music PR guides.
the questions artists ask before they hire anyone. each guide answers in its first paragraph, and every fact links to the page it came from: a seller's price list, an outlet's submission rules, the law, or Wikipedia's own policy.
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- how much does a music publicist cost?every price a seller of music PR prints, in one table, with its source.
- when should you hire a music publicist?how far ahead of a release, what each week is for, and what has to be ready.
- do music PR firms guarantee coverage?what a firm can promise, what it cannot, and what the FTC, the FCC, Spotify and Wikipedia say about paying for it.
- what does a music publicist do?the job, and how it differs from a manager, a booking agent and a radio promoter.
- do I need a publicist for a single?what one song needs, what it costs, and the part you send yourself for free.
- how to get press for your musicthe kit, the release, the list and the pitch, with the submission rules outlets publish.
- how to get a Wikipedia page as a musicianWikipedia's own rules for musicians, quoted with revision links.
- how to get on podcasts as a musicianthe method we run for guaranteed bookings, in the open.
- radio promotion and playlist promotion: what is legal to buywhat is legal to buy, what Spotify bans, and the prices promoters print.