AirTrax guide
Pick the tools that help you make your next move.
Music tools do different jobs. Some help you learn the business, find people to work with or get ready for release day. Others send your music to streaming services or handle payments. AirTrax brings lessons, useful contacts and resources together with a place for your plans, dates, notes and files. Start with what you need help doing next.
By AirTrax · For artists and people building labels · Updated
What do you need help with?
| Job | What to check | How AirTrax helps |
|---|---|---|
| Manage music contacts | Useful categories, notes about each person and reminders to follow up | Contact directory with status and notes |
| Coordinate a release | Tasks, deadlines, contacts, and asset links | Campaign boards and calendar |
| Keep your files organized | Find the right version and choose who can open it | Keep files together; save a separate backup too |
| Deliver music to streaming services | Service coverage, terms, delivery times, and support | Use a separate distributor |
| Record reported royalties | The source, amount and date shown on each statement | Label plan: record the income shown on your statements; collection and payments happen elsewhere |
| Manage a shared team | Who can see or change the work | Label plan: invite people with a code and choose which artists’ work they can see or help with |
Try a real task before moving everything
Choose one upcoming release and a small contact shortlist. Create the campaign, add the people involved, organize the approved files, and record a next action. Check whether you can find the relevant context a week later without searching old messages.
A spreadsheet can be a good choice when your process is simple. A place for your music work becomes useful when contacts, files and dates keep getting scattered across different releases. Try the next task you actually need to finish instead of choosing by feature count.
Check what the tool actually does
- Does “email outreach” mean message drafting or automatic delivery and reply sync?
- Does “royalty management” mean guidance, statement imports, or actual payment collection?
- Can you choose which files and plans each person can see?
- What happens to files and records if you stop using the service?
- Is the published price current, and what does the offer include?
How AirTrax helps today
AirTrax For Artists helps you learn, find useful contacts and keep your music career organized. Building your own label? AirTrax For Labels gives you a shared place for your artists, songs, files and plans, plus tools to look at the income you have recorded. Both plans are free now. When paid plans launch, new Artist accounts will be $10/month and new Label accounts $20/month; existing accounts keep free access. You still handle distribution, agreements and payments separately.
This guide is published by AirTrax and describes our product alongside general tool categories. It is not an independent ranking or a claim that one product is best for every artist.
Is every contact directory right for every artist?
No. Think about who you need to reach, how many people you work with and whether you need a tool to send emails for you. Try it with a few real tasks before moving everything.
Does using AirTrax change my existing music contracts?
No. An organizational tool does not change an agreement with a label, distributor, publisher, or collaborator. Review those agreements when assessing your rights and obligations.