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# 7 Things I Wish I’d Been Told About Releasing Music
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/7-things-i-wish-id-been-told-about-releasing-music-draft/
- Published: 2016-10-20T10:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-10-20T10:30:00.000Z
- Description: Hindsight is always twenty-twenty but sometimes other people are helpful enough as to make mistakes for you. Here a once-awful music producer shares seven things he wishes he'd known about. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/10/7-things-i-wish-id-been-told-about-releasing-music-d
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- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Music Business, Music Think Tank, Songwriting & Music Publishing, copyright, Epic Records, Fordham University School of Law, Musical composition, record label, Record producer, recording studio, Royalties, Sound recording and reproduction, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:13

[![2](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0945de58970d-150wi "2")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0945de58970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Hindsight is always twenty-twenty but sometimes other people are helpful enough as to **make mistakes for you**. Here a **once-awful music producer** shares **seven things he wishes he'd known** about **releasing music** when he began his career years ago.

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In this piece from [MusicThinkTank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/?ref=hypebot.com), **Alex Cowles** shares with readers seven still relevant but hard truths about releasing music that he wishes he'd know sooner."There are lots of labels out there who may offer to release your music, but the reality is, unless they’re really putting in some serious promotion efforts, and have a strong, well established fanbase who are keen to follow the label, and not just the producers they have released, then you’ll probably not see much come from it."[\[Continue Reading\]](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/7-things-i-wish-somebody-had-told-me-about-releasing-music.html?ref=hypebot.com)

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