How to Release Music

A Guide for Educators, Mentors, and Artists

Kat Reinhert, Sarah Gulish (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

226 Seiten

2025
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-776118-2 (ISBN)

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How to Release Music offers artists, mentors, and music educators working at the secondary or collegiate level an overview of what goes into releasing independent music--both original music and covers. Designed as an easy-to-read reference guide and resource for those teaching students who are curious about how the music industry works, it offers fundamental knowledge for those who not only want to release their own music but whose students are interested in releasing music.

As the music industry is constantly changing and evolving, this book focuses on the consistent aspects of releasing music (copyright, revenue streams, marketing, artwork, and recording standards) while simultaneously addressing current and potential future trends for releasing music. It addresses the unique questions and concerns about releasing music within an educational context, including working with minors, protecting copyrights, and collecting revenue. Through well researched information, personal anecdotes and stories, the authors share their journeys of releasing music themselves and with their students and provide lesson planning ideas and actionable exercises for learner-centered pedagogical outcomes as well as an accompanying companion website of resources for anyone wanting to release music.

Kat Reinhert, PhD splits her time between songwriting, performing, teaching, and writing. As a solo artist and songwriter, she has released five independent albums, eight singles, and written for podcasts and Sesame Street. She is the co-founder of Songwriting for Music Educators and currently Professor of Songwriting at Berklee College of Music. Sarah Gulish, PhD is an active educator, presenter, songwriter and musician, performing original music with her band New Enemies, and composing and writing for film and musical theatre. Her credits include releases with New Enemies and Turning Violet Violet, and contributions to the Broadway Musical Amazing Grace. She is the co-founder and CEO of the music education publishing company, F-Flat Books, and co-founder of Songwriting for Music Educators. From 2007-2023, Gulish taught at Lower Moreland High School in Pennsylvania and is now Adjunct Professor of Music at West Chester University.

About the Authors

Chapter 1: Releasing Music: An Overview
Chapter 2: Getting Organized
Chapter 3: Recording Your Songs
Chapter 4: Protecting Your Work and Getting Paid
Chapter 5: Working with Minors
Chapter 6: Visual Branding
Chapter 7: Biographies, Artist Statements, and Electronic Press Kits
Chapter 8: Gathering Your Team, Negotiation, and Succeess
Chapter 9: Distributing Your Songs
Chapter 10: Marketing Your Release
Chapter 11: Mental Health and Artistic Vision
Chapter 12: Inspiration and Encouragement
Chapter 13: Brief History of Technology in Recording

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Erscheinungsdatum	27.11.2025
Zusatzinfo	11 images, 2 tables
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	499 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenkunde
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
ISBN-10	0-19-776118-6 / 0197761186
ISBN-13	978-0-19-776118-2 / 9780197761182
Zustand	Neuware