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Practical guides on getting your music heard.
Download gates explained: how to trade a free track for a real fan
What a download gate is, when it works better than a plain link, and how to set one up so fans actually finish it. A practical guide for independent artists.
Read the guidePre-save campaigns: a four week release timeline that actually works
A week by week plan for running a pre-save campaign on Spotify and Apple Music, from announcing the date to release day, with the mistakes that quietly kill results.
Read the guideSmart links for musicians: one link for every platform, and what to put in your bio
How smart links work, why one link per release beats a pile of platform URLs, what a good link page looks like, and how to read the click data afterwards.
Read the guideHow to build a fan email list as a musician (and what to send)
Why an email list is the one audience you own, where to collect addresses without being annoying, and a simple sending rhythm that keeps people subscribed.
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