About MusicWide

MusicWide started in 2004 as a resource for independent musicians trying to get heard: how to book gigs, press records, and promote your band in the era of mailing lists and street teams. A lot has changed since then. The site you're reading is the modern continuation of that same idea: musicians helping musicians make good decisions without a marketing budget.

Today MusicWide focuses on three things: getting your music heard, getting it released without the expensive mistakes, and building a home setup good enough to actually record it in. Promotion, releasing, and home recording, covered the way a working musician needs them covered, not the way a blog chasing search traffic covers them.

How we write

Every article answers one specific question completely. We tell you what doesn't work and why, because that's the part most advice skips. When we're describing something we haven't done ourselves, we say so and tell you where the information comes from.

How the site makes money

MusicWide runs ads. We occasionally link to a tool or service we've used ourselves as a referral partner, and any link like that is called out where it appears; see our privacy policy for the full picture.

Contact

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