Plan an album or EP
Turn a release idea into an ordered plan for recording, artwork, manufacturing, distribution and promotion without booking work too early.
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Read guide ↗PRACTICAL MUSIC-PROJECT GUIDES
Plan the job before you contact providers.
Prepare a recording session, release, campaign, content shoot, concert, merchandise run or tour with the decisions and questions a provider actually needs.
9practical guides
CHOOSE THE JOB
What are you trying to get finished?
Each guide turns one music-project problem into a usable brief, comparable provider questions and direct routes into the relevant services.
Brief a recording studio
Give studios and producers enough information to assess the room, people, equipment, schedule and handoff your recording actually needs.
Recording
Read guide ↗Mixing versus mastering
Understand the separate decisions, files and approvals involved in mixing and mastering before approaching an engineer.
RecordingRelease
Read guide ↗Prepare release assets
Build one controlled release package for audio, identifiers, credits, artwork, distribution and campaign handoffs.
Release
Read guide ↗Choose the right audience work
Separate commissioned content, creator-audience publishing, PR outreach and editorial media before choosing a provider.
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Read guide ↗Plan content production
Turn a request for photos or short-form video into a usable production brief with formats, rights, approvals and delivery versions.
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Read guide ↗Brief a concert production
Separate venue, promoter, artist and supplier responsibilities for sound, light, stage, crew, backline and show-day timing.
Concert
Read guide ↗Plan band merchandise
Define products, quantities, artwork, samples, labelling, production, delivery and fulfilment before comparing merchandise suppliers.
MerchandiseReleaseTour
Read guide ↗Plan a European tour
Turn dates or a touring idea into booking, transport, production, accommodation, promotion and administration briefs.
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Read guide ↗HOW THESE GUIDES HELP
Practical enough to use in a real brief.
The whole job, in the right order
Recording, release, promotion, content, concert, merchandise and tour guides follow the handoffs and dependencies of the actual work.
Current sources where they matter
Technical, platform, industry and public requirements link to the authority responsible for them.
Questions stay questions
Availability, price, capacity, legal advice and project-specific requirements still need an answer from the provider responsible for the work.
Different jobs stay separate
Commissioned content, creator-audience publishing, PR outreach and independent editorial coverage are not presented as the same service.