The Modern Music Method
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Grow your music career like a label would (without one)

From release strategy, playlisting, marketing and audience-capturing infrastructure. The full system is yours to run yourself, or hand the heavy parts to me.

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Trusted by 250+ artists
2,000,000+streams driven
250+artists
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Jamie O'Sullivan at a live show

Where this came from

Ten years inside the music industry.

I'm Jamie. I spent ten years playing in bands and managing them before moving to labels and agencies. Now I help independent artists market their music and build a genuine community. Give the rest of the site a suss and let's see if we're a good fit.

My old band.

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Artists I've worked with

Moberod
★★★★★ "Delivers on what he says"Pop-Punk · USA
Sunsick
Sean Massaro
Feel Good
Bebe G
30k streams in one monthHip-Hop · Melbourne
Smacked Youth
Mel Kay
Kill Tuco
El Tee
Moberod
★★★★★ "Delivers on what he says"Pop-Punk · USA
Sunsick
Sean Massaro
Feel Good
Bebe G
30k streams in one monthHip-Hop · Melbourne
Smacked Youth
Mel Kay
Kill Tuco
El Tee
Porpoise Spit
57,841 streams372 playlists
Trilla
Sam Sample
Prynne
LLC
Ava Jayde
Danny Balentine
Tyler Tradewell
19,266 streamsDiscover Weekly at week six
yohnson.
Joe Smallwood
3one
Birdhouse
Porpoise Spit
57,841 streams372 playlists
Trilla
Sam Sample
Prynne
LLC
Ava Jayde
Danny Balentine
Tyler Tradewell
19,266 streamsDiscover Weekly at week six
yohnson.
Joe Smallwood
3one
Birdhouse

Back to square one.

The real problem

You spend months on a song. It gets a small push and two weeks later it’s gone. Then you start again from scratch.

You’ve got fans scattered across Instagram and TikTok and an email list you haven’t touched since the last single. Nothing carries over because none of it’s connected.

So you lean on the algorithm. You’re borrowing that reach and the platform can cut it off whenever it changes the rules. Posting and hoping isn’t a system.

Grabbing attention is hard enough and keeping it is harder. Plenty of people want to feel part of something. They want to feel close to an artist and brag to their mates that they found you first. They’re the ones who’ll buy your shirt and drag their friends to shows. In a scattered setup you lose them somewhere between apps.

So how are you meant to connect with people when your own system is disconnected?

How I can help

Build your music career with the right tools, resources and support. Plan your own releases in Method Studio, buy a standalone resource, or hire me for the parts you'd rather hand over.

01 · Software

Method Studio

The software I built for independent artists to run their music career from one place. Plan releases, keep on top of tasks and dates, map out your content and ads, and keep the tools you need in the same workspace.

  • A release planner that puts logistics, pitching, content and ad days on one timeline
  • Tasks, a calendar and a year planner that fill themselves in from your release plans
  • Content and Meta ads planners built around your release date
  • EPK and press release builders, pitch templates and the Resource Index

Start on the Free plan. The Studio plan is $29 a month or $249 a year, with a 14-day free trial and no card needed.

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A release plan in Method Studio, with logistics, content and Meta ads on one timeline

03 · Services

Get it done

If you'd rather hand it over, I can take on the parts that may be out of your wheelhouse.

Promotion and audience growth

Spotify playlisting
Placements on vetted playlists with real, engaged listeners, built to trigger Discover Weekly, Release Radar and Spotify Radio.
What's included
  • Algorithmic traction. Placements built to trigger Discover Weekly, Radio and Release Radar, so Spotify keeps pushing your song after the campaign ends
  • High-search playlists. Spots on the playlists people actually find when they search Spotify
  • Every playlist vetted through Chartmetric before I pitch. No bots, no fake streams, ever
  • Popularity score lift, the number Spotify uses to decide whose music gets pushed next
  • Weekly reporting, so you see exactly where every stream is coming from
  • A target, not an estimate. I keep working until you hit the streams promised
Meta ads
I set up and run Meta ad campaigns on Facebook and Instagram around your release.
YouTube ads
I set up and run the campaign for you.
What's included
  • National targeting. Ads within your country for more relevant views. More targeted, but higher cost-per-view
  • Broad targeting. Reaches a wider international audience. Lower cost-per-view. Less targeted, but higher volume

Strategy and planning

Release strategy
Your next single mapped to the 10-week Release Rollout, with the audience capture system built and live in seven days.
What's included
  • The full audience capture system, built and live in seven days
  • Comment-to-DM automation, capture page and list, wired together
  • Seven-email welcome sequence and the release campaign
  • Mapped to your next single with the 10-week Release Rollout
  • Everything else included. The course, the contacts, the templates
  • Handover doc and a kickoff call

Artist assets and infrastructure

EPK build
Your bio, press photos, releases, press quotes and booking contact in one link to send to press, radio, playlists, promoters and labels.
Website build
An artist website on a platform you own, with your music, show dates, press kit, email signup and a store for merch and tickets.
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Hear it from the artists

Moberod · Pop-Punk, USA

Bebe G · Hip-Hop, Australia

Tyler Tradewell · Alt Pop, USA

The Breakout Method

A 12-module course that takes you from releasing into silence to a system you run on every song.

12Modules
45Lessons
4,800Industry contacts
115Templates

Start with the foundations. Who you are and who your music is for.

Then build the engine. Content, ads, Spotify, playlisting, radio and press.

Finish with a plan for every release.

Learn more

12 modules · 45 lessons · Lifetime access

The modules

  1. 01Positioning and Branding
  2. 02How Audience Growth Works
  3. 03Social Media and Content
  4. 04Meta Ads
  5. 05Spotify and Playlisting
  6. 06Radio, Press and YouTube
  7. 07Owning Your Fans
  8. 08Revenue
  9. 09Release Strategy
  10. 10Live Music
  11. 11Team, Deals and Royalties
  12. 12Publishing and Sync

In their words

Questions before you start

Who do you work with?
Independent artists in any genre. Some are on their first single and some have been releasing for years.
Can I do everything myself?
Yes. The course covers every step. The services are there if you'd rather hand parts of it to me.
Is this for beginners or artists who already have a following?
Both. If you're starting from zero it gives you the right foundations from day one so you never have to unlearn bad habits. If you already have an audience it shows you exactly where the gaps are and how to turn what you've built into compounding growth.
What if I have a small budget?
The course is made for independent artists on independent budgets. Plenty of what's inside costs nothing. The organic strategies build real growth for free and the core of the whole course costs time rather than money. That said, if you want substantial growth and you want it faster, a budget is part of the picture. Playlisting, ads and PR all cost money and they're necessary pieces of the puzzle. I'd recommend allocating at least $500 to $1,000 per release towards marketing and promotion.
How is your playlisting different from the scammy stuff?
Every stream comes from real human listeners on real playlists. I never use bots, stream farms or artificial inflation of any kind. I've seen what fake streams do to an artist's account and I won't risk that for anyone. Every placement sits on a genuine independently owned playlist with real followers and every playlist is checked in Chartmetric before I pitch. My whole strategy is built to trigger the algorithm and fake streams can't do that. You get a stream target before I start and a full refund if I miss it.
Where should I start?
Start with the Release Rollout on your next release. If you want the full system after that, get the course. If your release is a couple of months out, book a call.
How do I get started?
Book a free 30-minute call and I'll tell you where to start. If you'd rather go on your own, start with the Release Rollout.

Book a free call

No sales pressure and no commitment. Just a straight conversation about your music, your goals and whether a campaign makes sense for where you are right now.

Make your next release count

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