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As an artist, it is easy to assume that if someone discovers your music, they will eventually listen to it. After all, they clicked your profile. They watched your video. They showed enough interest to learn more. Surely the hard…
For many independent artists, every release follows the same pattern. You finish a song, build a campaign, promote a pre-save, create content, share links, encourage streams and spend weeks trying to generate momentum. Then release day arrives. The campaign ends.…
Getting discovered is one of the biggest goals in music marketing. Artists spend countless hours creating content, pitching playlists, posting on social media and promoting their releases in the hope of reaching new listeners. And when discovery happens, it feels…
You have created the perfect TikTok. The video gets views. People comment asking where they can hear the full song. Someone finally decides to click through to your profile. And then… they can’t immediately find what they are looking for.…
A Pre-save allows fans to save your music to their library ahead of release day, so it’s in their library when it drops. A Forever Pre-save means every track you release from now on, will be placed into their library…
Promoting music online has never been easier, but it has also never been more fragmented. Artists are expected to maintain a presence across multiple streaming platforms, social networks, video channels and promotional tools. As a result, it can be tempting…
Music promotion has traditionally focused on one release at a time. An artist announces a new track, launches a pre-save campaign, encourages fans to take action and then starts the process again for the next release. While pre-save campaigns remain…
Many artists spend weeks or even months building excitement for a new release, only to move on a few days after the song goes live. While release day is an important milestone, it should not be the finish line for…
Every music fan starts in the same place: discovering a song for the first time. They might hear it on a playlist, come across it in a TikTok video, see a friend share it on social media or stumble across…
For decades, major record labels were seen as the gateway to success in the music industry. They provided funding, promotion, industry connections and access to opportunities that were difficult for independent artists to secure on their own. Today, the landscape…
