I need help on what are the things needed to do in order to make an album. After the recording process, I am totally oblivious on what is next, what to do and how to do it like the cd production, album art, etc.
I would greatly appreciate any input given by our lovely forum
if you're signed to a label, your label will help you. but basically they woud be an agent to what you'd do if you were indie anyway, that is,
if you're indie, it's time to talk to suppliers and distributors.
find suppliers who will burn (and maybe label) your CDs, jewel cases, printers for the CD labels and inserts, packaging (the shrink wrap/envelope). If you can afford/find those paper CD cases, that's cool too, one step na lang yung case and labels and inserts. Find an artist/designer to do your artwork/cover design AFTER you decide on what kind of packaging to use (because layout is important and your artist/designer will hate you). Or you can do it on your own and get templates from your printer/supplier. After you produce your CD, call up distributors and shops. Ask for consignment deals.
OR you can do half the above step and produce CDs, but just bring them to gigs and stuff, and upload the whole shebang to iTunes and Spotify. There are services like CDBaby who help you get them on these online services, plus they also provide made to order CDs for your international clients/fans.