DIY Musician Blog

The following post is an op-ed from CD Baby’s SVP of Product Sean Hallarman. It originally appeared on the Downtown Music blog.

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Choosing your release date is about more than finding an open day on the calendar. Being strategic about timing can significantly boost your streams and help your release reach its full potential. The right date depends on several factors — from giving yourself and your fans enough lead time, to matching the sound and message of your music with the right moment. In this blog,...

Welcome to the CD Baby Artist Release Roundup — our monthly series celebrating standout releases from our artists around the world. From Sri’s breakout single to a comedy knockout from Wolves of Glendale, it’s been a packed month.

Listen to all the top releases from July and more in our

“I don’t want to give up all the juice,” Michael Mwenso says, “but listen: the real key is you take all that stuff that you say is old, you mix it up, and then you get something new.” The belief that “nothing is old if you haven’t heard it before” is somewhat of a guiding principle for Michael.

This month, we sat down with the artist, creator, curator, and educator to ...

Releasing your music and finding an audience takes the right mix of tools and knowledge. From gathering your assets for submission to promoting your music and growing your fan base, there’s a lot of room to go wrong — even if it’s not your first time.

Drawing on our experience serving over two million artists worldwide, we’ve rounded up the most common mistakes we see ...