Help with cover, label and music requirements for your record.

August 30, 2023

Music:

1. You can send your music files in two ways:

i) Send your files via email or file transfer service. Popular file transfer services include transfernow.net, Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox etc. Most popular sound file formats are fine to send. The most common files types are WAV, FLAC, m4a and mp3. True WAV and FLAC files should be the best quality and will make a better sounding record. mp3 is used a lot in orders, and can be OK sounding at the higher bitrates (320kps).

I cannot use Apple Music files or playlists. The files won't play due to copyright protection, even though you own them!

ii) If you aren't able to send your music as files (not everybody has the tech to do this) you may send a playlist link of your chosen songs from your music provider, e.g. Spotify. Ideally the songs should have the same running order as the final record, and must not exceed the purchased playing time.

Examples of playlists:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1fZoVKv0ymoXx74t30PHGb?si=4749162c34224076

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Labels:

In section 2 of the image above, images are shown before and after fitting to a label template.

Label templates for 10"and 12" records may be downloaded here:

https://https://app.box.com/s/2menerqmjdzz26mkbeek27g44s6kjd5m

More information on label design on the "Label Information" page of this blog:

https://mooncustomrecordsblog.blogspot.com/2023/09/label-information-image-loss-on-edge.html

If labels are purchased for an order, templates will be sent via email after purchase. I can help fit the templates for your label designs.