Mindset & Career Course

Release Roadmap: Release Your First Game Music Track

Ship your first professional game track and build your full artist infrastructure in the next 30 days.

How to release your first track and set up your artist profiles and royalties, even if you have zero releases or stalled out years ago.

Release your first track everywhere
Set up DistroKid, ASCAP or BMI
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Real Students

Students who worked with Dan

SkiazoReleased Zappy Corridors
Nine Times AliveReleased Second Thoughts
MaitokouReleased Snow and Reprieve
Maple ColossusReleased Summer.exe
Rhythm GruntReleased Primrose Valley
Felix LyroReleased Crumbling Ruins

These are Best Music Coach coaching clients, who worked with a coach one to one and in small groups. They are coaching results, not reviews of this course. Faces, names and results as published on bestmusiccoach.com/results.

What You Get

Everything you need to release your first game music track

6 lessons, 15 topics, in order
The ReleasePRO checklist for every future release
Step by step setup for Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and Bandcamp
A simple promo workflow that keeps you composing
Lifetime access, come back any time
Instant access by email the moment you check out

Start today, keep it for life

Level	Beginner to Intermediate
Format	Online video course, self-paced
Lessons	6 lessons, 15 topics
Access	Lifetime access
Delivery	Instant access by email, nothing ships
Price	~~$300.00~~ $255.00 one-time payment, 15% off until Oct 31, 11:59 pm ET
Refunds	All sales are final on this course. Refund policy

The Problem

If releasing your music feels stuck, messy, or unfinished…

You sit down to compose and your stuff feels basic, uninspired, and “MIDI”, so you hide it instead of releasing.
You get stuck turning 8 bar ideas into real pieces, have a hard drive full of sketches, and almost nothing you are proud to show friends.
You struggle with music theory, mixing, and polishing, and you never know what to learn next or how to apply it.
You used to make music, lost momentum, and now the thought of “starting again” feels heavy, especially with AI music hanging over your head.
You secretly want one undeniable track in a game, your name on Spotify, and people saying “wow, I did not think you could do that” when they hear your music.

Release Roadmap is a step by step system. It takes you from a “hard-drive graveyard” to a fully released, findable and legally set up game music artist.

So you can finally prove you can do this, and start getting heard.

If that is you, Release Roadmap was built for you.

What Release Roadmap Helps You Do

By the end of the course you will have:

1 finished, released track you actually like, live on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music and more
A clean artist identity and name that is searchable, unique, and consistent across platforms
All core profiles set up and connected
Spotify for Artists
Apple Music for Artists
YouTube Official Artist Channel
Bandcamp artist page
Link‑in‑bio hub so people can find your music anywhere
Your royalty and backend money plumbing in place
DistroKid set up and first release submitted correctly
ASCAP or BMI writer and publisher accounts created
SoundExchange registered
MusicBrainz and AllMusic metadata so Google actually knows you exist
A reusable ReleasePRO checklist so every future track is faster and less stressful
A simple promo workflow so you are not “marketing all day”, you are composing and documenting

How It Works

Four modules that take you from stuck to released

Module 01

Identity And Artist Name

Pick a unique digital artist “code” that is findable on Google, available on socials, and easy to say
Lock in your handles, then set up your first simple, on brand artwork

Module 02

Profiles That Make You Real

Create and optimize Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Official Artist Channel, and Bandcamp
Create a bio that calls out your gamer composer identity without sounding cringe
Set up link hub so one URL routes fans to every platform

Module 03

Money And Royalties Dialed In

Step through ASCAP or BMI sign up, writer and publisher
Register with SoundExchange so you do not leave digital performance money on the table
Set up DistroKid correctly, including ISRC, artwork specs, and release settings
Connect MusicBrainz and AllMusic so search engines and platforms agree on who you are

Module 04

ReleasePRO: From Stuck To Shipped

Use the ReleasePRO checklist to move one piece from idea to finished file
Upload to DistroKid, pass artwork checks, and track status across stores
Submit to ASCAP and others the right way so your first release is properly registered

Module 05

Simple Promotion For Introverts

Document your process with low effort screen capture so you build proof while you create
Turn one release into a week of lightweight posts without becoming a “content creator”
Plug your track into the Best Music Coach ecosystem so people can actually hear it

Why this instead of figuring it out on YouTube

You could spend the next year bouncing between random tutorials, guessing at legal forms, and hoping you did not miss a box that costs you royalties later.

Or you can follow one linear checklist that has already been battle tested on dozens of releases, with each step focused on increasing your chance of success and cutting wasted time and effort.

How To Start

Start in three steps

Step 01

Buy the course

Click Buy Now and pay once through secure checkout.

Step 02

Check your email

Your course access arrives by email the moment you check out.

Step 03

Follow the release checklist

Work through the four modules in order and release your first track.

Full Curriculum

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Pick an Artist Name

Release Music

ReleasePRO Checklist

Create Artist Profiles 13 Topics

DistroKid Profile
Bandcamp Profile
SoundExchange

Indie Release Checklist7 Topics

Artwork for Releases
How to Sign Up for ASCAP
Before You Hit Submit!!!!
How to Upload Your Release To DistroKid
Spotify Pitch to Playlists
YouTube Strategy
How to Register Your Release with ASCAP

Create Artist Profiles 2 (After First Release)5 Topics

Spotify Artist Profile
YouTube Artist Profile (Weird Audio For 6 Minutes)
Linktree
Apple Artist Profile
MusicBrainz Profile

Covers/Remixes

Covers and Remixes

Student Stories

They finished their music and released it

Best Music Coach coaching clients, in their own words.

McCatter, a Best Music Coach coaching client — “It felt like being in a dark room and finally turning on the lights.”

**McCatter** Coaching client

Scrap Matrix, a Best Music Coach coaching client — “I haven’t felt this confident in my own abilities in forever. I feel proud to show off what I’ve made.”

**Scrap Matrix** Coaching client

Small Little Squares, a Best Music Coach coaching client — “I will never be without music because now I’m able to make it.”

**Small Little Squares** Coaching client

Tracks our coaching clients released

29 coaching clients have released 123 tracks on streaming platforms (bestmusiccoach.com/results, September 2026).

Wild Dreams by PAT The Whale
MINEGAME by McCatter
Electromagnetism by Beancent
Profaned Divinity by Scrap Matrix
Porch by Small Little Squares

These are Best Music Coach coaching clients, who worked with a coach one to one and in small groups. They did not buy this course. Quotes, photos, the video and release cards as published on bestmusiccoach.com/results.

From Dan's Discord

What clicked for students in Dan's live challenge

Their own posts: screenshots from Dan's Discord.

Post by Finglejak in Dan's Discord after his 2-day beginner challenge: This online course was really fun to be in, and made a lot of things about how to... — Finglejak, posted in Dan's Discord, August 2025

Post by Lonely Blackhole in Dan's Discord after his 2-day beginner challenge: Ive writen some small compositions before, but they where never finished because i never felt i was good... — Lonely Blackhole, posted in Dan's Discord, August 2025

Post by jascallion in Dan's Discord after his 2-day beginner challenge: I was surprised at how easy it was to just write a composition. Dan broke it down in... — jascallion, posted in Dan's Discord, August 2025

Post by AceJPage in Dan's Discord after his 2-day beginner challenge: This class has been amazing, so helpful and so fun to learn and grow with my peers! I... — AceJPage, posted in Dan's Discord, August 2025

Discord posts were made during Dan's live 2-day beginner composing challenge (August 2025), about that challenge. Not reviews of this course. Handles as posted.

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	Release RoadmapThis course	Music Maker Mindset	Music Money
Best for	Releasing your music and setting up your artist profiles	Motivation, habits and finishing consistently	Pricing, pitching and selling your music
Level	Beginner to Intermediate	Beginner	Intermediate
Lessons	6 lessons, 15 topics	About 3 hours 50 minutes of video	About 15 hours of video
Price	~~$300.00~~ $255.00	~~$300.00~~ $255.00	~~$300.00~~ $255.00
Course page	You are here	See the course now	See the course now

FAQ

Questions before you buy

How do I get access after I buy?

Click Buy Now and check out. Your course access arrives by email the moment you check out, so you can start lesson 1 today.

Do I need to know music theory first

No. Release Roadmap assumes you can get basic ideas into your DAW. We focus on finishing, releasing, and setting up your artist infrastructure.

You can keep learning theory in parallel.

I have already released a track, is this still useful

Yes, if your current releases are messy on the backend, your artist name is hard to find, or your royalties are not set up.

You will clean all of that up and have a repeatable system.

What if I am starting from zero and have never finished a full track

We built this with “Zero to One” composers in mind. You get a clear path to one finished piece, plus the accountability structure to stop starting and stopping.

What if I am mid level but inconsistent

Then Release Roadmap becomes your shipping machine.

You will plug your existing skills into the checklist, fix your bottlenecks around release and promotion, and finally get consistent.

What if I used to make music and stalled out

Good. You already know you care. This gives you a concrete project and date to point your energy at, plus the external structure that was missing last time.

How long does it take to complete Release Roadmap?

Release Roadmap is self-paced: 6 lessons and 15 topics you take at your own speed.

Calendar time depends on how many focused hours you put in each week, plus the time it takes to do each release step for your own track.

Do I need expensive gear

No. A computer, a DAW, basic headphones, and an internet connection are enough. The course shows you how to get legit results with what you have.

If you want one undeniable track in the world and a real artist foundation under it, not just another course in a folder, your next move is simple.

Can I get a refund?

No. This course is not refundable, so ask before you buy if you are not sure it fits. Email support@bestmusiccoach.com and we will help you choose.

Can I pay in installments?

Yes, on eligible orders. At checkout you can choose Shop Pay Installments or Afterpay to split the payment.

Who can I ask before I buy?

Email support@bestmusiccoach.com. The Best Music Coach team will help you pick the right course.

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Make Music with Dan Spencer

Dan Spencer coaches Release Roadmap from the practical composer and music-mentor perspective.

Learn the idea, try it in music, finish the assignment, and know the next move when you sit down to compose.

Dan Spencer is Music Mentor Dan: a composer, OST creator, and coach who teaches the practical path from idea (or no ideas!) to finished music you can actually ship.

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