Disc Makers

at 7905 N Crescent Blvd, Pennsauken , 08110-1402 United States

1. Music Store
2. Music Production
3. Commercial & Industrial

Disc Makers' Official Facebook Page. Helping independent musicians rule since 1946! https://www.youtube.com/user/discmakersmusic/ We stand alone as the undisputed leader in optical disc manufacturing for independent artists, filmmakers, and businesses. Many of our 400 team members are musicians and filmmakers themselves. We have invented many of the features currently taken for granted in the music and film industry: complete turnkey packages, integrated in-house manufacturing, cheap bar codes for retail sale, board packaging like jackets and Digipaks, promotional posters and value-added promo services, quality unparalleled in the industry, the industry’s only money-back guarantee, and turn times no one else can touch. We operate the most vertically-integrated manufacturing facility in the industry out of our Pennsauken, NJ facility, and we produce over 20,000 titles a year.

Description

https://twitter.com/discmakers https://pinterest.com/discmakers A History of Disc Makers, From 78s to DVDs. CD Manufacturing In 1986 the compact disc was introduced (the first successful new audio format since 1969), and Disc Makers began selling that format in 1988 in small quantities – as few as 300 CDs. Disc Makers was ahead of the curve – artists who would order CDs often didn’t even have their own CD player at home. Since the package concept had worked beautifully for vinyl and for cassettes, Disc Makers began with CD packages, but with a twist: the company stunned the industry by giving away free graphic design to musicians with every new CD or cassette order. By 1990, when the CD market exploded, so did company sales. The free design offer turned out to be too good for artists to pass up. (Competitors too. They figured out how to copy the idea within a few years of its introduction.) Company staff numbered approximately 50 people. In 1990 Disc Makers also revolutionized how CD manufacturing services were sold when it introduced the first CD (and vinyl, and cassette) manufacturing catalog. The company had moved beyond its regional base and was now marketing nationally through its catalog. It strengthened its hold on the national market when it started offering 2-day shipping anywhere in the U.S. at ground shipping prices. Other regional offices opened, in Puerto Rico (1986), in California (1995), when it purchased Music Annex, a Fremont, CA cassette duplicator and CD broker with locations in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles, and in Seattle (1998), when the company acquired Martin Audio, a Seattle CD based broker. Disc Makers realized that its ability to offer ever-improving service and faster delivery to its customers was compromised as long as it didn't do its own printing, so in 1991 the company began printing in-house instead of buying print from the trade printers. They started small, with black & white cassette inserts, but rapidly ramped up their capabilities in 1993 to include full color cassette and CD inserts. This reduced turn times for clients, and the fast delivery became a growth driver. By 1994 Disc Makers had outgrown its Philadelphia facility, and in January 1995 they moved across the Delaware River to their present location in Pennsauken, New Jersey, going from a 40,000 sq. ft. facility to 82,000 sq. ft. The company had 76 employees. CD Packaging That same year, CDs also became a data medium with the introduction of the CD-ROM. Morris Ballen realized two things: 1) the company was not in the music business, but in the business of empowering artists, businesses, and filmmakers to get their message across to their market, and 2) the company already knew how to make these shiny discs, all they had to do was learn how to sell them to the corporate market. Disc Makers therefore entered the business-to-business market offering CD-ROM replication packages, adding more printing capacity, as well as the die cutting, folding, and gluing facilities required to offer the corporate market all the packaging formats it needed. The company became the first manufacturer to offer previously-hard-to-find formats like board jackets, wallets, and presentation folders affordably, and in small quantities suitable to small business needs. It was 1998 when recordable technology (CD-Rs) became affordable enough for companies and artists to begin burning their own discs. Moreover, desktop CD duplication machines were beginning to become popular for short-run duplication. When Disc Makers’ customers began asking if they could purchase duplicators from the company, Disc Makers was faced with the dilemma "will duplicators kill our replication business?" Taking a page from the computer industry, the company forged ahead and introduced a line of CD duplicators at the risk of cannibalizing its primary business. Format neutrality meant offering what the market wanted, even if it meant risking the golden goose. Fortunately, while CD duplication equipment sales took off, replication sales continued to grow as well. In 2002 DVD burners began to appear, and sales of both the DVD duplicators and DVD media began to accelerate. By 2004, duplicator and media sales accounted for 25% of Disc Makers’ total sales. Payroll hit 350. To further strengthen its market position, offer more aggressive pricing, and differentiate its product line, the company began assembling its own tower duplicators in house in early 2005. DVD Manufacturing Also in 2002, the company began offering DVD replication services to independent filmmakers and corporate and institutional customers. Morris Ballen saw a huge market opportunity among independent filmmakers, who (thanks to a killer offer of 300 DVDs for just $990) were now finally able to afford making their own independent, retail ready DVDs. An aggressive marketing program was launched with the independent filmmaker in mind. Just like audio home recording became affordable in the '80s, independent filmmaking had just become affordable: by combining newly affordable DV-cameras with cheap computing power and low-priced editing software, and you had a revolution in the making. DVD sales began to experience explosive growth, which continues to this day. But it wasn’t just DVDs that were seeing growth. As the independent music market evolved in the new millennium Disc Makers continued to add value to its packages for independent musicians. Its in-house capabilities allowed it to deliver faster than any of its competitors. Despite our success (or because of it), we continue to be firmly focused on our mission: helping independents – whether musicians, filmmakers, or small businesses – compete head to head with companies much larger than themselves. In short, we empower artists to do what they love. And that, we believe, is a worthy mission.

Opening time

• Mondays: 09:00- 20:00
• Tuesdays: 09:00- 20:00
• Wednesdays: 09:00- 20:00
• Thursdays: 09:00- 20:00
• Fridays: 09:00- 20:00

Company Rating

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Summary

Disc Makers is Philadelphia based place and this enity listed in Commercial & Industrial category. Located at 7905 N Crescent Blvd NJ 08110-1402. Contact phone number of Disc Makers: (800) 468-9353