
Learn to release your music online as an independent artist using a distribution service, with step-by-step guidance for publishing to Spotify, Deezer, and Apple Music from a home studio.
Explore how to prepare your music content for release by choosing distro kid-supported formats like flac and aiff. Decide between singles, EPs, or albums, and apply -14 LUFS loudness.
Develop a comprehensive electronic press kit for independent artists, including album artwork, cover photos, social media assets, lyrics, chord charts, and a concise bio for faster distribution.
Develop an example epk with promotional cards, social media visuals, multiple cover art formats, artist pictures, and copy-paste bios and track listings to streamline an independent release.
Choose an independent music distribution service that fits your budget and timeline. Compare upfront costs, release-date controls, and plan levels to optimize pre-release promotion and Spotify playlist eligibility.
Upload your independent music after choosing a distribution service; enter title, writer, version (radio edit), and price; plan a six-week release with legacy protection.
Upload multiple tracks to distribution services like Spotify, Apple Music, and TikTok; set the release date, add rebels of love album details, cover art, and track metadata, then publish.
Plan a six-week pre-release across social platforms, publish behind-the-scenes content and promos, and use a distribution service for hyper follow links and playlist submissions.
Upload and review your releases on the home page, add and sync lyrics with defined rules, select lyric for social posts, and verify stores, credits, and revenue.
Create and customize a hyper follow page that aggregates all your music and social links, including Instagram, YouTube, Spotify, and Facebook, for easy sharing.
Keep all social media pages up to date during your six week release window, post reels and clips, use a hyper follow link in your bio, and share Spotify links.
Verify your Spotify artist account and update your profile with a bio, your epk, playlists, and links. Upload professional avatar and header images and ensure formats and sizes, then save.
Promote released music by submitting to Spotify playlists via Distro Kid and Spotify for artist. Use promotional cards and meme generators, and track streams, listeners, and audience insights.
Promote your released music with social posts, YouTube premieres, and live streams to reach new listeners. Track analytics, reply to comments, and engage your audience to sustain momentum.
Create a lyrics video by overlaying timed lyrics on an album cover using Final Cut Pro or iMovie, and append lyrics or links in the description.
Unlock Spotify's artist tools offering testimonials, tips, and advice to reflect on past releases, with video links and resources to create promotional cards for social media.
Explore how to use YouTube Studio to monitor subscribers, top videos, and real-time analytics, review video performance, optimize descriptions with hyperlinks and hashtags, and track views after release.
Engage with your fans after releasing music by replying to comments or reacting with hearts or thumbs up on YouTube and Instagram, using feedback to improve future releases.
Release your music online as an independent artist, build confidence, and stay motivated with regular singles. Refine your workflow with every release and reveal tips and tricks for more music.
This course is for an independent artist or small band that want to release their music without being signed to a major record label.
WHO is this course for?
This course is for an independent artist or small band that want to release their music without being signed to a major record label.
WHO isn’t this course for?
This isn’t for someone who has their own label and wants to manage several artists or bands.
WHAT kind of music can you release?
Any genre of music can be uploaded. Whatever you want to release, just make sure it’s true to your vision.
WHERE can you do this?
When it comes to recording equipment, musicians have got lots of choices nowadays. You can buy budget equipment to set up a home studio to make good quality demos. You can rent out a professional studio to make your polished single. You can even record a live take of one of your concert performances. As long as you can transfer the music to a computer, you can upload from anywhere.
WHY take this course?
This course can show you how to upload your music without being on a major record label. Today, as you read this, many artists are leaving their label and releasing their own music. This means they keep all of the ad revenue and they don’t have to be entangled with 360 deals and confusing legalities that come with contracts. You will own the music 100 percent and can do what you want with it. This is rarely the case with a major record label.
WHEN should you release your music?
Don't wait or put off your dream of becoming an independent artist - you should do it now!