How To Get Your Music Noticed In 2025!
So you’ve spent months (maybe years) crafting the perfect record—tracking, mixing, mastering, grinding it out in rehearsals, sinking money into it—only to drop it… and get crickets. It’s one of the most painful and frustrating experiences for any band.
In this episode, I’m laying out a real, no-fluff release strategy for metal bands who are done throwing their music into the void and hoping someone hears it.
We’re talking about a 4-phase battle plan to make sure your next release actually makes an impact:
⚔️ Phase 1: The Pre-Battle Plan
• Why your release needs to start 3–6 months out
• How to build an EPK that gets taken seriously
• Smart release date timing
• Pre-save campaigns that move the needle
• Why your release needs to start 3–6 months out
• How to build an EPK that gets taken seriously
• Smart release date timing
• Pre-save campaigns that move the needle
⚔️ Phase 2: Forging the Assets
• The kind of content that builds hype (and what to avoid)
• Getting the most out of TikTok and YouTube Shorts
• Updating your streaming profiles like a pro
• Writing a press release that doesn’t get trashed
• The kind of content that builds hype (and what to avoid)
• Getting the most out of TikTok and YouTube Shorts
• Updating your streaming profiles like a pro
• Writing a press release that doesn’t get trashed
⚔️ Phase 3: The Day of Reckoning
• Exactly what to do on release day
• Boosting engagement without killing your reach
• Tapping into indie playlists the right way
• Creating a release day event instead of a whimper
• Exactly what to do on release day
• Boosting engagement without killing your reach
• Tapping into indie playlists the right way
• Creating a release day event instead of a whimper
⚔️ Phase 4: The Aftermath
• Why post-release content is your secret weapon
• Leveraging social proof
• Reading your Spotify data like a tour map
• Cross-promotion and community-building for long-term growth
• Why post-release content is your secret weapon
• Leveraging social proof
• Reading your Spotify data like a tour map
• Cross-promotion and community-building for long-term growth
Plus, I drop a bonus tip at the end—a secret weapon you can start using today to promote your music with more personality and way less effort.
If you’ve ever released a track that didn’t get the love it deserved, this episode is for you.
🎧 Listen now and start planning your next release like a f***ing war campaign.
Get my free guides for metal bands on recording, editing, and prepping your track for mixing → https://liquidstudiosli.com/resources
Subscribe to my YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@danielthabet for more no-BS tips
Need mixing or mastering help? Click the "Get Started" button on my website https://liquidstudiosli.com/ Let's make something heavy.
Get my free guides for metal bands on recording, editing, and prepping your track for mixing → https://liquidstudiosli.com/resources
Subscribe to my YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@danielthabet for more no-BS tips
Need mixing or mastering help? Click the "Get Started" button on my website https://liquidstudiosli.com/ Let's make something heavy.
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