Artist press kit template
A press kit gets opened by someone at work: a promoter between twenty emails, a journalist on a deadline. Studio is built for that context — it puts nothing on top of your material.
It is the free-plan template, and it is not a cut-down version of the other two: it is a complete editorial layout with the hierarchy a magazine uses. Headline, standfirst, body, and the media in its place. What it does not have is effects, and that absence is the design decision rather than a plan limitation.
The reason is practical. An EPK gets printed more often than people expect: a promoter saves it as a PDF to take into a meeting, a festival drops it in a folder with twenty others. A full-bleed dark hero looks spectacular on screen and comes out as a smudge on paper. Studio is built to survive that trip without you redoing anything.
Who it suits
- Anyone starting out — it is free, and a press kit that exists beats a perfect one you never built.
- Anyone who emails their EPK — it reads the same in a mail client as in a browser.
- Any genre — the only one of the three that does not push an aesthetic. A folk duo and a techno producer both fit.
- Anyone printing it — the print view comes out clean with nothing to adjust.
What it shows
The same sections as the other two: short and long bio, photos, embedded music and video, dates, booking and management contacts, and the technical rider. The template does not change which data exists — it changes how it looks. Switch whenever you like without re-entering anything.
Is it worse than the paid ones?
It is different. Cinematic has more visual presence and Press Bureau gives you palette control, but neither reads better than Studio in an email or on paper. If your EPK gets sent more than it gets browsed, Studio may simply be the best of the three for you.
Can I switch templates later?
Yes, and you lose nothing: the EPK content is the same and only the presentation changes. You switch it from the template tab in the editor, immediately.
Does it include the technical rider?
Yes. The rider is on every plan including the free one, and it is built from a catalogue of real equipment so a venue reads model names rather than a description of them.
How many photos can I include?
The ones on your profile. In practice fewer and better wins: a press kit with fifteen photos means whoever opens it looks at none. One landscape and one close crop covers most cases.