... Read more...
Happy Holidays from all of us at Atomic Disc!
Happy Holidays from all of us at Atomic Disc!
We've had a little too much fun here at Atomic Disc. Watch our silly rendition of Deck the Halls to see for yourself... We promise, no elves were harmed during the production... Read more...
Atomic Disc will stand with those who support immigrants, refugees and basic human values.
We are not the kind of company that feels the need to express our political opinions, but there comes a time when silently standing on the sidelines is no longer acceptable. So we at Atomic Disc will stand with our friends at Bandcamp in their efforts to oppose the ban on immigration. READ MORE... Read more...
We Just Want To Say Thank You!
On this Thanksgiving Eve, all of us here at Atomic Disc would like to take a little moment to thank you. We are truly grateful for the opportunity to help you get your CDs made. We are thankful that we get to come to work every day and be a small part of fantastic music projects from around the world. That is why we will donate $5 per order to charity. READ MORE... Read more...
Meet Chris - our new production manager
Meet Chris - our new production manager
Chris Bettis took over as production manager at Atomic Disc, after Kristin went off to Norway to work as a nurse. He has a wide background in music as a... Read more...
Featured Artist: Emily Logan from Urban Wildlife
Featured Artist: Emily Logan from Urban Wildlife
Urban Wildlife is an indie folk band from Portland, OR who just finished a quick tour of the west coast to promote their sophomore album, "Strangers" scheduled for release in... Read more...
Blogging and shameless self-promotion...
So you’re in a band and you’re working on your record and touring locally and all you’ve been hearing for the past years is how the music industry is dead and how every indie artist have to promote themselves on the web... READ MORE... Read more...
The Birth of Atomic Disc!
The Birth of Atomic Disc!
Exciting news this year! Just to stop confusing ourselves and everyone we did business with, we decided to separate out our duplication division of Wavelength which started back in 1993. So,... Read more...