FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
[Month Day, Year]

[ARTIST] RELEASES [TITLE] ON [DATE], [THE ONE FACT THAT MAKES IT NEWS]

[CITY, State] ([Month Day, Year]). [Artist], the [city] [genre] [singer, saxophonist, producer], releases [Title] on [date] through [label]. [One sentence on what it is: the format, how many tracks, who plays on it.]

[Why this record exists and why it comes out now. What changed since the last release.]
[What is on it: the songs worth naming, the players, the producer, where it was recorded.]

"[One or two sentences in your own voice about this record.]" says [Artist].

Title: [Title]
Artist: [Artist]
Label: [Label, or self-released]
Release date: [Month Day, Year]
Formats: [Streaming, download, CD, vinyl]
Produced by: [Name]
Tour dates: [City, venue, date. One per line.]
Listen: [Private streaming link]
Photos and artwork: [Link to press-resolution files]

About [Artist]: [Three sentences. Where you are from, what you have released, one credit a writer can verify.]

Press contact: [Name], [email]. Interviews, review copies and photos on request.
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HOW TO USE THIS TEMPLATE

1. The release line and the date: Tells an editor the news can run now. if it cannot, write the date it can run instead.
2. The headline: Who, what, and the one fact that makes it news. no adjectives. an editor should be able to run it as written.
3. The dateline and the first paragraph: Where and when, then the whole story in two sentences. many readers stop here, so everything that matters goes here.
4. The story: Two short paragraphs. why this record, why now, what is on it and who made it. facts a writer can check.
5. The quote: One or two sentences only you could have said. it is the part writers lift word for word.
6. The facts: Everything a writer needs without emailing you: dates, formats, credits, shows, and where to hear it.
7. About the artist: Three sentences that stay the same from release to release. where you are from, what you have put out, one credit anyone can verify.
8. The contact: One person, one email. say what you can supply: interviews, review copies, photos.

A free template from Studio Raine PR. pr.studioraine.art