What is a digi-pack?

Digipak is a patented style of CD or DVD packaging typically of gatefold style. (book-style). It is usually made from paperboard or card stock outer binding, with one or more plastic trays capable of holding a CD or DVD attached to the inside. Often used for CD singles or special editions of CD albums and the tall DVD Digipak (DVDigipak) ^{is used as a premium package for DVDs and DVD sets.} 

Genres of music.

A general list of typical music genres is (http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/genres) (www.wikipedia.com)

Country - Country music (or country and western) is a blend of traditional and popular US music forms found in the Southern United States which evolved rapidly beginning in the 1920s. The term country music gained popularity in the 1940s. Country music was widely embraced in the 1970s, while Country and Western has declined in use since that time, artists such as Taylor Swift have begun to bring the music genre back into the public eye.

Folk - Folk music includes both traditional music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. It has become increasingly common to refer to this type of music as traditional music. Starting in the middle of the 20th century a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional music. This process and period is called the folk revival and reached a peak in the 1960s. The most common name for this new form of music is also "folk music", there are also sub-genres of folk music such as folk rock, electric folk, folk metal, progressive folk, psychedelic folk, freak folk and neofolk. A current band which is classed in the folk genre currently is the band Mumford and sons.

Hip Hop/ Rap - Hip hop music is an American musical genre that developed as part of hip hop culture, and is defined by four key stylistic elements:rapping, DJing/scratching, sampling (or synthesis), and beatboxing. Hip hop began in New York City in the 1970s. The term rap is often used alongside hip hop. Hip hop however, also denotes an entire subculture. Rapping is a vocal style in which the artist speaks lyrically, in rhyme and verse, generally to an instrumental or synthesized beat. A famous American hip hop artist who is well known in this genre of music and an inspiration for up an coming hip hop artist is Notorious B.I.G 

R&B - Rhythm and blues (R&B), is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans. The term since has had many different meaning applied to it, depending on the decade. The most recent type of R&B began in the 1980s and is considered contemporary R&B. There is also British rhythm and blues developed in the early 1960s, which was often brought over by African American servicemen stationed in Britain during the Cold War. Often the term R&B is also connected with the term soul music which is highly featured within this genre of music. A famous R&N singer is Mary J. Blige.

Pop - Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented towards a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs Pop music has gained its influences from most other forms of popular music, but as a genre is particularly associated with the rock and roll and later rock style. pop music is often seen as oriented towards the singles charts. A singer who is matched with the pop music genre is Britney Spears.

Indie Rock - Indie rock is a sub-genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is usually extremely diverse. Indie rock, derived from "independent", describes the small and relatively low budget labels on which it is released and the do-it-yourself attitude of the bands and artists involved. Although distribution deals are often struck with major corporate companies.

Rock - Rock music is a genre of music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. Its roots are from the 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, it is heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music. Rock music also draws from a number of other genres such as blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz. Rock has generally centered around the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with bass guitar and drums. Foo fighters are known for this genre of music.


From doing this research on different genres of music I have been swayed more towards styles of musics such as indie, folk and rock and will therefore be trying to find an artist which falls under one (or more) of these genres of music and will therefore do more music on music videos based around these styles I have picked. This has helped me as I now am able to start narrowing down my search for an artist and a song and I am able to start on getting ideas for my own music video.