Before Delivering:
- Finalize Splits
- Quadruple check metadata
- Lookup search results with song title
- Register your music
- Take press photos
- Gather Release Development Content
- Working on Single
- Video recording in the studio
- Explaining the inspiration behind the track
- Voice notes of the track inspiration
- Of the single
- Speaking about how artist pictures people enjoying the song (I want people putting the song on their barbecue playlist, this is a song to jam to outside)
- Enjoying the song through daily lives
- Family member's 1st reactions to the song (I played my new song for my mom for the first time)
- Behind the scenes
- Video
- Wardrobe styling
- Storyboarding
- Footage with the director explaining the vision
- Photoshoot
- Wardrobe styling
- Silly shenanigans
2 Weeks before release:
- Master track (including Dolby Atmos version)
- Final Label Copy
- Cover & Lyrics
- Smartlink
- Update site & profiles
- Music video (or lyric)
- Submit pitches
- Research playlists to pitch for
- Connect with UGC playlist curator
Steph's Pre Release Prep List
So happy to support you Stef!