Release Fundamentals

Choose how to spend your first $100 promoting a song. Compare example budgets for creative assets, small paid tests, and relevant creator work.

Find promising audiences for your music through listener feedback, song themes, and small content tests. Includes a worksheet to complete before spending on ads.

Promote your music without an ad budget. Build a weekly routine using posts, relevant outreach, communities, and tools you already have.

Your song is already out. Try a two-week promotion plan with fresh content angles, relevant outreach, clear listening links, and a useful results review.

Find practical social media content ideas for musicians, from performances and demo comparisons to photo stories, collaborations, and release posts.

Build a music marketing plan for your next single with a copyable template, a filled example, release tasks, and a simple way to review…

Compare DistroKid, TuneCore, CD Baby, Amuse, and RouteNote on pricing, commissions, release features, and what happens when you stop paying.

Learn how to market your music with a simple plan: find the right listeners, make useful posts, reach out thoughtfully, and measure what works.

Learn how to advertise your music with a clear goal, useful creative, a suitable platform, a defined budget, and an honest review of results.

Learn how to sell songs as a songwriter: choose a route, prepare demos, find relevant opportunities, pitch clearly, and understand payment and rights.