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Musician Toolkit
The All About Jazz Musician Toolkit brings together the tools and services available to jazz musicians through All About Jazz and Jazz Near You. Whether you're introducing your music to new listeners, promoting an album, announcing performances or connecting with potential students, this guide will help you get started.
Many of these tools are free. Others offer optional paid promotion. Explore the sections below to find the opportunities that best fit your needs.
Your musician page is the foundation of your professional presence at All About Jazz. It brings together your biography, recordings, photos, videos, upcoming performances, professional information and related editorial coverage.
Start by searching our musician directory. If your page already exists, claim it and update your information. Otherwise, create a musician page using your free AAJ member account.
A complete, current page helps listeners and music professionals learn more about your work and discover related content throughout All About Jazz and Jazz Near You.
For step-by-step instructions, read How to Create Your Musician Page.
Additional Promotional Options
Musicians who want more promotional tools can upgrade to a Premium Musician Page for $60 per year. Premium provides additional features for showcasing your music, promoting performances and connecting listeners with your professional resources.
Other promotional opportunities include Take Five Q&A, Video of the Day, Featured Album and Press Release Distribution.
All About Jazz offers several ways to introduce listeners to your recordings and musical projects.
Start by completing your musician page with your album discography, videos and audio players. Your discography connects your recordings to your professional profile and provides listeners with a broader picture of your work.
Need help? Read our album discography guide.
You can also submit a full-length MP3 for Song of the Day consideration. Selected recordings receive a dedicated page at All About Jazz and may receive additional exposure through our music features and newsletters.
Additional Promotional Options
- New Album Showcase: An advertising package designed to introduce a new release to the All About Jazz audience.
- Featured Album: Additional visibility for a selected recording, with opportunities to direct interested listeners to purchase or learn more about the album.
- Video of the Day: A promotional opportunity to showcase a music video or performance.
- Press Release Distribution: Submit announcements about new recordings and other noteworthy developments for editorial review and possible publication.
These promotional services are separate from independent editorial coverage.
Performing live? Add your upcoming concerts, festival appearances and other performances to Jazz Near You, our platform for discovering live jazz.
Submit your events so listeners can find them through city calendars, event searches and other connected features across Jazz Near You and All About Jazz.
Keeping your event listings accurate and current makes it easier for fans to discover where and when you're performing.
Additional Promotional Options
- Event Spotlight: Give a particular performance additional visibility through a featured event promotion.
- Press Release Distribution: Announce tours, residencies, festival appearances and other newsworthy developments. Individual concert listings belong in the Jazz Near You event calendar.
- Newsletter Sponsorship: Explore opportunities to reach jazz listeners through our email newsletters.
Need a professional biography, press release or album liner notes? All About Jazz offers writing services to help musicians present their work clearly and effectively.
These services draw on writers familiar with jazz and improvised music. Projects are developed according to the scope of the assignment, writer availability and agreed-upon terms.
Available Services
- Musician biographies
- Press releases
- Album liner notes
For information about the process, current rates and availability, visit our Professional Writing Services page.
Professional writing assignments are separate from All About Jazz's independent editorial coverage.
Do you teach jazz or offer private music lessons? Your musician page can help prospective students learn about your background and teaching services.
Complete the location and teaching sections of your musician page to make your information available through our Teacher Finder.
Keep your location, instruments and teaching information current so interested students can determine whether your services are a good fit.
Looking for an Album Review?
All About Jazz welcomes recordings for editorial consideration. Reviews are independent, and our contributors choose which recordings and projects they wish to cover. There is no charge for an album review, and coverage is never guaranteed.
Before submitting a request, we recommend taking these steps:
- Complete your musician page. Make sure your biography, photos, links and other professional information are current. Learn how.
- Add your album. Upload the recording to your discography, including relevant album details and listening links when available.
- Identify suitable writers. Explore our staff directory or browse contributors by musical interest to find writers whose interests align with your music.
- Submit a Coverage Request. Use our Coverage Request system to contact up to five suitable contributors about your recording.
Coverage Requests are sent directly to the selected writers, who may accept or decline based on their interests and availability. All About Jazz does not guarantee a response or assign reviews in exchange for payment.
For more information, read About the All About Jazz Coverage Request System.
Free Ways to Promote Your Music
You don't need an advertising budget to participate in All About Jazz and Jazz Near You. Start with these free tools:
- Create or claim your musician page and keep your professional information current.
- Add recordings to your discography, along with photos, videos and listening links.
- Submit a recording for Song of the Day consideration.
- Add your upcoming performances to Jazz Near You.
- Complete your teaching information to participate in the Teacher Finder.
- Use our Coverage Request system to introduce your music to contributors for independent editorial consideration.
Looking for additional promotional opportunities? Explore our advertising and promotional services.
Finally, bookmark the AAJ Musician Start Page for convenient access to your professional tools and musician information.
