• 3 Nov 2022, 7 p.m., Zoom, (on-line), Book now

Join NMS & composer and producer Matthew Whiteside as he share his knowledge and experiences to help you release your music into the world.

Matthew has spent the last few years researching how to record, self-release and market his own music. Having built up an average of around 2,000 listeners a month across platforms and through self-releasing he has had total creative control over the release. Not having to deal with a label or sign away any future earnings has allowed Matthew to benefit from the full financial gain. 

If you are thinking of releasing your own music this is the workshop for you.

You might currently feel like Matthew did at the beginning – that it is a total impenetrable minefield, and it can be! 

However this webinar is designed to give a broad overview of what steps you need to take to self-release your music. I will talk about:

• A general introduction to releasing music, digital distribution and streaming

• Setting a realistic budget (income and expenditure) 

• Preparing for and running recording sessions

• How to get your music on the major streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer etc.)

• Various rights and registrations that you need to know about to ultimately get paid

• Using the artist analytics dashboards

Quotes past event attendee

“Learn from the expert”

“Thanks to @mwhiteside for his webinar on self-releasing your music. Clear and helpful presentation on the steps to take re planning, licensing, marketing and releasing.”

Duration: 2 hours 

Accessibility: Live Captions will be available on the day using Zoom's automatic live transcriptions. If you have any specific access requirements, please email info@newmusicscotland.co.uk

About Matthew Whiteside 

Matthew Whiteside, the List Hot 100 2019, is a composer, collaborator, sound designer and concert producer based in Glasgow, named ‘One to Watch’ in the Herald’s Culture Awards 2017 and winner of the Light Moves Innovative Use of Sound Award for his work Entangled with Marisa Zanotti. His music has been described as “Effective and Unsettling” by BBC Music Magazine and “post-minimalist bold sparseness” by the Herald. 

In 2020 he won the SMIA Award for Creative Programming at the Scottish Awards for New Music for his work on the 2019 The Night With… Season. His piece Night Thoughts is shortlisted in the Large Scale New Work (sponsored by PRS) at the Scottish Awards for New Music 2021.

For Matthew's full biography please vist his website 

About New Music Scotland 

New Music Scotland is a network of artists, ensembles, orchestras, composers, creators, music educators, sound artists, musicians, producers, promoters and anyone who believes in the importance and value of creating new music in Scotland. We are an organisation that exists to connect, enable and support makers of innovative and experimental new music and our members help drive how we do that.