Music Release
What to Do on Release Day: A Practical Guide for Independent Artists
(This article is a curated and expanded guide based on the excellent CD Baby / DIY Musician article “What to Do on Release Day”) Release day is often treated like the finish line. You spend weeks or months writing, recording, mixing, mastering, uploading, and scheduling. Then the music goes live… and many artists quietly exhale […]
Why “Dropping Everything At Once” May Be Hurting Your Release
I recently came across a smart article on DIY Musician (via CD Baby) titled “How to set up a waterfall release”. It argues that the traditional model, drop the full album all at once, run a big push for a few days or weeks, then watch momentum fade, often leaves artists stranded in the post‑release […]
The Long Game of Promotion: Why Your Music Release Doesn’t End on Release Day
In the (good) old days, releasing music felt like the finish line. You’d write, record, mix, master, and finally share your work with the world. Then, you’d wait and hope people would listen. But in today’s digital landscape, the release day is no longer the grand finale. It’s actually the starting pistol. I recently came […]
Why Your Cover Art Still Matters (Yes, Even in a Swipe-and-Scroll World)
In a world where music is streamed more than it’s shelved, it’s easy to assume that CD or album cover art is just a relic from a bygone era, something that mattered when people flipped through LPs or browsed CD racks. But that assumption would be a mistake. I came across a solid article recently […]