Cult Cymru: Self-Releasing Music Webinar
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Author: Cult Cymru
Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:00 - 21:00 BST
This course has been organised with the help of Pete Bayliss, Union Learning Representative for the Musicians' Union.
CULT Cymru is a skills programme supported through the Welsh Government's Wales Union Learning Fund.
This online session will be in English.
Self-Releasing Music
This webinar is for anyone who's interested in Self-Releasing their music.
Overview:
Join professional producer and composer Matthew Whiteside for a practical session on how to self-release your music. Covering everything from budgeting and rights registrations to digital distribution, Matthew will guide you through the process with insights, tips, and hard-won lessons to help you avoid common pitfalls and take control of your music release.
Objectives:
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
By the end of the workshop, you should understand the process of how to get your music out into the world.
Trainer - Matthew Whiteside
Matthew Whiteside is a composer, producer, and the artistic director of The Night With… with extensive experience in releasing and producing music. He has been involved in nearly 20 album projects both self-released and and with the TNW Music label. He is the author of The Guidebook to Self-Releasing Your Music, which is “very highly recommended” by Sound on Sound magazine. In addition to his creative work, Matthew serves as Vice Chair of the Musicians’ Union Executive Committee and leads the Musicians' Union's Writers' Section as its Chair.
