Turntable (Blog)

Music Discovery and Curation
January 14, 2025
“We’re moving away from a digital-only music creation and consumption approach. For musicians, this means plugging physical into (or back into) your release strategy and signing up here at Spinney Media to make selling, storing, and shipping physical easy.” Here it is. My employee ID and rental card from Wherehouse Music, 1988. Yes, in addition […]

3 Ways to Engage Fans at the Merch Table
January 9, 2025
… a blog post from Chairman’s Corner Hey hey hey everybody…we’ve officially made it to 2025, which I strongly feel will be The Year of Band Merch! We all really dig quality band merchandise – as albums, stickers and t-shirts (or hats!) from musicians that we love often allow us to take part of our […]

Got (Discounted) Shipping?
January 3, 2025
Your fan waits, excited, watching tracking updates. The album they bought is due today! Finally, the delivery arrives, and… What happens next? Is the right album in the box? Was the CD well packaged to avoid cracking its case in transit? Did your fan get their shipment (or someone else’s). And does your fan feel […]

Five Essential Steps To Pressing Your First Album
December 27, 2024
Pressing physical albums for the first time? Not sure where to start? We got you! Five (5) Essential Steps to Pressing Your First Album