wewow.co.uk - Experts in CD/DVD Duplication, Replication and Eco-friendly Media Packaging

WOW your clients with a re-usable, zero waste promotional calendar

The WowCalendar is almost too good to be true!  An eye-catching, premium quality promo calendar that creates absolutely no waste and places your brand in front of your clients for the next 12 months.

The WowCalendar is produced from 100% recycled card and has been cleverly crafted to allow for each month’s page to be folded and glued into a CD card wallet, branded with your company logo.  Only a tiny amount of card is left over and this can be re-used any way you like, so get your creative hats on…how about a recycled bookmark?  There is also a small metal fastener attached to the calendar which can be re-used again and again.  Our minimum order for the WowCalendar is just 10 units, perfect for sending to your key customers.

Don’t delay.  Ditch the disposable promo calendar this year and grab a re-usable WowCalendar!  With just five weeks to go until Christmas get your orders in now to make sure your branded calendars reach your clients before the New Year!

10 Bands, 10 Eco-Friendly WowWallets, 10 Minutes

wewow are offering bands the chance to win eco-friendly CD packaging for their band, to mark the environmental awareness day of 10:10:10.

 

Bands and musicians can enter the competition via wewow’s specialist eco-friendly packaging website; weEco.co.uk, by simply uploading their artwork with a short registration form.  Ten lucky bands will then be picked at random and will receive 10 WowWallets printed on recycled or salvaged board.  The wallets are ideal for limited edition releases and reduce carbon emissions by over 13%, when compared with a CD jewel case.

 

The 10:10 campaign is a ground-breaking initiative which is raising awareness of environmental issues and encouraging individuals, companies and organisations to cut their carbon emissions by 10% in the next year.  wewow support the 10:10 campaign and will be using the 10th October 2010 to encourage the music industry to cut their carbon emissions by over 10% by choosing eco-friendly CD packaging instead of plastic packaging solutions.

Creative CD packaging made from recycled cereal boxes

Following our previous post, here's a bit of inspiration for recycling cereal boxes into CD and DVD cases...make use of the die cut windows in cereal boxes or even the colourful print to create truly unique & sustainable packaging for your discs!

How to recycle cereal boxes into eco-friendly CD & DVD packaging

It's time to get creative and think outside of the box...here's how to recycle your cereal boxes into eco-friendly CD and DVD wallets.

Should I choose a matt or a gloss laminate to finish my CD/DVD packaging?

Many clients choose to have a lamination applied to their card CD & DVD packaging, producing a matt or gloss effect and sealing the print in order to avoid ‘cracking.’  As the picture above demonstrates, the laminate produces a professional and attractive finish but the colour will vary between matt laminated and gloss laminated packages.

 

Why apply a laminate to CD or DVD packaging?

Matt or gloss lamination is the best way to prevent the print on your packaging from cracking along the fold lines.  The added benefit is that a matt or gloss effect can be created, added to the overall look and feel of the CD or DVD packaging.

How eco-friendly is lamination?

Whilst a laminate adds a professional finish to CD or DVD packaging, unfortunately it means that the card based packaging will not be recyclable and the carbon emissions of the lamination process are also a factor to consider.

If you want your CD or DVD packaging to be recyclable and have a gloss finish then ask us about our specialist paper board stock – we have a number of glossy (eco-friendly) paper stocks which can be used to produce your eco-friendly CD/DVD packaging.

 

Hello Dagger DIY CD Packaging!

We love seeing bands and musicians transform wewow’s eco-friendly CD packaging into unique, handmade packaging for their promo and demo CDs.

The team at wewow HQ were recently WOWED by Sheffield-based band, Hello Dagger’s DIY creation! The talented screamo band, who are big supporters of the DIY scene, used 100% recycled, windowed WowWallets to create eye-catching, handmade packaging for their vinyl-look CD. Each package was a unique creation and we loved the personal touch that the band added to each of the eco-friendly CD packages!

Check out Hello Dagger on myspace: http://myspace.com/hellodagger

DIY Promo CD Packaging

Packaging a promo CD can be a challenging task when you’re working to a tight budget.  High-quality, original and affordable CD packaging for short-run promo CD’s is hard to come by.  This has led to a growing trend towards ‘Do It Yourself’ CD packaging.  The results are creative, resourceful and highly original.

 

However, the task of creating your promo CD packaging is no easy feat and buying packaging materials to make up yourself can actually end up costing a great deal more than you anticipated.  Wewow have worked hard to come up with a solution to make it easy for bands and artists to create their own CD packaging and the result is an easy to use DIY package with endless scope for creativity.  Best of all, wewow’s DIY package is eco-friendly!

 

 

DIY promo CD packaging can now be ordered online at http://www.weeco.co.uk/diy-cd-packaging

 

You will receive everything you need to package the high-quality printed & duplicated CD’s produced by wewow and the results are guaranteed to WOW your fans!  We’d love to see your creations so please send us a quick snap of your finished package and we may even feature it on the wewow blog!

wewow commissioned by Waterstones & HMV to produce eco-friendly DVD WowWallet

Here are wewow we always aim to deliver the highest quality products and service, even when we’re working to tight deadlines.  We recently had the opportunity to do just that for HMV and Waterstones, who commissioned wewow to produce eco-friendly DVD packaging and replicated DVDs for internal communications DVDs for both brands.

We successfully met the client’s deadline and delivered a unique, high-quality DVD WowWallet to both HMV and Waterstones. We we’re over the moon with the feedback we received, with Waterstones commenting;

 

“We gave WeWow a tough task, to produce 340 wallets in a short timescale for our internal strategy DVD.  They did a fantastic job in that short space of time.  The packaging is eco-friendly and stylish and there are various options to choose from.  The team are friendly, helpful and accommodating.  All our employees were very impressed with the finished product.  We look forward to using them again in the near future.”

 

 

The finished package was an environmentally friendly DVD WowWallet, printed in full colour with eye-catching designs to suit the HMV brand and a unique package for the Waterstones brand.  Inserted into the wallets we’re professionally printed and replicated DVDs

Alive Battle of the Bands 2010 – Sponsored by wewow.co.uk

 

Four talented bands clashed on Tuesday evening as they fought for their chance to play to the crowds at Kirklees Festival in the Park on Sunday 18^th July.  As official sponsors of ‘Alive Battle the Bands 2010,’ we sent wewow’s very own Oliver Mountain down to The Little Buddha Bar in Huddersfield to check out the talent and get the inside scoop on all the action;

“An excited buzz filled the air in The Little Buddha Bar on Tuesday evening as the crowd gathered to watch four up-and-coming bands battle it out for a chance to play in front of huge crowds at the Kirklees Festival in the Park this Sunday.  Two bands have already progressed from Monday’s heat and two more bands will progress from tonight’s acts.

The night kicked off with young Emo/Punky looking band going by the name of Area 67. Sounding reasonably rehearsed in parts Area 67 got off to a good start but nerves soon hit and, struck by a technical fault, the young talent struggled to keep one of their slower tracks together.  Nevertheless, high marks were in order for performance, thanks to thrilling solos by the lead guitarist who confidently rocked out with his guitar around the back of his head and whilst sliding on his knees into the crowd.  If this band doesn’t make it through this year, they’ll be straight back into the rehearsal room.

Area 67 were followed by three talented brothers, Fletch, Chris and Dan, also known as Hand Made Hands.  Fresh from recording their album the brothers gave a highly-charged performance, winning the approval of both the crowd and judges.  Their sound was crisp and tight and reflected their musical influences, which they say include The Eels and Super Furry Animals, whilst the band joked of being referred to as the next Hanson.

Next up were three piece band The EGBGs; who gave a gutsy performance, resembling a young Luke of the Kooks.  Their tracks were strong, with echos of Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian and 1990’s Brit pop, and the catchy chorus of ‘Supermarchet’ was a deffinate crowd pleaser.

The battle was brought to a close by The Full Girth Explosion, who ended the night on a high with an up-beat and engaging set.  The four piece, Huddersfield-based band let their experience show as they gave a polished performance which went onto win them a place in the Festival in the Park line up.  ‘Gangster GTI’ went down particularly well with the crowd, who we’re urged to move forward and get involved.

 

Hand Made Hands’ energetic set grabbed them the remaining place in Festival’s line up, where they will join; The Tabbs, Champagne for Enemies and The Full Girth Explosion.  Congratulations guys!”

Alive Battle of the Bands 2010 – Sponsored by wewow.co.uk providing bespoke short-run CD packaging.

What are ISRC codes and why should you use them?

 

ISRC stands for International Standard Recording Code and is best understood as a digital ‘fingerprint’ which identifies your sound or music video recording.  ISRC codes can be embedded into digital and physical releases and allow you to sell your music on iTunes and Amazon, submit your tracks to the Gracenote Database and they also help prevent piracy and ensure that you automatically receive royalties.

ISRC codes are unique numbers which are embedded into music files during the mastering process.  Your finished master can then be sent for CD duplication or replication and the ISRC codes will be included on all your pressed CDs.  The ISRC codes will identify your music and track copying and distribution.

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) recommends that all music producers use ISRC.

ISRC codes for sound recordings in the UK can be obtained from Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) and registration is free.  If you need any guidance on ISRC codes, Gracenote Registration or anything else related to producing your own music releases then wewow’s customer service team will be happy to help.