Technical Playbook
Technical Artist Discourse
Guides for independent artists and their teams: releasing, reading your numbers and planning your next step.
What Is SoundEX.ai? The Control Center for Artists and Their Teams
SoundEX.ai is the control center for independent artists and their teams: every platform in one view, daily tips and weekly tasks, forecasts and store releases.
How to See All Your Music Stats in One Place
How to see your streaming, video and social numbers side by side in one view, and what that view shows about where your music grows.
How to See What Each of Your Songs Earns
How SoundEX.ai matches every line of your store and distributor reports to the right song, and shows what each song earns, month by month.
How to Plan a Music Conference Week as an Independent Artist
A music conference week can shape your next year. How to set one goal, prepare one line and one link, meet the right people and follow up well.
How to Switch Music Distributors and Keep Your Song's History
Switch distributors step by step: keep every ISRC, put the new copy live before the takedown, and keep your play count on Spotify.
How to Read a Royalty Statement, Line by Line
What every column on a music royalty statement means, why payments follow the streams by a few months, and how to match it to your own numbers.
Which Numbers Matter After You Release a Song
The numbers to watch in the first week and the first month after a release, what each one tells you, and how they shape your next move.
The Release Checklist for the Team Behind the Artist
A week-by-week release checklist for managers, producers and partners: who owns each step, from the final master to the first month of results.
How to Credit Everyone Who Worked on a Song
A guide for producers, songwriters, engineers and managers: which credits a release carries, how to agree on them, and how names reach the stores.
How Artist Rank Reads Your Momentum
What Artist Rank looks at, from your streams to your release rhythm, and what moves it.
The Release Cadence Blueprint: How Consistency Compounds Your Streaming Velocity
How a steady release rhythm builds your streams over time, and how it shows in your Artist Rank.
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