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Your First 1 Million Streams (Ultimate Guide)
It is 100% feasible for you to get your first 1 million streams on your music in 1 year. All you need is good music, a hard work ethic and ideally some budget. This strategy revolves around 4 core principles: I can hear you cringing at the idea of m…
Read MoreSpotify Removed Music For Artificial Streaming?
Over the past couple years Spotify has been trying, and failing, to crack down on bot streams on their platform. More artists that have done nothing wrong get their music pulled than artists actually committing artificial streaming. In this post i&#…
Read MoreSpotify Royalty Study: Premium vs Free User Pay Per Stream
Spotify has premium plans and free ad-supported plans. Did you know that the amount of money you get paid per stream on Spotify varies depending on if the user listening is a premium user vs a free user? That’s right, not only does the exact v…
Read MoreReview: AZ Studio Workstations – Elite Sit-Stand Studio Desk
This is my review of the AZ Studio Workstations Elite Sit-Stand Studio Desk. This is a long one, so TLDR: I would not recommend AZ Studio Workstations because my frame broke within 24 hours, they sent me the wrong color / finish desk and their custo…
Read MoreHow To Make It In Music feat. Ben Patterson
In this episode Ben Patterson, president of Downtown Artist & Label Services, and I talk about music marketing, the industry, Spotify’s changes and more! Listen on your favorite Podcast platform Important Points: Andrew and Ben talk about …
Read MoreMusic Marketing For Major Record Labels feat Cassie Petrey
In this episode I spoke with Cassie Petrey, founder of Crowd Surf, who has worked on marketing campaigns for Backstreet Boys, Camila Cabello, Paramore and more! Listen on your favorite Podcast platform Important Points: Andrew and Cassie discus…
Read MoreSpotify Will Stop Paying Royalties on 67% of Tracks in 2024
Spotify is drastically changing their payment model in 2024, taking a harder (albeit still weak) stance against bots and limiting non-music noise content on the platform. Spotify estimates these 3 changes will add $1 Billion to the royalty pool over…
Read MoreSpotify Growth Machine
Learn how to build a machine that grows your Spotify audience while you sleep, so you can get back to making music.