Locally, I've found the process simple but some steps require a bit of time and effort... and money. So to give you a better and basic idea, here it is.
1. Make your music. Write it and record it. Have it mixed and mastered.
2. Design your album cover/inlay. What I usually do is design it myself but you can have someone do it for you of course. If you design it yourself, you can do it during downtimes when you're not inspired to write but want to accomplish something and be productive. If you already finished writing, the perfect time is during waiting while it's getting mixed/mastered since you'll have more than a week to work on the design. If you're having someone else design it, you can give everything early on.
3. Once you have the master disc and design, you can start replication. 2 options... DIY or a "middleman company."
DIY - you can go and call the replication company directly, accomplish the forms required from the OMB or optical media board (this requires payment unforunately). Some replication companies also can cover for the inlay so that's one less thing to worry about. Otherwise, you should look for a printing company for that.
Option 2 is to go thru a middle-man company. This is easier. For a minimal fee for labor and everything, you can have everything be attended to by a dedicated company while you prepare and spend your time planning your album launch, or tour.
4. When replication starts, you can download the copyright forms online to submit to the national library (requires payment as well) to secure the legal copyright of your material.
5. Wait 2 weeks from replication and then you get your CD! It's that simple!
Oh yeah, have a budget of 60k Pesos for 1000 copies :)
Hope this little entry helps and sheds a bit of light.
Cy
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