Webinar 28 February 2025

Self-Releasing Your Music Online

Name: Self-Releasing Your Music Online
Start: 28/02/2025 00:00:00
Location: Online (Zoom)

A free webinar for MU members to get an overview of how to record and self-release your music online.

A pair of headphones on a table connected to a laptop,

Date Friday, 28 February 2025

Time 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Location Online (Zoom)

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General enquiries:

Hannah Seniorwriters@themu.org

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Accessibility:

Pease contact the Live, Theatre & Music Writers department at writers@themu.org with any accessibility requirements you may have.

About the event

Join award-winning composer and mentor Matthew Whiteside to get an overview of how to record and self-release your music including information on budgeting, rights registrations and digital distribution.

The webinar will last up to 2 hours and is designed to give a broad overview of what steps you need to take to self-release your music.

Matthew will cover:

A general introduction to releasing music, digital distribution and streaming
Setting a realistic budget (income and expenditure)
Preparing for and running recording sessions
How to get your music on the major streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer etc.)
Various rights and registrations that you need to know about to ultimately get paid
Using the artist analytics dashboards

There will also be an opportunity to ask questions.

How to attend

The webinar is free to attend for all MU members. Please book your place via the button below, and a zoom link will be emailed to you prior to the event.

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Matthew Whiteside

Matthew Whiteside was named in the List Hot 100 2019 and the Scotsman’s One to Watch (classical) for 2020, is a composer, collaborator, sound designer and concert producer based in Glasgow.

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