Procopy's Music Industry News

Super 8 Film Transfers to DVD or Hard Drive

WebMaster — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:48:30 +0000

Do you have a lot of these around your own or your parent's house? Super 8 cameras and filming was a very popular way of capturing family occasions from the 1930's right up to the 1980's.

We've recently transferred some Super 8 films from the mid 1930's with excellent results.

The family can now show their children relatives that they haven't met and places the family visited many years ago,

If you have a collection of old films hidden away give us a call and we'll transfer them to a format that you can watch them on.

If you want to edit the movies for an anniversary or special family event we can convert them to a specific format for you so that you can do your own editing, or we offer a professional video editing service to do this work for you.

Call 1300 4 PROCOPY or 08 9375 3902 for more details or email info@procopy.com.au

ProCopy Audio CD production services

WebMaster — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:27:49 +0000

ProCopy has been a supporter of the local Perth music scene for over 20 years, (since the days of audio and video tapes!) We've continually updated our services and maintain a high quality in the work we do. With this in mind we've recently upgraded our digital printing equipment to provide higher printing quality for our inhouse duplication work.

Come and check out some samples of the printing that's now possible for your CD projects. Of course this helps improve the quality of our range of inhouse services including:

In House CD Booklet Artwork / Print
Photo Quality Disc Prints
Short Run Card sleeves.
Small Run Specialist DVD / CD’s
Various Packaging Options including Slimline, Jewel Case, DVD etc
Black & White and Colour Band Posters and flyers
Audio Mastering (in our renowned Sonic Lab)
Specialists in CD Rom and CD Audio products for Local Perth Business

Call ProCopy on 1300 4 PROCOPY or 08 9375 3902 to discuss your latest project

Bookmark our Ebay Store

WebMaster — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:42:35 +0000

Keep an eye on our Ebay Store AudioVideoCD during 2011 - we have a variety of CD/DVD/BluRay packaging products & surplus equipment for sale. In fact it would be a good idea to bookmark it! Quite often there are 1-off bargains and discounted specials on a variety of items.

ProCopy Christmas Trading 2011

WebMaster — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 03:43:23 +0000

Hi, We're taking a well earned break for a few days between Christmas and New Year to recharge our batteries.

We'll be back 3rd January 2012 to start on the many projects that are already in progress for January.

Email enquires will be monitored & answered on a regular basis so don't hesitate to contact us on info@procopy.com.au

We wish all our past, present and future clients a safe and Happy Christmas and New Year.

regards

Staff & Management

ProCopy

International Competition for Unsigned Bands

WebMaster — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:16:47 +0000

A new international songwriting competition has been started solely for unsigned bands,

Quote:

"Unsigned Only is a unique international music competition designed for solo artists, bands, and singers who are not signed to a major label record company or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, or imprints.

The goal of Unsigned Only is to find an outstanding, talented performer: a band, singer, or solo artist...a newcomer or veteran...raw or polished - the “gem” that needs to be discovered. Unsigned Only is looking for the total package"

As with the International Songwriting Competition Aussie bands always do well so ProCopy would love to see some unsigned bands do well too

Entry details can be found here UnsignedOnly Song Competition

CHOGM 2011 video transfers to DVD

WebMaster — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 06:59:36 +0000

If you are an international delegate presenting at CHOGM in Perth we have an FTP service available for uploading your video content.

We can transfer the video content to dvd, produce multiple copies on dvd and deliver them to the CHOGM venue for you.

Basic Music Copyright questions answered

WebMaster — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:31:29 +0000

ProCopy as a reproducer of peoples musical and other works often gets asked to explain about copyright. Here are some basic points as per the guidelines set down by APRA & AMCOS (further information can be gained from their website at www.amcos.com.au )

There are two separate rights or ownerships associated with a musical work - the sound recording, and the associated underlying musical work. When either of these are performed or reproduced, a royalty is incurred.

PPCA - Collects royalties for the Performance of Sound Recordings
ARIA - Collects royalties for the Reproduction of Sound Recordings

APRA - Collects royalties for the Performance of Musical Works
AMCOS - Collects royalties for the Reproduction of Musical Works

This grid shows you which organisation is responsible for the collection of each instance of copyright.

To explain the difference between sound recordings and musical works, take the example of Hey Jude, by the Beatles. If you were to make and sell a CD featuring the recording of the Beatles performing that song that was originally sold to the public, you would have two copyright responsibilities: to pay a royalty to the owners of the sound recording, in other words that particular version of the song (which would be owned by a record label and administered by ARIA). The other responsibility would be towards the underlying musical work - the arrangement of music and lyrics owned by songwriters/publishers, and administered by AMCOS.

Now if you were to hire a group of musicians to come into a studio and perform a cover version of that song, rather than use the original, you would not need to seek permission from ARIA in order to make that reproduction, as a new sound recording is being made, of which you are the owner. You would still need to pay a royalty to AMCOS however, as you are making a reproduction of a musical work.

In short, musical works are the compositions themselves; sound recordings are mechanical versions of those compositions. Sampling of small sections of music is also covered by copyright, please see our other articles on that matter.

Wendell 7 Card game launched with ProCopy videos

WebMaster — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:55:49 +0000

Wendell 7 is a new and unique card game that creates a completely new dimension in educational games. This game provides a fun activity for everyone, especially students and improves maths skills in a fun environment.

ProCopy helped Bec and the team at Wendell 7 with introductory videos for each of the card games and they can be seen here on the ProCopy Youtube Channel

You can purchase this great new card game here at Wendell7.com

Custom USB Pricing drops

WebMaster — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 03:09:39 +0000

USB pricing has continued to drop as the Japanese flash memory manufacturers come back online after the devastating earthquake and tsunami.

At the same time the custom designs contiunue to expand rapidly with a variety of shapes and materials.

If you require a fantastic promotional item for an upcoming tradeshow or exihibition don't hesitate to call us on 1300 4 PROCOPY

You can find more information and styles of usb flash drives here:

Standard USB Info

Graphic design image formats for CD & DVD packages

WebMaster — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 09:39:46 +0000

There are many graphic design formats available when creating images and artwork for CD & DVD projects. When do you use a Jpeg, Tiff, Png or Gif image format? Understandably it can cause confusion and often will not produce the desired outome with the finished product if the wrong image formats are used when putting the original artwork together.

We have a chart available that shows the pro's and con's of each of the common image formats to help you with your graphic design work.

The image format chart can be viewed and downloaded here:

If you have further questions please email or call ProCopy on 1300 4 PROCOPY our staff will be more than happy to help you with your next project.

CD & DVD Artwork templates can be found here, with other information to help you avoid pitfalls in your artwork creation