post any tips, resources, etc.

Places to send your music:

• submithub (can get you to blogs, playlists, and social media influencers. free, but premium options get you faster results).
• repostexchange (soundcloud based promo platform, free but premium options get you faster results)
• twitch streamers (go to the music sxn, look for people doing live feedback / reactions)

Youtube channels:

• andrew southworth
• burstimo
• brandman network
• damian keyes
• tom dupree III

Reading material:

• "All You Need To Know About the Music Business: 10th Edition" by Donald S. Passman

Ways to get paid

• Song streams
• Sync licensing
• Live performances
• Merchandise
• Patreon / OnlyFans type of service w/ exclusive content
• Digital / physical album sales

General advice:

• if someone you don't know calls or dms you offering to "boost your stream" and guarantee you streams or followers, that is most likely a scam
• generally recommended for artists just starting out to focus on releasing singles consistently to help grow your fanbase.
• make sure you can keep in communication with your fanbase. personally i recommend focusing on the social media platform you enjoy the most and use that. but also i've heard that creating an email list is super super helpful. you can use something like mailchimp to do that i believe.

if u really wanna go up u should def consider learning as much as you can about this topic!

good information from his channel. if u wanna learn about running ig/facebook/youtube ads look to his more recent video as the algorithm and methods are always changing.

Idk any marketing but I’m banking off people sharing my music that I’ve met online like ktt and discord communities

such a tedious yet necessary process, great thread

Networking is suuuuuuper important too, keep that going 💪🏾. Might even be the most important factor, giving that personal touch to interactions w/ potential people who'd support what you're doing.

thanks playa

ktt gotta eat fr

Good thread fam... I been doing wild homework and research these past few days. Perfect timing for this thread honestly.

glad i can provide some value to you. we gotta get these streams and get to this money fr we all too talented to be sitting on what we got and not fr pushing it. one of the biggest mistakes i made starting out was just dropping s*** and magically expecting people to flock to it.

I honestly think some great things can happen from this forum from meshing some artists sound together. Everyone having their publishing and BMI right is the first tho if anyone is serious. But it’ll be dope collaborating but collaborate on all aspects... the art work for the song, video maybe, stream platforms, song credits... the aesthetic vision. Not just about throwing a song in SC.... we have to attack all aspects.

any difference between publishing and BMI? i been registering all my work with BMI but unsure if that was just performance rights or publishing as well

Burstimo is great. Learned a lot from them.

My first artist ever already has 2 songs each over 200k views

Let me hit you on IG you my guy I feel bad not givin game to everyone but I got you

ive got the music but i dont wanna drop it cuz nobody listens

Glad this thread was made, tips definitely needed

I feel this.

havent finished this book yet but its been really informative, been taking notes in the notes app on it

from what i understand BMI runs 100/100 artist/publishing (200 total split) vs ASCAPs 50/50. so if you are registered only as an artist on BMI, and have a song you produced/wrote entirely, you'll be missing out on 50% of whatever royalities from not having registered a publisher

• someone feel free to correct me if im wrong too, im still learning for sure

im not sure either like ^ but from my understanding, BMI is a PRO and someone like Songtrust is a publishing administrator. on the flip side you can sign up for BMI through Songtrust which is what i plan on doing when i release

help.songtrust.com/knowledge/is-songtrust-a-performing-rights-organization-like-ascap-bmi-sesac

Any producers here have any experience w/ selling beats w/ social media? 🤔

Im trying it soon w/ a producer friend as a test run

I signed up to BMI as a song writer and publisher so I publish my own music when I drop it on DSP’s

There was a $150 fee and contract agreement for publishing.

Put me on 😂

i resonate with this dude's philosophy on things

Which version are you reading? I got an older 2009 version gifted to me but idk that info would also be relevant in 2021 lol

I would also recommend Brandman Network channel, they got some gems with their videos and content they share.