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Distribute Your Music in Time for the Holiday Season
Distribute Your Music in Time for the Holiday Season Here’s your friendly reminder to get your holiday tracks ready to distribute now! Platforms like Spotify and Apple Music have advanced deadlines for holiday distribution, AND you’re gonna need time to get the word out too. Go HERE to see how long it takes to get your music live during the […]
Albums vs. Singles: Which One is REALLY Better?
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Musician Horror Stories
Musician Horror Stories Imagine you wake in a strange dimension and realize you’ve been transformed into… … an independent musician!!! 🙀🙀🙀 Scary, right? In this Halloween-themed episode of the DIY Musician Podcast, we tell musician horror stories. The kinds that are common amongst indie artists, plus a few uncommonly strange and disastrous stories submitted by listeners. You’ll hear cautionary tales […]
Talk Directly to Your Fans on Spotify
Talk Directly to Your Fans on Spotify This upcoming 2022 Wrapped season, give your fans on Spotify a shoutout, tell them what’s happening in your life, and let them know how thankful you are for their support. Spotify’s announcement about Artist Messages says: Record a short, under-30-second video to let fans know what their support meant to you in 2022. […]
How to Get 1,000,000 Followers on TikTok
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8 Kinds of Content to Create When You’re Stumped for Ideas
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9 Quick Things Musicians Usually Forget to Do!
9 Quick Things Musicians Usually Forget to Do! Not all music promo needs to cost you dozens of hours or thousands of dollars! There are (at least) 50 quick things you can do to move forward right now. And in the video clip above, we’ll review 9 important things that many musicians ignore or forget, including: Running a Spotify “Follow” […]