Tracking your tasks: How to use the kanban board and task calendar
Most independent artists manage their releases through a combination of notes apps, voice memos, and mental lists. Things fall through the cracks. Deadlines get missed. The release date arrives and something important was not done.
Key Takeaways
Centralise your release workflow by using the MAM Task Manager's visual Kanban board and Task Calendar to track deadlines and prevent critical administrative tasks from falling through the cracks.
Optimise your workspace by breaking large projects down into smaller, actionable sub-tasks and linking them directly to specific MAM releases to keep assets organised.
Review your Task Calendar at the start of every week to identify potential scheduling bottlenecks before they affect your release date.
Draft your next single within the MAM Release Creator to automatically seed your Kanban board with recommended industry milestones and streamline your planning.
Most independent artists manage their releases through a combination of notes apps, voice memos, and mental lists, which inevitably leads to important details falling through the cracks. When deadlines are missed, the release date arrives only to reveal that critical promotional or administrative tasks were left unfinished. The MAM Kanban board and task calendar are designed to centralise your workflow, ensuring every step of your campaign is tracked and executed on time.
Why this matters
Failing to track your campaign tasks systematically often results in rushed releases, delayed editorial pitching, or forgotten asset deliveries to your distributor. Without a visual overview of your timeline, you risk wasting months of creative work due to preventable administrative oversight at the final hurdle.
How to do it
1. Navigate to the Task Manager tab in your MAM dashboard to access your planning workspace.
2. Switch to the Kanban Board view to see your current workload organised into visual columns: To Do, In Progress, and Done.
3. Click the Add Task button to create a new action item, and enter a clear title, description, and key assets required.
4. Assign a specific deadline to the task to ensure it automatically populates your schedule.
5. Drag and drop task cards between columns as you progress through each stage of your campaign.
6. Toggle to the Task Calendar view from the top menu to review your upcoming deadlines on a monthly or weekly grid.
7. Click on any calendar entry to update details or mark it as complete directly from the calendar interface.
Tips
• Avoid cluttering your board by breaking larger projects down into smaller, actionable sub-tasks rather than hosting everything on one massive card.
• Link your tasks to specific releases within MAM to keep your dashboard organised and ensure your assets are contextually categorised.
• Review your Task Calendar at the start of every week to identify potential schedule bottlenecks before they affect your release date.
Next steps
Now that you understand how to organise your workflow, head over to the Release Creator inside MAM and draft your next single to automatically seed your Kanban board with recommended industry milestones.
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Written By
Gavin Alexander
Senior Marketeer
As the founder of Music Artist Manager, Gavin has spent years at the intersection of music and technology. Seeing firsthand how chaotic release rollouts and split sheets can be, he designed a platform that brings major-label infrastructure to independent artists and their teams. He writes extensively about industry trends, artist leverage, and workflow optimisation.
