Hey beautiful beats i have a question! If the biggest playlist you're on Spotify has 13.000 followers, how can you reach 500.000+ monthly listeners? Maybe some tiktok video boosted you?
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Thank you for being straight about this. Like… “make good music, release it as often as you can, make content to promote it.” It IS that simple. People just don’t like hearing that it takes longer than a month lol. Might take a few years. But if you do exactly those things, you’ll absolutely grow.
i been sticking around since before you started making studio content, your path has been admirable & inspiring my guy. im 27 & been in garage bands & made beats since such a young age & i lost my path in my early 20s from toxic relationships & substance abuse & your consistency the last 3 years has really helped me regain focus. thank you brodie
I am an older type of musician. I learned how to record and produce a few years ago, got tired of going into the studio and trying to get bands together. I am not the best producer, but I did learn how to make some decent recordings of my songs, and I want to do some more of it. Inspriational video sir. Thanks.
Thank you for this. I’ve been learning and making music since high school, and it seems like music is one thing but being the promoter and marketer is a whole other ball game that we’re all still trying to learn. Good tips brotha
Putting out a song every week is honestly insane. I don't think that's realistic for most artists at all. But if it works for you then go for it. I think it's a good idea to advise artists to net feel pressured to favor quantity over quality at the expense of favoring spotify's algorithim. At the end of the day, consistency is key but at what cost lol. Cuz every week is MENTAL
It's not about the frequency, its about consistency and building a catalog of music overtime. If you want, do it monthly. Point is that you should be sticking to it.
@@lancelancenese how many instruments do you play ? How long you've been singing and writting lyrics ? Do you understand that writing a song is not the same as making a beat ? There are millions of genres where you actually need to put a lot of affords compared to rippin off the same mumble shit from Soundcloud. "if you cant drop a song every week music is not for you": all mathrock/metal/country and bunch of other artists left the chat. Sir, looking at you I realize that arrogance is the plague of this decade. Hope you'll get well soon :)
I see your monthly listeners have crossed 700,000, and your artist popularity index is at 50%, which is fantastic. Typically, artists with a popularity index of around 45% can make it onto editorial playlists. However, I noticed you haven't been featured on any Spotify editorial playlists. This is a bit puzzling, considering your talent and the quality of your music. You deserve that extra push more than many others. I am really curious as to why they havent put you on editorial!
I’ve actually heard mixed reviews about being on editorials. A lot of times editorials just get random passive listeners and not organic fans but idk. Also you may be on it for like a week and then off it after that and it hurts the performance of the song. I’m not too worried about it honestly.
I completely understand your perspective, and if you tailor your pitch to your specific genre, editorial support can significantly enhance your "Fans Also Like" recommendations. This improvement arises from their access to better listening habit data, even if your save and follow rates may not be exceptionally high. It could be more about how artists are engaging with your music. Streams from editorial are not important in your case; it's more about spotify editorial evaluating your track's performance and placing it on more prominent "Algotorial" and "personalized editorial playlists." This approach can lead to substantial growth in your Spotify followers, potentially reaching millions of monthly streams without having to rely on FB Ads too much since you would have an extremely high follower count [Typically 10% followers listen on release radar first 28 days so if you had 100,000 followers that would be a great advantage on every release day to get your song above 30% PPI quickly]. You've got all the elements in place to aim for editorial features and the potential to double your income. I'm genuinely puzzled as to why Spotify hasn't featured your music yet, given your high index, but I'm not implying any wrongdoing. One possible factor to consider is the fan conversion rate, which can be a bit challenging, especially for producers. Have you been actively pitching your songs to the editorial team? If you specify the playlist you'd like to target in your pitch, I'm confident it can boost your chances of getting featured. I used to think that Facebook ads might not be the best data for Spotify editorial pitches, but I'm reconsidering that view, given the success I've witnessed. @@BeautifulBeats99
@@BeautifulBeats99 THIS. I’ve had three different songs end up on editorial playlists, and every time all it did was hurt the organic algorithmic performance for all the reasons you just wrote. Advice is great! So is your music!
Thank you. I can tell anyone who read this, I figured out for myself, that those people which did not dare to take a step by their own, didnt try to become independent, or quit it within first months, are those which try to mock you and stop you on the way to do it on your own, keeping consistent is so true, I will do that from now on, every week on friday one release at least, just do your thing and surround yourself with people that do the similar or dont care what you do, everything else could be toxic for your career/hobby. Stay true to yourself everybody! 💯
I really appreciated the honesty and simplicity. Also the sensible perspective at the end about what you're about now as a producer in terms of percentage vs selling beats.
Damn. You honestly blew my mind when you said you release music every Friday. For some reason I had this belief that all my music on Spotify has to be perfect and the "Release every week" approach is "wrong" or "amaetur" Meanwhile, it's the approach I've always lived by. Commiting to doing the task (be it workout, meditation session, making content) - even if it's not that great at the moment. But consistently, over a long time period. Thanks man. This was one of those a-ha moments for me. Cheers :D
@@Josh-zr9by No doubt, but you also can't deny that most doing this strategy will end up improving their music in the process. This weekly release approach gives you a goal to move towards. Something you look forward to achieving every week. Helps you get rid of some of the perfectionism and forces you to FINISH your projects. Lol.
@@MyshkoMusic True, but it also raises the question. In one week, can a person make impactful music? Thoughtful music? Can it make the listener feel something, and delve into a niche sound? 99.9% of the time, no. In a week, they will be focused on churning out quantity over quality. I reckon once a month is a better strategy.
@@Josh-zr9by Yeah I guess releasing once a month would work better for many people. Maybe myself included even lol. I often have periods where I can't come up with anything I like no matter how much I try. I usually have to take a break to regain inspiration. As Beautiful Beats said, don't force yourself to release if you feel the quality isn't there But then again, the amount of time you spend on a project shouldn't be an indicator of how good it is. To this day, my favorite track I've ever released was one that I finished making in 2 days. And I have projects I've worked on for literal MONTHS just to end up HATING them.
bro i’ve been following you for a while now and this is definitely one of the best pieces of content you’ve put out. straight to the point yet inspiring. thanks bro.
This is quite a helpful video, thank you. I saw on Instagram a while back that you were focusing on shorter songs and I have implemented that into my writing process. I have definitely been the writer over the years that’s like “this song has to be 5 minutes long”…without any real metric for why it needed to be that way, and often times has multiple sections repeated. A song doesn’t need to be any certain length; if it’s a minute long, cool - if it’s 5 minutes long, cool. As long as I can appropriately convey what I want to say musically, then it’s all good. But I am leaning toward shorter songs overall.
SO GOOD! I appreciate the concise and organic information! So much so that I watched the whole ad in the middle of the video to show my support! 😊 Thanks for the gems my friend! 🙏🏿🌻
Thank you for dropping so music game for us my bro, your work hasn’t gone unnoticed, any other gems you have about the music industry Please do more vids👏🏾
I think some artists currently underestimate the value of a full album over a single. The cover art is like real estate. One square image represents only one song, the other square image represents and brings new listeners to 10 - 20 songs.
That is the best thing I could have wanted to hear: Don't try to get into curated playlists. I now realize that it makes no sense. Thank You a lot for your genuine information, greatly appreciated.
Thanks for the content bro, very nice. Personally, I think releasing a song a week is a bit much but I do understand the concept behind it. I think per month is more realistic as it gives you time to promote the song properly. I managed an artist in NZ and we got a number 1 song through a combination of things, including some of the things you mention in this video. However, I would say that there is no perfect marketing plan as it depends on so many external factors. My suggestion to anyone reading this is to try a variety of tactics and see which combination works for your music.
It's exactly that. Thanks for making a truly objective video on the topic. There's no secret weapon, it's consistency + quality + obstination. Can't be different 💯
thank you very much for taking the time to make this video and give it to us. It felt so comfortable, you explained everything so well, thank you very much 🙏🏼 new sub right here
I rarely comment on a video unless I'm leaving a positive comment, but I just feel it would be remiss not to respectfully disagree with the overall sentiment of this. A lot of the points made in this video such as releasing a track every Friday or only making short songs seem to take a coldly analytical approach to creation. This tactic may very well deliver streaming numbers but as artists/musicians, the most important thing should be to make art that you truly believe in and love.
You’re right, the artistic element is the most important but other than the advice about making shorter tracks he’s basically saying that it’s important to have a sound and be prolific, like most great artists, then market your music so people can discover it. This is all if you want to get heard or have any kind of income specifically on a platform like Spotify.
you can make art that you believe in and love, or you can get streams. It's unlikely that you will be able to do both. This video is focused on getting steams, nothing more , and nothing less.
@@KC-lg8qfBut you can do both if you learn to promote yourself but also grow a core fanbase the right way, start YT and a email list and create leverage for yourself, and connect with those people on a personal level, don't focus only on streams but view them as people and how you can connect with them via content. Your statement is far from the truth if you do it the right way. You should be able to be yourself and not do things out of your charecter just for promotion.
I agree, however music is 50% business. labels do the business for you or if you’re independent, you gotta do it yourself. So this strategy does help for independent artists.
I really appreciate your video. I think it gives me a boost of confidence and hope. I struggle with the idea that streams of original songs pay less than a penny. I keep procrastinating and trying to convince myself. But all I really want is to make music; bring my songs in my head when I sing and write to life. Yet, of course, who isn’t struggling financially? Thank you again. I need to believe in myself and pursue my passion. You have my sub. I look forward to hearing your music!
the great thing is (talking about the end of your video) you're talking about consistently releasing a ton of music. the beautiful thing about that, is that you get to view your growth as an artist and as a creator. kind of like when you first start working out and you think you're alright but you suck at bench. then a year later you see how much weight you've put on the bar it blows your mind from where you started. :)
You're the first commentator I've heard suggest the concept of shorter songs - I think you're right on the money with that one. I've been creating songs that are still 3 minutes long, but they're more in the classic rock dept, and should normally be longer. No more three verses, three pre-choruses, three choruses, bridge etc.
This has to be the single worst thing about the music industry. Growing a Spotify account for "passive revenue", making music only to get views, and involving money in the entire process. I wish for a rise of passionate non-mainstream creators who make music to express themselves rather than make money, or at least the rise of similar musicians in the mainstream. Mindsets like yours only serve to make music more of a commodity, and less of an art form. Making music to pander to views, vs making music to express oneself.
The thing is, everyone needs to make money to live, and if you work all day you can't make music to express yourself. Whereas, if you find a way to make money off your music, you can work doing what you like full time.
I kinda agree with you, but there is also a point that the musician wants to get more listens to convey his thoughts and music to a larger audience, not just to earn more money, but because he needs to be heard by more people
Loved this video. Love your energy and your passion for making music. To the point, clear, and no bullshit. Would love to collaborate with you or remix one of your tracks if our paths align to make it so.
I’ve been producing music long before Spotify was a thing, if I can say something is that it is sad that we are giving up on album culture due to algorithms, I believe every artist will still wanting to get an full album out sometime, there’s so much more meaning to that, I get why you feel that an album or EP is. It the way to go if you are trying to grow an audience but it is like you are doing spotify music than… that’s sad… music is bigger than Spotify…. They may have changed the way most people consume music, but they are not bigger than music…
For me an album is what I want from an artist. I wanna get lost in their ideas and sounds. 2 min tracks are the worst thing an artist can release in my opinion. No time to actually feel anything or elaborate on the concepts. I hate this modern music landscape so focused on algorhythms and less on quality
Thanks for your fantastic advice, loved it and subscribed to your channel. One comment though: the random video cuts/zooms from the same angle were so distracting for me I had to turn my monitor off. It worked fine as a podcast, so no big deal. But if you could somehow A/B test a few videos with some of them just one long shot only interrupting when you are using other footage, maybe you would find people still sticking around without all the cuts? Looking forward to more of your stuff!
I really appreciate this video buddy. Funny enough, I already understood everything you stated in the video, I just needed it confirmed to me it seems. This video has motivated me to go all in on music again as its my true passion in life. Thanks man.
the big catalog one point really helped me get to 100k monthly listeners, i got 3 songs semi-viral independently. and organically people gravitated to my other songs and that's what really got the ball rolling
This kind of mindset often makes a "Recycled Sound" like the same songs and dropping every week.... BUT This mindset is " Necessary " For the team and we as individuals need to find a balance between the focusing on the business and focusing on the soul of your music
My biggest wooooo here was releasing something every Friday. 50 songs a year is a ton so I see how the numbers could sky rocket if you're also doing ads and promotion along with those releases.
ay btw bro we used to chop it up like 2017/18, i lost track of you for while & i was so stoked to see you pop up on my RU-vid doin good, gettin views, & you've achieved the ever elusive state of **successful at music AND takes care of self** lol
The engineers don’t get a percentage of the song for mixing & mastering😂Only the person that made the beat does.Unless you purchased the beat exclusive..then the full percentage is yours!!
Great advice. I’m new to streaming my music. I’m keeping my expectations realistic and I appreciate the value your approach as an artist. I’m on a personal wellness and development journey . The journey is the destination! I’m available in the future for collaboration if you want to add live guitar to the mix. Sincerely,Norman Lee Smith Music 🎸
For someone who started making music last year, and who has seen the ups and downs and the struggles of getting those clicks to your spotify and the endless hours spent on making reels and tiktoks, only to get 50 likes and 300 views, I needed to watch this video. Your best advice - 'Put out a song every week or every 2 weeks, why not?' I asked myself, 'WHY NOT?' And it's so simple. Not like anyone cares. Nobody is going to come and tell me, 'STOP RELEASING SONGS EVERY WEEK, THAT's BAD STRATEGY'. So why not? I am going to try this. Maybe I won't be able to put out a song every week, or even every 2 weeks, but I WILL TRY. Thanks bro.
Thank you for this video! So informative and inspiring. Motivates me a lot to be more intentional and consistent with my music. I've only been releasing covers on RU-vid and overthink all my original songs. Then I end up never releasing any of it.
Damn, what a great video. I feel like I’ve watched countless hours in this niche now, and you actually said things I’ve never heard before. Very real, very helpful.
Been following you for some time now... Love the content you've been putting out - Started dabbling in EDM production these past few months, and your content has been super helpful. Appreciate you man! Thanks :D
I trust you since I've seen you video grow, do you think you can make a video on HOW exactly you get that 50% cut with your collab artists? The royalties side of things is an enigma to me haha
My honest Opinion: Respect for the over all Strategy and the big Effort ! The numbers are proving him right! BUT: It seems to me that the overall Goal ist just to get as many streams as possible no matter what. The Short Lenght of the songs are one thing...the other one are the profiles. Basically he´s just releasing exactly the same Songs trough 3 or 4 different Spotify Profiles. There is no Interpret / Artist at all. They are all the same. We don't even know if there are real Persons (Artists) behind it, or just him releasing it through different Profiles. Thats the reason why he will probably never build a serious Fanbase, because all Profiles are the same and it doesn't matter wich Profile I follow to listen. In my eyes it's just a music content production, pushed out through different Profiles to get more streams. If this was the plan to make somehow a living with the music on Spotify, well done! But the majority of people here want to build a real / unique Artist Profile with a loyal Fanbase, possibility for Radio, live Concerts etc. Thats were the real Money comes from. With this Strategy this will never work at all and you're just leveling up in Spotify Streams.
Lol I can assure you the artists I work with are real people most of them have been in my RU-vid videos before… I’ll link some examples. And the songs are not all “the same” if you go listen to them you’ll find they are very different. Here is an old video with Yung Crusha an artist I work with quite a bit ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QBtucuh1U5I.htmlsi=fhDRTDRTDkfYsqqJ Here’s a video with Yung Crusha and ChrispyD at the end all of us making a song which is actually our top preforming song called “Cherades” ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-d-tlcmWuBJk.htmlsi=UaUpLKCuZhm0d47g And here’s an artist named Landon Schafer who I work with as well… ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3rzfwaSiOJQ.htmlsi=tK4zflSeQiL-WwIk To say that the “artists” behind it are fake and that I’m just “releasing the same song on different profiles is a outrageous lmao.
I like this guy. I been around music industry a minute. And your frame of mind is winner. I like your take on producer artist relationship. You don't hear that much from producers. I think most just wanna break upcoming artist pockets for just a beat. No promo etc.
@@cozey2938 id say about a year of constantly pushing songs with at least $80 usd budget for each song, also helped that me and my bro got a song together that went crazy on tik tok
Awesome video and very inspiring. I have over 900 recorded personal songs which I free style mostly. I have never wrote lyrics down only recorded during my free styling. Listening to instrumental rap beats, country beats, and my personal favorite is free styling to instrumental violin hip hop beats over Spotify and RU-vid. Always in search of free styling to copy write free instrumental beats. Never releasing one single song which I put all my heart and soul into each lyric my mind produces. Someone who has the blessing of being a great all around athlete. No matter what sport they are playing, the person just shines without even realizing how talented they are. Same exact concept goes for great, talented musicians. You either have it in you or you don’t. A hidden champion who can create a killer song by listening to any random instrumental beat is the same as the best all around athlete. When I am free styling to country, rock, rap, hip pop instrumental beats, I find my true power inside, while my passion takes over and my mind opens up to the unimaginable possibilities. It’s extremely hard to explain this correctly. I never listen to the radio. I only listen to my own songs and free styles I recorded along with random instrumental beats. MY personal hidden talent i discovered at the age of 12yo, never telling a single soul until today. Being nervous that all my music and lyrics will be stolen the second I release one of my free styles. But I am at a point that if any artist wants to take my lyrics that means I am doing something right. Thank you for inspiring me today. I will potentially start sharing over 900 of my recordings. “A hidden talent should never be hidden” “Robert Feifer” This is my advice to anyone who has a serious hidden talent in anything. Never hold onto it alone. This has nothing to do with making money with your talents. This has to only do with sharing our true love and passion with the world around us hoping to inspire other’s along my journey. #Beautiful Beats, You are a Champion! I am only here to inspire, admire, help, guide and learn new information each day I have another opportunity to see the light. Thank You for your time reading this.
The one thing that is the hardest for me is "sticking with my niche" When I record, I don't think about what genre I'm making, I just start doing stuff. If I do everything else EXCEPT for that, do you think I could still find success in growing on Spotify?
I don’t run ads on every song but usually me and the artist both do $100. So less than $400 a month usually for me personally. I’d say more like 200-300
8:00 thats the only point l dont agree. I think it depends on your music and what kind of people you want to listen to your songs. I looked into my favourite songs and nearly all my favourite Songs ar atleast 3:30. (My favourite 3 songs are 4:33, 6:03, 3:46) I think it limits you in the art you do if you look at the duration. You do the song and release it if you find it great. Yea if you just want spotify clicks people obvisouly listen more often if the song is shorter. But to build a fanbase for fans who support you, come to your concerts, buy your album it doesnt matter. Overall the video was really great, some good tips! :)
Bro this is what I needed to hear. Ur genuine and real. No gimmick . This i will follow till I die . Respect I will now listen to all 6oyr shit and support . Thanks for helping us
This is so inspiring! Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I would love to see some more details about how you used social media advertising to generate streams.
could you tell us how much your daily spend on ads is so you're able to get those stream numbers? and how much in total do you usually invest in a campaign? would be super helpful 🙏
Word of advice, or really just something to think about. From a nobody just starting out. I'm not one who can really keep up with the singles once a week schedule but in the off weeks I do try to put out SOMETHING on RU-vid. Typically a lyric video of sorts. A visualizer. Or even a short. I notice that the lyric videos keep traffic up and promote themselves. The click through rate from the lyric videos to spotify is actually more than I would have thought. It helps both algorithms learn honestly. Then just post the new vid on your social media pages to try and drive engagement. My big spikes aren't really on my individual songs but the lyric videos actually.
