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With CoverScout, you can grab images to embed in your music files that makes using Cover Flow a lot better, and provides better compatibility for users of programs along with iTunes.

From the early 40's to this day, naked and nude images on album covers have sold millions of vinyl records. Come along for the journey as we explore this fascinating part of music and pop culture history.

Artist Daniel Edlen has a new medium and use for discarded vinyl records. Come explore the fabulous things that Daniel is doing with vinyl and our pop culture and music history.

Have you ever purchased a CD solely based on the cover design? This article covers why CD design is important and how to get one produced that attracts buyers, or music professionals to produce, publish or distribute one's music.

Describes the influence and historical importance of album cover art and lists various resources one can explore.

Coverfinder is a fast, easy-to-use (and tiny!) utility that makes finding and downloading CD cover art from Amazon.com a snap.

Through the digital revolution, vinyl has endured because it has something no other format has, a personal connection with not only superior sound, but with unique album cover art that is part of our music heritage.

Josh's iTunes Album Art Grabber is THE PLACE to find the highest quality CD cover art on the web, and it comes straight from Apple and the iTunes Store. Read on to find out more...

The 'big box' retailers of vinyl records have lots of competition for the 'vinyl dollar' as many "Mom & Pop" are now going online and selling used, quality vinyl records.

Vinyl records are great collectibles, and may be more valuable than you know. To those of us who went through the teen years with record albums, they still represent real music.

Vinyl records have stood the test of time. There are many advantages to vinyl, sound quality, artwork, and collectability. Here's how to shop for your next purchase.

The warm sound of music stored on vinyl records is making a comeback.

Instructions for creating one of a kind artwork & gift baskets using old vinyl records

When buying or selling vinyl records, it is important to know what they are worth. In this article, let's explore one of the foremost authorities of vinyl record appraising, "Mighty" John Marshall.

When Alex Steinweiss accepted his assignment at Columbia Records in 1939, he developed album cover art; a way to sell the music in brightly colored and specially designed album packages, instead of the plain brown wrappers that usually held the latest releases.

Even with the music distrbution channels changing, this Canadian youth loves the vinyl record and shares his insights into why this historical medium is "on fire" north of the border.

This article is about CD's being better than Old Records. My account was deleted from helium.com. I'm moving articles to associatedcontent.com.

Vinyl records are history that you can touch and listen to. High quality vinyls also sound warmer and deeper than CDs.

Want to display your cover art, search through your music and even control iTunes? Then CoverSutra may be just the thing for you.

My formula to preserve your old vinyl albums and 45 RPM records onto CD for playback in your CD player.

As the sales of vinyl slowly increase, so does the hobby of vinyl record collecting as more and more peole "tune in" to this fascinatingh hobby.

Say what you want about the lousy quality of vinyl albums. At least you had something interesting to look at when you listened to them.

Looking for that great music or video game title but don't want to pay the price of new, well look no further. Try one of these great stores for music cd's, DVD's, computer games or console games and even those older vinyl records.

Your old record collection may be worth some cash but the memories of LP sound are priceless

If these songs aren't already in your collection, it's a great place to start whether learning about soul music or converting your vinyl to CD.

After several hours of puzzling it out I finally figured out the secret to getting all the cover art even if iTunes doesn't carry the album.

Album cover art historically catered to recognizing some customers will purchase an album just for the cover art and album cover art is a unique depiction of the evolution of our society.

Framing album cover art is a developing medium to display classic or controversial albums covers from yesteryear. We explore a company that specializes in this personal and growing art form.

Covers is an interesting tool. It searches the web for replacement cover art for your CDs and DVDs. It isn't perfect, but it's a good start.

In our last of a three-part series about album cover art, we again look at famous album covers and explore the influence that major retailers have in censorship.

For vinyl record collectors, learn the dos and don'ts of caring for LPs

If you are looking for a creative, simple craft that is also recycle-friendly, creating a vinyl record basket is the vintage lovers dream.

The political upheaval of the 1960s and how it translated itself into the music, film, and art of the period

The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album was a unique album cover package that even started rumors that paul was dead and has influenced many album cover designers to this day. Prior to this release, the Beatles also produced the infamous "Butcher Cover."

Album cover artist Roger Dean is famous for his creative artwork and covers for the progressive rock band Yes and has designed and painted covers for other bands as well.

All you need is a 1/8 (earphone) jack, a turntable and/or cassette player, and free software.

In this three part article series, we will explore many of rock's most historic and controversial album covers, including albums by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Blind Faith, Jimi Hendrix and many more.

It had me at hello. ION's USB turntable is the most amazing thing to happen to music since the Sex Pistols. For those with large collections of vinyl records, it is manna from heaven.

A look at how with the inventioon of cds and ipods, no one listens to classic vinyl records anymore, which are honestly, the coolest thing ever.

Do you have old vinyl records lying around your house? Here's how to use them to create unique display bowls.

Do you have some old vinyl records you don't know what to do with? Then read this easy-to-follow article today and learn how to make your own bowl from a recycled LP record!

In this guide, we'll use the basic art created in the previous tutorial and add to it some key elements that will grace our CD label and CD case covers with some serious style - you'll want to hit my page to find the guide on creating the basic art.

There's a certain something, a certain sound you can only get from a vinyl record. that just can't be replicated on the CD. Here's why you should not abandon the wonderful world of vinyl.

Collecting and playing old-fashioned vinyl records is growing and vibrant hobby. Furthermore, you will discover whole worlds of music you didn't know existed.

Do you like vinyl? Set foot inside Wuxtry and Ella Guru,..and if you're desperate for some cash, they'd be happy to take your old records.

This article tells the reader how to restore their LP and 45 records to digital quality.

Do you have a collection of vinyl music records stored away in the attic? Or, are you considering starting a collection for a hobby? Read this informative article today and find out what you need to know!

Learn more about Vinyl Record Day, created to celebrate this historical audio format on the day that Edison invented the phonograph, August 12, 1877.

A look at the current vinyl record collecting scene and why vinyl might be surviving even around CD's and digital media.

I'm a working DJ, and while deep down in my soul I love vinyl, there's just no point in holding on to this dead medium anymore. Originally published on Redident Advisor.

Guide on How to Start a Music Store CD Business

Burning mix CDs on your computer is a popular way to share music with friends. Make your next mix CD even more memorable by adding a handmade cover. Here are some instructions on how to do so!

Vertigo Music, The Beat Goes On and Aris' Disc Shop are the most popular locally owned and operated CD Music stores in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They all have something different, yet they all carry the same things.

Everyone seems to be wrapped up in the insanely popular itunes music store. Having a closer look, it is nothing compared to the power of Napster. A review from a year and a half long subscriber.

DJ's are the usual choices for playing music on your wedding day. However, if your budget is strained, you might not be able to afford one. Find out how to make your own music CD and how to have it played by reading this article!

When you look for MP3 downloads you want a good selection, early access to new releases, and quick downloads. This is a comparison of service, sound, and quality for the price of Napster versus iTunes

Records companies are planning to cash in on the current novelty craze of vinyl albums.

Here are some easy storage solutions for organizing your child's art supplies and artwork.

This art track project is the perfect way to continually rotate you art and doesn't cost a fortune. You don't even have to buy picture frames!

Quickly turn a vinyl record into a useful and stylish bowl, as well as a conversation piece.

TotalTunes Control is a free iTunes controller for Mac. View cover art, change playlists, even search your library, all via the keyboard or the menu bar icon.

Cover bands have long been scoffed at as being unoriginal, seemingly standing on the shoulders of those who came before them. Not so, I say.

Find out how to use computer software to backup your old records onto your computer. Keep the vinyl secure for collectors and resellers.

Play, by Stephen Booth, is a jukebox-style replacement for iTunes, written for Mac. Although unable to play files from the iTunes Store, Play has some advantages compared to Apple's offerings, such as iTunes and Quicktime Player.

The perfect way to re-use any albums or records that might be laying around your house.

For the better part of half a decade since iTunes popularized by-the-song digital music sales, the works Beatles have been sorely excluded - and therefore frequently bootlegged. No longer. Apple Corps, the fab four's music trustee, will soon go digital.

Here is a meditation on what kids today are missing by getting all their music via downloading.

Of the four versions of the John Williams/London Symphony Orchestra recordings of the "Empire" score, this is the least satisfying and the worst-conceived CD edition.

In this time of the music download, the CD is becomeing less and less important. The second hand CD is near obsolete. Maybe you should give them another shot.

VideoDrive is a great utility that makes it insanely easy to add all your videos (movies, TV shows, music videos), to your iTunes Library, with only a couple of clicks, and not much else.

CoverStream is a pretty nice application for OS X that allows you to control your iTunes playback via the popular CoverFlow interface, but adds a few features iTunes lacks.

With the value of vinyl records so subjective, it is important to have them professionally apprasied. An interview with record appraiser and music historian Stephen M. H. Braitman explains the details of his services and why they are important.

In cities and towns around the world record shops are going out of business

A collection of short CD reviews from the best of 2006.

There are thousands of new CDs released each year. It's hard to get heard above the din. Here are ways to make sure that your band's CD gets noticed.

Quodlibet is just about as close to Apple's iTunes as you can get in the Linux world. In this, the fourth in a series of music manager reviews, I will describe the features that make Quodlibet a great piece of software.

With Nielsen Soundscan not counting all the 'indie' record shops that sell vinyl, the vinyl sales figures are not a true representation of the 'real' sales figures. Independent stores must be counted to gage the true sales figures

The strange and often surreal art on these records' covers can be made into a variety of decorations that are easy for the most inexperienced crafter.

Collecting as a hobby is can be both profitable and personally rewarding.

The ancient Egyptian world underwent many changes in the first through the fifth centuries C.E. Greek and Roman influences as well as Christian beliefs can be found in artwork of the era as well as loyalty to ancient ideas of the after-life.

Everyone loves art, and whether they just like to touch up photographs or they make a living producing extravagant artwork, nobody likes to pay high prices for the software they need. What if there were free products that could get the job done?

Whether you're living in a studio apartment by necessity or by choice, there are many steps you can take to spruce up the space with cheap decorations. These twelve ideas will help transform your studio apartment into someplace spacious yet cozy.

I have always advised my band clients to pay the artist a lump sum of money in exchange for all copyrights and uses of the image. In lieu of assigning your work to the band, there are options that allow you to retain copyright ownership

In part two of the series about historic and controversial albums covers, we again explore these trouble-making art projects from a variety of rock and roll bands.

This album is in my top 5 of all time. It's versatile, jazzy, and emotional and sounds amazing on a nice system. Duran Duran has a solid addition to their extensive catalog with The Wedding Album.

Get right down to the nitty-gritty of it, and it's easy to see how the cover will sell a book. The importance of taking time to design - or have designed - a really good cover for your book can't be underestimated.

If you are interested in doing e-book covers, or just curious about what it takes to be one, read this article. An interview with e-book cover artist Cassidy McKay.

The Art Academy at HSU is an establishment that offers art lesson to children and youth ages 5 - 17.

One way to promote artworks is to have them pubished in a local print publication.

f you remember the rap group Bone Thugs N Harmony, then you will remember Bizzy Bone. He released his first solo album in 1998. The album was titled Heaven's Movie and went gold. I think this album is one of the best released ever by any Bone Thugs N Harmony member

Have you spent countless hours writing a book but cringe at the thought of designing a cover? Here are some great cover design tips and tricks.

When I say, "Beck reinvents the album" I don't mean that he has actually "reinvented" the album. I mean, he hasn't invented some new, cosmic recording studio or anything.

This is a boring, forgettable album that would sooner evoke a yawn than a tear.

I am a sucker for album art. In fact, sometimes I will buy records based solely on whether or not I like the cover.

Romance book covers jumps right out at readers. Ever wonder who does them? How they got in the business and if you are an artist, interested in doing romance book covers, how you can to? Read my interview to find out.