You spent weeks building up to release day. Teasers, countdown posts, maybe a pre-save campaign. Then the song went live, you probably checked your stats a dozen times, and now… what? For a lot of artists, this is where things…
(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,…
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…
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…
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…