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19 Pre-Album Release Tips
- Register your music's website domain.
- Trademark your band name.
- Create profiles on the major social networks.
- Register with a Performing Rights Organization (PRO)
- Register with SoundExchange.
- License any cover songs.
- Choose an aggregator for digital distribution.
- Launch your website.
- A. PICK a RELEASE DATE.
- B. PREPARE for ONLINE SALES.
- Pick your CD/Digital Distributor and sign up.
- Create your album's profile and upload your album's artwork.
- C. PREPARE AUDIO for PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES.
- Make MP3s from mastered wavs.
- Tag and name MP3s correctly.
- D. PLAN yOUR CD RELEASE ShOW, LISTENING PARTy, and/or TOUR DATES.
Album release parties, also know as album drop parties, are pivotal for any musician in any genre at any stage in their career. These gatherings announce that a record is going live, celebrating the culmination of an artist's hard work.
On desktop, open the Discord desktop app. Click someone that's Listening to Spotify from your list of friends on the right. Click the Listen Along icon .
How to release music as an independent artist in 2019:
- Create a website.
- Generate a social media presence.
- Make a YouTube channel.
- Sign up to a distribution agency.
- Get playlisted.
- Contact small record labels.
- Get your music onto blogs.
- DM other musicians.
Whether you're releasing a full-length album, a single or an EP, and whether you've got physical copies or going digital all the way, an album launch party works wonders for getting your fans (and potential fans) all excited about the new stuff.
JQBX is a free music streaming app for iOS and Android that you can use to listen to music with friends or join public rooms.
- JQBX (JU-KE-BOX) App.
- Vertigo.
- Discord.
- Quorus. Works with free Spotify.
- Twitch.
Launched back in March as the UK went into coronavirus-enforced lockdown, the regular listen-and-tweet-along online event sees bands and artists tweeting through a playback of one of their classic albums and interacting with fans.
The premise is simple, log on to Twitter, drop the needle or click play on the album at the specified time, and enjoy live tweets from members of the band and fellow fans as the record plays.
How the Heck Do I Join a Twitter Party?
- Step One: Get a Twitter account. Simply go to www.twitter.com and create a "handle" for yourself.
- Step Two: Follow the Twitter party hosts.
- Step Three: Use the party hashtag.
- Step Four: If you want to take it a step further, get yourself a fancy dashboard.
The concept is simple: Every night, usually at 10:00 p.m. GMT, a different artist or band member recruited by Burgess live-tweets one of their albums, and fans at home can all press “play” simultaneously and follow along.
Facebook Watch Party is a new feature launched for Facebook groups that fancy watching videos together, regardless of their location. The new feature will be more like a live feed on Facebook, but in this case, the participants will be invited separately by the host or co-host to view pre-loaded videos.
Here's how to get started.
- Open a new tab in your Google Chrome browser and log in to Netflix.
- Find a show or movie you'd like to watch and click on it.
- You'll now see that the NP (Netflix Party) icon has changed from gray to red.
- Copy the URL from the pop-up box and send it to everyone you want to invite to the group.
Go to a streaming site and open a video. For example, go to Netflix and choose any show you would like to watch and start playing the video. To create your party, click on the red "NP" icon located next to the address bar. Then click "Start Party" to get the party started, and share the party URL to invite friends.
Create a Watch Party From Your Page
- Go to the Page you want to host a watch party from.
- Click in the Write a Post
- Click [] to find more options.
- Click Watch Party.
- Click Add Video.
- Click Add to Queue next to any videos you'd like to add to your watch party.
- Optional: click View Queue to view your playlist before going live.
- Click Done.
Netflix Party, a Chrome extension, lets you watch videos with your friends and chat together at the same time. Here's how it works: you and your friends log in to your separate Netflix accounts.
If you're invited to a watch party, only the people in the watch party will know that you joined. Hosting a watch party: Only the people you choose to share your watch party with will know about it. When your watch party ends, a recap post with a video summary is shared with your selected audience.
Let's take a look at how to organize a virtual event that's just as fun as a face-to-face celebration.
- Choose a Date and Time.
- Plan Your Activities.
- Choose a Theme.
- Choose a Virtual Event Platform.
- Send Your Invitations.
- Get Ready to Host Your Virtual Event.
- Send a Reminder.
- Share Instructions on How to Take Part.
Go into the show or movie you want to watch. There's an icon right next to the play button that looks like three people with a play arrow on the top. That's the Watch Party button. Click it, then click “Start the party.” That will take you to a screen with a link for your viewing session.
Share All sharing options for: Spotify Premium users can now host a listening party with up to five friends — even if they live far away. Spotify is now allowing its paying users to listen to music and podcasts with friends and family at the same time, even if they aren't in the same location.
Two people can listen to the same Spotify account at the same time if you use an Offline Mode workaround, but you'll need to have a Spotify Premium subscription.
First of all, everyone in a Group Session must be a Spotify Premium member, which does make sense from a practical standpoint given the unskippable advertisements that free Spotify must listen to. Spotify's updated Group Session feature is rolling out starting today, but not everyone will get it at once.
How to set up Spotify group session
- Open Spotify and play something.
- Tap Devices Available in the bottom of the screen.
- Find the sharing code under Start a group session.
- A friend can now scan this code from their device:
- Point the camera at the code.
- You all can now control what's playing.
How to find your Spotify Wrapped story and playlists
- To find your Wrapped landing page, you should be able to simply scroll down on Spotify's homepage, until you see the pink icon that says "Your 2020 Wrapped" next to it.
- Tapping "Your 2020 Wrapped" banner will take you to the Wrapped landing page on the app.
If you're a Spotify premium user, and your friends are all Spotify premium users, you now have the power—courtesy of a beta Spotify feature called “group sessions.” To get started with it, pull up the Spotify app on your Android or iOS/iPadOS device, and then load a song.
Scan a Spotify CodeTap Search in the menu at the bottom of the screen. Tap the camera . If you haven't yet allowed Spotify access to your camera, tap SCAN, then ALLOW. Point your camera at a Spotify Code, or if you saved the code to your photo gallery, tap SELECT FROM PHOTOS.
