23 Music Marketing Ideas For 2023
If you’re a music artist, band, manager or label owner you need music marketing. The idea that great music will somehow just sell itself is…
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DistroKid Acquired Bandzoogle
Distrokid, the awesome music distribution company, has official acquired Bandzoogle, my least favorite website tool. Don’t get me wrong, Bandzoogle has great prices, great customer…
Deezer’s New ‘Artist Centric’ Model
Deezer is shaking things up with how it pays artists by adapting what they’re calling an ‘artist centric’ model. This model has some controversy because…
YouGrow Promo Spotify Review: Real Results
YouGrow Promo is a digital music marketing agency providing Spotify playlist services, YouTube ad services and TikTok / Instagram influencer services. In this post i’ll…
Should Music Artists Use CD Baby or DistroKid?
At some point every artist will have to choose which music distribution company they use to distribute their music on streaming services. There are dozens…
Apple Music Has Followers Now
Apple Music has finally added the ability for fans to follow their favorite artists on the platform. They’re calling it ‘Favorites’ instead of followers, but…
How The Spotify Algorithm Works
The Spotify algorithm is made up of three main parts: Collaborative Filtering Collaborative filtering sounds fancy but its actually quite simple. Imagine if 100 people…
30 MILLION Spotify Streams Per Week feat. Alternate Side
Evange Livanos and Zack Zarrillo own a full service music management company called Alternate Side that rakes in over 30 million Spotify streams per week.…
250,000 Spotify Monthly Listeners in 2 Years feat. Chaitha
In this episode of Modern Music Marketing I talk to Chaitha about how he grew his Spotify to 250,000 monthly listeners in only 2 years.…
Growing to 237,000 YouTube Subscribers feat. Trey Xavier
Trey Xavier started as a writer at the blog Gear Gods, grew their YouTube channel to 237k subscribers and then purchased the brand from his…
10k Streams in 6 Weeks for FREE feat. Ayaz Hussain from All About Helping
In this episode Ayaz Hussain & I talk about how artists can promote their music for free using social media. We also discuss ad strategies,…
Indie Music Academy Spotify Playlist Review
Indie Music Academy is largely a music marketing education company, but aside from their courses they also offer both Spotify and TikTok promotion services. In…
DistroKid Launched a Mobile App
DistroKid launched an app for iPhone that lets you distribute your music, see streaming data and check royalties right from your phone! DistroKid App Highlights…
The Full Story of SubmitHub with Jason Grishkoff
SubmitHub is a platform that connects music artists with curators. Jason Grishkoff is the founder of SubmitHub and in this video we have a chat…
Making A Living In The Music Industry with Venus Theory
Venus Theory makes a living as a sound designer / music producer and YouTube creator with over 200k subscribers. Companies hire him to make presets,…
How Music PR Works feat. Jon from Two Story Melody
Ever wonder how PR works for music, when you should use it, and how it helps? Jon Anderson from Two Story Melody runs a music…
Drip Review: The Best Email Marketing Platform for Creators
In this Drip review we cover the best features of Drip and how it’s an amazing email marketing platform for music artists. Whether you’re a…
Journey to 1 Million Spotify Streams feat. Alex Bochel
In this episode I talk with Alex Bochel about how he used Facebook ads to get over 1 million streams on Spotify and grow his…
A New Era For Spotify for Artists, Spotify’s Biggest Update
Spotify is once again introducing a new suite of tools that will have massive positive impacts for artists. Including short form Clips, release Countdowns, a…
Spotify Discovery Mode: How It Works and How To Get It
Spotify Discovery Mode is a free music marketing tool designed to get you more streams from listeners who like music similar to yours. At the…
DistroKid Pricing: Plans & Extras
I’ve been using DistroKid for over 4 years to distribute over 70 songs to Spotify, Apple Music and the other DSP’s. So not only am…
Spotify Is Getting Rid Of The Heart Button
Spotify is making a subtle change to the way you save songs to your library that may have implications for music artists, in a good…
Is Spotify Marquee 10X BETTER than Facebook Ads?
Spotify recently released a study they ran claiming Spotify Marquee delivers 10x more listeners per dollar than social ads on average. Is it true? Spotify…
Using AI Artwork for Album Covers with Midjourney
AI generated artwork has been all the rage this year, largely due to the hype around DALL-E 2. While DALL-E 2 is now open, at…
Email Marketing for Musicians: A Beginner’s Guide
You’ve probably heard every online music marketer reiterate how important email marketing is for your music career. The problem is many of them don’t say…
Moonstrive Media Review: SEO-Based Playlisting
Moonstrive Media is a digital music marketing agency that can help you promote your music using their network of SEO-grown playlists on Spotify and YouTube.…
How To Release Cover Songs with DistroKid
DistroKid makes it very easy for you to release cover songs on music distribution platforms like Spotify, Apple Music and the rest. In the past,…
Spotify Wrapped 2022 – Whats New?
Every year Spotify ‘wraps’ up your listening habits for the year in an experience they call Spotify Wrapped. Spotify Wrapped shows music fans who their…
Spotify Audiobooks Are Here
Spotify audiobooks are here, and they have some serious positive implications for the music industry if Spotify chooses to integrate them. Four months ago CEO…
What is Organic Music Marketing? (And What It’s NOT)
Every music marketing campaign should include some type of organic music marketing strategy even if you’re utilizing paid methods as well. While organic strategies can…
Conversion vs Traffic Campaigns – Spotify Facebook Ads
Facebook ads are one of the most effective ways to promote your music as an independent artist, big or small. There are several types of…
How Often Should Artists Release New Music?
Releasing high quality music on a consistent basis is one of the most important aspects of any music marketing strategy. The rate you release music…
The Best Website Builder for Musicians (Top 6)
At some point in your music career you’re going to want a website. Whether you want to sell your music and merch or just have…
Helping Artists Get Heard feat. Dorian Perron from Groover.Co
In this podcast I chat with Groover co-founder Dorian Perron about how their platform works, how Groover differs from the competition and paths artists can…
SubmitHub vs Playlist Push – Which is better?
What kind of results can you expect from SubmitHub and PlaylistPush, and how do they compare? In this post i’m going to go over both…
How Much Does Audius Pay Music Artists?
Audius is a blockchain based music platform with lofty goals. Their goal is a future where music fans directly support the artists they love directly,…
How Musicians Can Schedule Instagram / Facebook Posts for Free
Did you know you can schedule Instagram and Facebook posts, images, videos and stories for free? There are a lot of services that will charge…
How to Grow Spotify Playlists with Facebook Ads
I have over 30,000 followers on my network of Spotify playlists, and I grew most of them using Facebook ads. Similar to how you would…
Can You Profit From Spotify Streams with Facebook Ads?
In this post we’re going to talk about if its possible to profit from Spotify streams when using Facebook ads to promote your music. The…
How I Sold 100+ CD’s in 1 Month in 2022
In May 2022 I managed to sell over 100 CD’s, and in this post i’m going to show you how. Specifically I sold 118 CD’s…
How To Release Music as an Independent Artist
The first step to getting people to listen to your music is to release it on all major platforms, such as Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes…
Spotify Royalty Calculator
Use our handy-dandy calculator to calculate royalties for Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Deezer and more! Streaming Revenue Calculator Streaming Service: SpotifyApple MusicAmazon MusicDeezerYouTube MusicTidalPandoraDeezerSoundCloudiHeartRadioNapsterQobuzGaanaJioSaavnHungama…
How many streams for Spotify’s Discover Weekly?
Getting on Spotify’s Discover Weekly algorithmic playlist is a big deal for music artists. As of right now i’ve gotten over 430,000 streams from Discover…
How To Make CD’s for Music Artists
The first time I went to order custom CD’s for one of my albums I found the process overwhelming, and I made a lot of…
Becoming a Full Time Music & YouTube Creator feat. MMXVII
In this episode I talk to MMXVII on how he’s built his music and YouTube career to pursue it full-time. Right now he has over…
Your Advertising Access is Restricted: How to Appeal a Disabled Facebook Ad Account
Pretty much every advertiser using Facebook ads will have an ad account restricted one day, usually multiple times over your marketing journey. In this article…
17 Free Music Marketing Strategies
I’m a big fan of using Facebook ads and YouTube ads to promote my music, but that doesn’t mean I don’t also take advantage of…
How Does Spotify Release Radar Work?
Spotify’s Release Radar is an algorithmic playlist updated every Friday that only includes music released in the past 28 days. Fans that follow you will…
7 Biggest Wastes of Music Marketing Budgets For Independent Music Artists
There are a LOT of ways to waste your music marketing budget nowadays. As an independent artist you probably aren’t work with the biggest budget,…
Feature FM Review for Music Marketing
Feature.fm is a music marketing service provider that provides tools for people to market their music more effectively. They have a diverse selection of tools…
