This is a question I've seen many artists; especially new ones are struggling to find the answer. Some love to release a song each few days and some believe only in "perfection" and they don't hesitate to work even a year or two on just one single track before releasing it. But the main question is that how often to release songs and albums to be active enough yet not to be a spammer! Well, when it comes to such topic, there's no right or wrong and it's really up to the personal mindset for indie artists or the managers of label for signed artists. And here is my personal opinion based on my 15 years of experience. |
Look at it as something like SEO. Same way that blogging is good to keep your website alive and let search engines to bring up your website, creating and releasing music on a regular basis also helps people to find you easier and it would create a better profile of you in the global village!!
Never underestimate the power of albums. Yes, I know, making an album is not as easy as a single and when the music is released in form of an album there is a chance that a lot of songs don't be appreciated as they deserve to, but on the other hand the exposure an album brings for you and your profile is not comparable with singles or even EPs. I strongly recommend you release at least one album per year or if it's possible one album and one EP per year. For exposure, albums do magic!
Don't overdo it. On the other hand, if you do too much and release whatever you make, you will kind of devalue your work. We all have that one friend who posts something every 10 minutes on Facebook or Instagram. What happens to that person? You just simply scroll when you see their name. You won't release what they've posted. Well as a musician, you don't want to be that person. You want people to spend their precious time and listen to what you've created. Don't spam people by posting a new song ever few days.
Create songs (not only writing but the whole thing) every few days but release one single per month, keep one or two per month to be released in form of an album every 7-8 months and keep the rest. One day you will go back to those old ones and recycle them!
AuthorHangi Tavakoli is our in-house established and professional music producer with more than 14 years of experience in music production, mix and mastering, recording engineering, live sound designing/engineering, lyrics writing and music arrangement. He has produced more than 800 and written more than 2000 published songs to-date, including some major hits in international scale.Write something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. | |