Tools, apps, tips and resources for CD covers and album sleeves and digital releases
Free web-based app to create album cover art for your Spotify playlists. This only works with the Spotify desktop player. You can also change your playlist cover art on Apple Music, Soundcloud and pretty much every other music streaming service out there. Includes integration of PNGimg and Unsplash and their library of free photos.
Adobe Express is a free online tool that allows you to create custom album covers in minutes. Choose from thousands of professionally designed templates or start from scratch. Add your own images, text, and graphics, and customize the look and feel of your cover with a variety of fonts, colours, and effects.
Scanplus Print Group is a market leader in bespoke printed record sleeves. They offer various sizes and finishes, including 7-inch, 10-inch and 12-inch sleeves, vinyl labels, printed inserts, and booklets. Their online design system makes it easy to create your custom record sleeve, with the ability to save, re-visit, and amend your design as needed.
How to claim and update your artist profile on the major streaming music platforms. Complete image and artist profile guide, including tips and tricks for Spotify, Apple Music, SoundCloud, Boomplay, Anghami, Deezer, Tidal, YouTube Music and Beatport. Put together by digital distributor Symphonic.
Canva is a user-friendly graphic design tool that allows you to create custom album cover art. Whether you’re a musician, artist, or content creator, Canva provides a range of free and customizable album cover templates designed by professionals. You can easily personalize these templates to reflect your artistic style, genre, and mood. Simply upload your […]
Specterr is an online platform that allows users to create custom music visualizers and lyric videos quickly and easily. It offers a web-based editor with real-time previews, advanced customization options, and fast cloud rendering. Users can export unlimited videos, which are stored for anytime access. Create lyric videos or dynamic visualizers that react to your […]
Manufacturing 8-track tapes in the 21st century. KTS is a sustainable business taking these vintage 8-tracks from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s and giving them new life. They mainly use gently used shells for 8-track projects so there may be some minor imperfections in the shells.
GIPHY is a popular platform for finding and sharing animated GIFs, including those related to music. The “Explore music GIFs” page on GIPHY allows users to search for and browse a wide variety of music-themed GIFs. The “Music GIFs” category on GIPHY provides a curated collection of GIFs related to music, including those for different […]
Fotor’s Spotify playlist and album cover maker offers a library of editable templates and easy-to-use design tools, helping create personalized playlist cover art in just a few clicks. You can create album covers online in a snap with the AI album cover generator. Backed up by an advanced character model, the album cover generator will […]
Pexels provides high-quality and free stock photos and video clips licensed under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license. All photos are nicely tagged, searchable, and easy to discover through Pexels Discover pages. Over 1500 images tagged music.
This tool is designed to help musicians, bands, and artists create 100% custom download cards for codes generated through Bandcamp. Requiring only the list of codes that Bandcamp provides through the “Export” option, there’s never been an easier way to generate printable download cards with total customization.
All photos published on Unsplash can be used for free for commercial and non-commercial purposes. You do not need to ask permission from or provide credit to the photographer or Unsplash, although it is appreciated when possible. Over 4500 images titled ‘Music’, brilliant resource for design inspiration.
Upload your designs, then you can start selling your merch – from t-shirts to hoodies, crew necks to mugs – to your fans straight away. It takes two minutes, and you can start making money from your merch with no hassle, stock issues, colour or design worries. Direct will print your customer’s orders on demand […]
Sarasota, Florida-based Imprint Indie Printing specializes in print and manufacturing for independent record labels, artists and bands. From 7/10-inch and 12-inch record covers, labels, jackets and inserts to posters, CD and DVD replication to custom print work.
Crowdsourced design services including CD, album cover artwork and design from £159. Start by creating a simple brief to help designers understand your design needs to capture your style and specs. Designers submit their ideas and you pick your favourite design. Step-by-step support & 100% money-back guarantee.
Authored by music education platform Soundfly in association with music web hosting and design company Bandzoogle ‘How to Create a Killer Musician Website’ is a free short course that looks at best practices for putting together an effective, easy-to-update website and how your website fits into a more comprehensive marketing strategy for your project.
PosterMyWall is a platform offering free graphic design tools for bands. Users can create various promotional materials such as album covers, flyers, Instagram posts, Facebook covers, and more. The site provides templates for different music genres like DJ gigs, rock, jazz, indie, and more. Bands can customize their designs to reflect their unique sound and […]
Premium music WordPress themes for musicians, bands, record labels, WordPress developers and podcasters. Access all the 27 premium Sonar themes for $99 a year. Built for the Elementor page builder. Ideal for WordPress music web designers and developers.
Spotiplus is an Android and Apple iOS app that designs playlist covers for your Spotify, Deezer, and Apple Music, playlists, tracks, albums, and podcasts effortlessly in under a minute. Design your own custom images or import existing ones. Instantly export your cover art directly to Spotify. Download your cover art as a high-quality JPEG for future […]
Launched in 2003, Bandzoogle empowers musicians to build stylish, mobile-friendly websites, sell music and merch directly to fans, and manage marketing all in one place. Think drag-and-drop themes, commission-free sales, built-in email marketing, and detailed fan analytics – all without coding or designers. Affordable plans, award-winning support, and features like crowdfunding and fan subscriptions make […]
Hundreds of designers are available on the crowdsourcing website Fiverr.com offering CD and album cover design, mixtape covers and music artwork of varying quality and price ranges, from a fiver upwards to Pro verified artists running into the hundreds of £££.
Coverify is a web tool to create yourself custom album cover artwork for Spotify playlists where you can apply different fonts, and colours and choose from 1M+ images from Unsplash and upload them directly to your Spotify. Coverify lets you edit, save and edit it again many times as needed with endless background options.
Cover Art Factory offers CD cover art design and lyric video production services for DIY artists and indie labels. They provide pre-made cover art designs with the option of express delivery. The platform specializes in custom-made album cover art, promising delivery within 7 business days and access to a network of designers, illustrators, and 3D […]
Lyric Catalyst offers ready-made templates for creating lyric videos with Adobe After Effects. All the templates are well-organised, easy, and intuitive and allow DIY musicians to create lyric videos from professionally designed templates using a simple drag-and-drop interface. Users can choose from various styles, and customise them with their music, artwork, and lyrics.
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