Releasing a single canāt be difficult, can it?
Thatās what I thought. But thereās a lot involvedāespecially if you actually want people to hear it.
There are so many things I hadnāt really thought about before. For example:
- Is the recording actually good enough for Spotify and Apple Music? It might sound great on my speakers, but how does it sound through phone speakers or cheap earbuds?
- I need to pick a distributor that can get my music on all the major platforms.
- I need one that properly protects my rights and collects any money that comes in.
- Without any promotion, itās dead on arrivalāso social media, ads, playlists, all of that.
- To even exist online as an artist, I need a logo, colors, fonts, a consistent look.
- I canāt avoid getting proper photos taken. Music needs a face.
- Videos matter now. A lot.
- Wait⦠do I even have a website yet?
- Have I done enough networking?
Looking at this list sometimes makes my heart sink.
But stillāIām excited. Iām proud of the music. And I want the world to hear it.
As John Lennon used to say when the lads were feeling down or worried:
āWhereāre we goinā, fellas?ā
āTo the top, Johnny!ā
āAnd whereās that, fellas?ā
āTo the toppermost of the poppermost!ā
