I put these practices to work for myself. Visit my own personal Spotify profile to view my real-time progress, I only started releasing music in 2020: open.spotify.com/artist/2YNJbuJ0CZvGdJWXVQEUdc?si=hPIocfKgTdCYFGM_KuvR7g Oh and stream my songs if you want to support. Very thankful for you guys, let me know what you think of my songs! 🙌🙌🙌

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@dimascintronofficial911

4 жыл бұрын

Indie Music Academy that’s nice how you have it set up

@tinomawunganidze8669

3 жыл бұрын

open.spotify.com/playlist/6Vyo61bAN54cjmrSMm4QFK?si=3UXkBub_Tu6AXI0m1QLrhQ

@davidmarley8387

3 жыл бұрын

My brain hurts

@ambassadeurintelligent4015

3 жыл бұрын

Like my new playlist on spotify open.spotify.com/playlist/4it7InVRmQv2vJ3SYyuGMD?si=4OEPLes5Rpq00vcFMAUBpg

Man, it really gets you thinking, these overnight popstars probably weren't overnight eh? They had a lot of work and planning going into their craft beforehand and they just had to wait for the right time

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

This couldn't be more true, well said!

@sirbattlecat

4 жыл бұрын

It can take a whole lifetime to become an overnight success :)

@Jagilsdorf

4 жыл бұрын

1:28 I paused too check the comments. Notice how he brags about the "100k listeners". But! It says "April 4th | 7 listeners".... So, how exactly does an audience grow if it's dropping to near nothing a few months later?

@numbfriend6417

4 жыл бұрын

its facts search up numbfriend

@heikostate5027

3 жыл бұрын

Love this bro, it’s all a game of chess, we all have the same pieces (most of us) just some people make the right moves at the right time and now how to set it up

Finally, an intro that doesn't blow my ears of my head

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

The benefits of being an audio engineer :)

@thekristydavis

4 жыл бұрын

😂 I might need to change mine after reading this 🤣🤣🤣

@Antoinethecool

3 жыл бұрын

@@IndieMusicAcademy can u link the song please

@Anthony-sn9kl

3 жыл бұрын

Right

What people should be doing is creating a community arround your music. Make local playlists, example name it ''boston hip hop'', adding only rappers from boston. That way you'll be able to connect with fans in real life, create buzz where you live selling merchandise and connect with other musicians from your area and get that nice solid music local culture actually helping everyone.

@stokeboifanboi

2 жыл бұрын

this is genius right here

@inspectorgroove8770

2 жыл бұрын

@@stokeboifanboi That is actually a great idea

@vidag102

2 жыл бұрын

Wow this is helpful bro💯😍

i'm getting into artist management and have been watching videos and listening to podcasts about this topic for weeks now. this was easily one of the best. thank you.

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a million!

Perfectly put. So many artists out there still chasing labels and that magical contract. Great video, and nutritional food for thought. Thank you.

THIS IS SOME QUALITY CONTENT THANK YOU MAN, LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING THIS GAME PLAN FOR MY FUTURE RELEASES

As someone who's only just begun releasing music to Spotify, this definitely gave me quite a few eye openers! Thank you very much IMA

I'd like to add as well, a lot of people have a hard time approaching blogs because they're overambitious, don't have cross support for the release or go to wide. Radio and content creators are desperate for quality content, if your release is genuinely good, someone wants to promote it. But if you're releasing your first ever hip hop single, don't approach guitar player magazine. Find local blogs, regional music critics with active followings, offer them an exchange, say you'll let them release your material (that suits their platform and demographic) exclusively and that as you promote the single across platform for the first day/week you'll share their release article so they get click through the more successful your release. The other thing is cross support. When I was living and working with musicians in Ireland the number one thing that music media loved was that you were Irish (especially if you had roots in traditional irish or folk music) and were ACTIVE on the irish music scene! Easily done right! When you're approaching blogs, have a release venue/plan so that when they are saying you've got this new single out they can also advertise a hot new gig in town in a popular venue. This is harder with Covid, but in Ireland it was a surefire way to tick the boxes with blogs and irish radio on some level. You might think, why would they want to advertise your gig? But if you have planned a good locsl gig, with known local support acts, a few early ticket sales (20 tickets presold for 100capacity venue is a GOOD number! Even if you know it's just your mates) and bit of simple marketing (poster, facebook event, a link to the venue's event callender) it actually makes them look good because they're the blog/radio station with their finger right on the pulse!

Thanks for the great info, just started managing a band here in Perth, Australia. Looking forward to learning more from your other videos

Your voice is awesome. Thanks for the tips man, much appreciated! 🙏

Thanks a lot @Ryan for putting this online! Very helpful and some new insights!

please continue the job you're doing it is very much needed. ONE LOVE FROM HUEY GANJAHHH

I discovered this channel today, I subscribe. Thank you for doing this

Great video quality! subbed!

Hey Ryan, Thanks for your info. This year gonna be an amazing year for my music!

@otijesu6321

3 жыл бұрын

For any assistance on getting more guaranteed streams try *master_andie* on /nstagram , best man for the job

That's a problem if a team at Spotify is deciding certain users get priority over others, essentially selecting the "tastemakers." I say this b/c it's often a very limited & not very diverse group of people...... I can see a lot of music getting pushed aside.

Great tips man, I always forget about the business side behind Spotify/music in general and this was quite illuminating. Keep it up!

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! I appreciate it!

I got into my country's fresh finds playlist. It has 40k followers, but I get around 60 streams a day

@josuecruz7866

3 жыл бұрын

how do u do that¿

@Djsatile

2 жыл бұрын

I got mines in radio

@LeJohnOfficial

Жыл бұрын

100+ streams per day yung fresh finds philippines as of 2023

Brilliant video Ryan, as ever!

Thanks for the Tips! Really helpful for my next release ! 🙏🏾💙

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! Glad it helped!

Awesome Video! I appreciate you taking your time giving out free advice!

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

It's my pleasure, thank you for taking the time to stop by!

Good stuff man. Appreciate the info

Really helping bro👊 ... thankc for this video

This is a great video thank you. My music is going on playlists!

Thanks man. I spent so many years trying to get a write up and more or less getting nowhere. That is for the tips

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome my man!

Great video, Ryan, thanks! As my album comes out next Friday, I'll try to apply as much of the knowledge as I can!

@IndieMusicAcademy

5 жыл бұрын

Glad this video came out at the right time!! Let me know if you need help with a Facebook ads campaign!

@jmantson

5 жыл бұрын

I think I could use all the help possible! :)

@IndieMusicAcademy

5 жыл бұрын

@@jmantson Shoot me an email. It's not a free service, but definitely worth learning more about at least :)

Love this! Thanks for the tips!

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!

Alright.. this the first video ive seen by you and im only 1 minute in and I already subbed

Thanks for the video broo! Much needed

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! It means a lot!

This helped me a lot!! Thanks man appreciate it

Hey cool stuff. I haven't had much luck with this yet but I will keep on going for a while and see if your tricks effect my channel and Spotify . Thanks for the inspiration

Ryan, I love you, thank you for this video so damn much.

subscribed. this is gold

Thanks Ryan. Great vid!

@IndieMusicAcademy

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I just started a series right here on KZread on trying to get my first 1000 streams. Super useful stuff here!!

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

So glad it helps! What is your strategy to reach 1000 streams?

This is awesome information! Thanks for making this video 🙏🏽

listen to this guy, He is legit. And he does answer all your questions. I had many questions answered via email by him. He answers quick and stays true to his word. TRUST HIM!!!

this is great thank you!

Thankyou! I’m trying to build up my fans! I went from 10 fans to 27 which was a lot for me as only releasing my music a couple days ago! I’m trying to grow my streams / fans now

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

heck yeah! That’s huge!

@SoufSiideCAri

4 жыл бұрын

I Don't Know Elisa open.spotify.com/track/6nBIdLL2461E2O3FG5vF77?si=jJc3ADMeTv-82MUGYQGBQQ

@musqitonebeats2129

4 жыл бұрын

That's great, I went from 100 to 600k monthly listeners, thanks to editorial playlists

@SoufSiideCAri

4 жыл бұрын

musqitone school me

@joeoliver8900

4 жыл бұрын

@@musqitonebeats2129 how

very useful! Thanks!

Very helpful - thank you!

This was awesome! Thank you sir.

Man, your videos are BOMB!!

@otijesu6321

3 жыл бұрын

For any assistance on getting more guaranteed streams try *master_andie* on /nstagram , best man for the job

appreciate the insight! 🙏

Each time that I watch this video I learn new thing, everytime, i have seen 3 times. thanks for the video.

@IndieMusicAcademy

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that!

I love that intro art/video editing

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate you noticing :)

underrated vid, good work fam

@IndieMusicAcademy

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! I appreciate the love. Congrats on the 60 new subs this month! Keep it up!

Thank you so much I really appreciate it rest in peace to all the legends, I hope everyone’s loved ones amare having a nice day all love GT XXX

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

So useful to know for my future releases!!

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

So glad!!

Thanks for the informative video!

Thanks!! I'm working on the promotion for my first EP (i'm still recording it, but I'm already looking for info about releasing strategies, how should I proceed... because it's my first EP, I don't have already a established fan-base but, trying to make things the best I can from the beginning should give me a base for the next releases!)... This video helped a lot, putting into perspective how can I work outside Spotify to feed it.

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

Hey man, what I tell artists to do in your situation is to get a MailChimp account and try to get 100 friends, family members, classmates, neighbors, ANYONE, on you email list. You'll have to do this manually. Text them, go door to door, whatever you have to do and PRACTICE communicating and sharing your story in a mass-communication setting. Then you'll have a little fan army to do whatever you need them to do for you :)

@rockonileva

4 жыл бұрын

@@IndieMusicAcademy nice.. I started telling people individually about it... creating something expectations about it... But I think this mailing solution is something strange in Brazil. People don't use e-mail like a regular communication tool.. it's something more cooperative or specific (I.e. I buy a flight ticket and get on the e-mail the boarding pass). Instant messaging apps and social media are more common communication tools... I think I can work out something like that on WhatsApp. Thanks for the tip!!

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

@@rockonileva Totally man, wherever you can keep a list and then communicate for free. The concept will work all the same! You got it my man!

@rockonileva

4 жыл бұрын

@@IndieMusicAcademyAHH I have a question. I'll release the EP and I'm planning to release a vídeo for each song (It'll be a short film, made with local filmmakers, and divided in 4 sections, one for each song). I was thinking about releasing the album on streaming platforms and at the same time a lyric vídeo of one of the songs (to promote the release), and then, on a weekly (or bi-weekly) basis I'll release the 4 vídeos. (so I'll keep posting things for a month or two after the release). BUT someone asked me: Why not releasing the vídeos before the EP, to build up the momentum for it. It makes sense.. but At the time of the EP full release, people would have already listened the songs. Releasing later, people would have somewhere to go after the vídeo is over. If I release the vídeos later, I can direct people to listen to the álbum, to my spotify, youtube or instagram pages. Which one of those do you think is the best way to go? And You'd prefer to release the vídeos weekly or bi-weekly?

DUDE! The sound you use in your notification pop-up has had me looking around my apartment for the last hour trying to figure out what that noise was! It has a lot of low freq in it and makes my sub sound like someone is banging on a door!

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

Melodic Cacophony dude, OMG that is so funny!!! Sorry about that I’ll have to throw a high pass filter on 😂

@WuPac216

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

This was really helpful 👏 Thank you! My issue with Spotify is in registered and got a few tracks on there but I'm stuck with how to get it on ideal playlist! I'm sure its a paid service which I'm ready for.

Very useful video, thank you!

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

great insights ryan!!

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! and thanks for leaving a note :)

2:40

Excellent, Thanks

Those overnight popstars haven't done their thing overnight, that's quite obvious. There have bin often even several years of hard work and practice. The song-making process usually proceeds in such a way that the song is worked on little by little over time, and the truth is also that the makers of the hit songs also make a lot of really bad songs that are just never ever released. But when you do your thing carefully and properly finished and just know how to do the right moves at the right time and you got lille bit of luck, you of course may become a big name in the business really fast.

Very useful info. thanks

Love this bro! Hope we get to work in the future

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

Likewise!

@willieclark1967

3 жыл бұрын

@@IndieMusicAcademy / Make sure you keep young Broc in mind, and truly work with him, and let me know when you do!

Hi Ryan, Great video with vital information for myself and growing artist.

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. I'm glad you're getting value from this channel!

Waczek? Your family from Poland? Good video. I start hip-hop music on Spotify.

Love it / Thanks so much

@IndieMusicAcademy

3 жыл бұрын

No problem 😊 If you want a free workshop on growing fan base further, our community has found immense value in our free workshop we provide here: www.indiemusicacademy.com/workshop

This isn't your default face and you know it.

@AQTAII

4 жыл бұрын

lmao

I don't know about the blogs thing cause I have a couple of very close friends that NEVER released a song before and Spotify has put them on very big playlists and that boosted them crazy. But the songs were very unique so yeah, I'm not sure how it happened.

Thx for the info.....really digging more into the business with my band so, it's been really helpful. Question: Does this plan apply for any genre? I mean we play Metal ( A bit commercial ) but Still...any piece of advice on it? Thx a lot

Thnx for sharing

This is dope!!

Dope information. 🙏

Great info! 🙂🙂🙂

Be blessed man of God ryn

Thank you 😉

This was helpful info

Thanks man!

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

High quality content

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words!

Sick intro bumper

Great video, yea im still learning about all of this. Lol, I released a song and pushed it on Spotify. Im at over 10k, i noticed 8K of that happened the second week adter the release, i noticed that 3%of the playlist were spotify algorithms which the week prior had been 0%

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

Remya Tempest wow very good! So the second week you must have triggered an algorithmic playlist! Do you know which one you got in?

@remyatempest6700

4 жыл бұрын

@@IndieMusicAcademy Actually now that I look at it, the Spotify playlist (Algorithm) is called "Release Radar". However the majority of the plays are from TikTok Dances 2020. I used a company called daimoon media, the lowest package placement on different spotify playlists. But that was supose to end at 5k over a unknown period of time.

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

@@remyatempest6700 Wow, your track must be really good for it to catch fire like that. Send me a link! I'd love to hear it :)

@remyatempest6700

4 жыл бұрын

@@IndieMusicAcademy Thank you! Yea here's the Link open.spotify.com/album/1bScyFlRLYengUKCSeUKGS

@hypnoticmirage

4 жыл бұрын

@@remyatempest6700 Great track. Has a natural feel to it.

Watching this after i got featured on the Fresh Find Playlist! Sheesh!

Thank u!!!

Hi, really liking this video and have subscribed! Thanks - could you advise me on where to host articles about the band and our songs if we don't have a website? We have a Facebook page, Soundcloud & Instagram but would you suggest a blog page? Thanks again! Jack - The Celadors

Thankyou!

Please what streaming site do you recommend for a new artist, and what smm service do you recommend for quicker streams.

That intro song was hard asf

Sound Good!

Does the tune have to be our first before reaching out or can you send an mp3 a couple weeks before release?

Great video

Do you recommend playlist push and playlist fever to get on the playlist? I did and my numbers jumped up from like 8 monthly to 6000. It took about a month 1/2.

That for the record song in the intro is fire .

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! I love that track too

Thanks bro. Information you provided in extremely important. I'm from india and I'm an English language rapper. I'm ready with my song but one thing has actually embroiled me in so much confusion. How can I send my song to blogs before my song is uploaded to spotify by cdbaby?

Hey , thanks for the content. Can I claim my Spotify artist profile if my debut song is just uploaded but not released? In order to reach the playlists..

yeeeesh, guess I expected that

And you made .02 cents good for you .

Thanks man

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

Spotify is easy but how do you get playlisted on apple music, amazon and deezer playlists? I can find ZERO info on that. Anyone?

@triopharaoh

4 жыл бұрын

Slim I got beats for u bro

@internalroots7732

4 жыл бұрын

Checkout services such as distrokid or CDbaby

@micotoronto

3 жыл бұрын

usually your distributor should have a category for it on their support page

@nbayunging3299

3 жыл бұрын

Illicit Movement can you upload main stream artist on your Spotify

@teniahoskins

3 жыл бұрын

You need to try a digital distribution company. That’s how you can get digital streaming all across the board!

I just started making music. How can i get others to actually listen?

You should check out Burstimo. They are way more helpful and they don't use clickbait to then sell you stuff.

hello, are there and blog site and web publications you recommend for hip hop artist?

Interesting vid

great tips

@IndieMusicAcademy

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad it was helpful!