Academy
Your next release needs a job plan, not another tutorial.
Finish one course and walk away with a release checklist, a booking pitch, or a page that is ready to send. Pick the course that matches the job in front of you, preview the first lesson free, and finish with a plan you can use this week.
The library
Three ways to learn the business.
Watch a course, read an article, or download the books. Every lane is the same curriculum — pick the format that fits your day.
Courses
Watch the video courses
17 short courses: the video lesson up top, the written guide and checklist below, quizzes and certificates as you go.
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Read the articles
Every course as a free in-depth article, plus tutorials and music business news as they publish.
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Download the eBooks
The complete 129-page collection or one book per section — free PDFs, yours to keep.
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Learn everything the industry never taught you.
Watch a course, mark what you've done, then hand the busywork to a service that does it with you. Progress saves as you go.
The short answer
The Artispreneur Academy is a free course catalog for independent artists. Every course follows the same article structure: the video lesson at the top, the full written lesson and outline underneath, and an action checklist to finish. Start any first lesson free with an account and your progress, quizzes, and certificates save as you go.
17 of 17 courses
Branding & EPK
How to Brand Yourself as an Artist
Define your sound, story, and image — then make it consistent everywhere fans find you.
Marketing
How to Add Music to Collaborative Playlist
Get your tracks onto collaborative playlists step by step and turn listeners into fans.
Publishing
How to Add Songs to Your PRO
Register your songs correctly so every play gets tracked and paid.
Booking
How to Promote Your Own Shows
Fill rooms without a promoter — flyers, lists, and local promo that actually works.
Legal
How to Copyright Your Music
Protect your work with U.S. copyright registration, explained plainly.
Publishing
How to Create a Music Catalogue
Organize your masters, splits, and metadata into a catalog that pays you.
Publishing
How to Distribute Your Music
Get your music onto Spotify, Apple Music, and every DSP the right way.
Finance
How to File Business Taxes
Taxes for independent artists — deductions, quarterly filings, and staying clean.
Finance
How to Setup a Business Bank Account
Separate your art money from your life money with a proper business account.
Business Setup
How to Setup an LLC
Form your LLC and run your music like the business it is.
Business Setup
How to Setup a CRM
Track every contact, pitch, and follow-up in one simple system.
Marketing
How to Submit Music to Blogs & Playlists
Pitch blogs and playlist curators with submissions that get opened.
Sync Licensing
How to License Your Music
Get your music placed in film, TV, ads, and games — and get paid for it.
Business Setup
How to Register an E.I.N
Get your federal tax ID in minutes and unlock business banking and hiring.
Publishing
How to Register with a P.R.O
ASCAP, BMI, or SESAC — pick the right PRO and register without mistakes.
Marketing
How to Network in the Music Industry
Build real relationships with DJs, bloggers, bookers, and other artists.
Legal
How to Trademark Your Music
Protect your artist name and logo with a federal trademark.
eBook library
Take the Academy with you
Every Academy course, compiled into downloadable eBooks. Grab the complete 129-page collection or one book per section: business setup, legal and rights, brand and catalogue, release and marketing. Free to download, yours to keep.
How every course is built
- 1
Video at the top
Each course opens with the video lesson, so you can watch the whole job done once before you start.
- 2
Readable steps below
Under the video, the full written lesson in order, so you can work at your own pace and search the page later.
- 3
A deliverable at the end
Every course names its checklist or deliverable up front: the thing you will actually send, file or publish when you finish.
Who this is for, by artist type
DJs
Book your next gig with a set and a pitch that sell you before you play. Great sets and an empty inbox is the gap these courses close.
Producers
Turn beats sitting on your drive into beats placed, licensed, and paid, with a licensing pipeline instead of a folder of maybes.
Performing artists
Get your next release press and booking ready, not just posted: the review angle, the interview pitch and the content plan around it.
Session artists
Get hired for the next session because your credits are finally easy to check, in one page a bandleader can forward.
Academy is included in All-Access
All-Access is $20 per month, billed monthly, and the full Academy catalog of 17 courses is included. Preview the first lesson of any course free before you decide. Building out your artist profile earns points worth up to 50 percent off, which can lower the price to the $10 per month floor. See how points and referrals work and the full Pricing page.