Hey guys, Let's start helping each other build your fanbases. Link your music and socials in below and everyone go and check out each other's music. I'll be checking it out too :) Damo
I’m more and more convinced that building a fanbase is a marathon and not a sprint. Social media platforms and fads come and go and you need to adapt to and outlast them. You also need a sustainable relationship with your music. Not burning your money or yourself out with every release but finding a good balance in content creation, releasing content and actually enjoying content others make.
YESSS! I love that phrase - marathon not a sprint! Everyone seems to want massive following like yesterday - but even if they had it, would they be able to sustain it? Capitalise on it? Everything in good time! 🙌🏻
What's amazing about these videos is that it teaches people to create success themselves, it's like The KLF for the 2020's There's no "And on day 12 ask your record label to do this" It's all about how you can truly do it yourself now, and the advice is always outstanding, 10/10
This video was ahead of it's time! 7/8 months later I've seen two big artists doing just this, that is, making entry level content. Mike Posner and SonReal have both taken this approach recently!
Before this video, during the Ad, I was saying, "Please be a long video! Please be a long video!" 😅 I was not disappointed! DK you have my full support, and I don't plan to leave your life anytime soon ❤️❤️❤️
This is good knowledge. But most important is how good your musik is, your ability to connect with your audience and personality... and just go out there and perform and connect with people. But you need to develop your talent. There are too many people that do not even try to learn music well and not even have their unique signature to it , but want to be famous and a star. So they copy someone else and someone else's creativity too often. It's more important to focus on this and the fans will follow. I do appreciate you sharing some important points here... thank you very much from a performer in Munich. I liked especially the part after 9 : 17 min in yiur video. Covers are important. People have a connection to them.
Hey damian am phil f4om africa your videos are exerllent i wont be a failier in the music industry thanks alot , am always on the look out to see every new video from u
I watched the 2020 video, then this one. I find the 2020 one WAY more valuable. However, this is almost just as great! Great content Damian & thank you 🙏
As usual, DK presents great information that is practical and to the point. Always provides us food for thought on how to make our musical journey positive and better than the month before! Cheers!
Thank you, this was a useful video, I thought. It's so difficult to get any sort of traction on social media. At the end of the day, you could be the best artist in the world (which I'm not!), but if you don't get visibility, you've lost already. It's a shame but it's the social media driven world we currently inhabit.
Brilliant information again. It’s so easy to forget that you should always be trying to appeal to a new fanbase and finding ways of inviting them in. Until enough people know you, that should be a big part of the strategy.
Pretty cool content to stumble across. I watched your 21 tips and 22 tips a few days ago. I'm in the painstaking writing process at the moment. But your videos are food for thought for further down the line for sure.
@@jaykpjohnson Yeah it is enjoyable. I'm writing hip hop and most of my verses are each hundreds of words long. Worrying about telling a decent story, rhyming, compound-rhyming, word-play along with many other variables, its not all fun and games. But its very rewarding when you start unlocking the puzzle. I'm at least a year away from releasing anything and worrying about things like marketing. Hopefully lyrical hip hop comes back by then :)
Love your approach Damian. My one goal besides deep learning and creating a lot of value for my future fans will be to meet you in person when the time is right. Best, Steven
MC for new raprock group here. We're basically starting from scratch. We're unknown with less than a thousand followers. Its been a challenge to break even that milestone. I hope this helps!
Great stuff Damian! The best introduction is an indirect one! Admittedly though, I suck at making micro-content... Primarily, I never know what content to make or how often to upload. And to make it worse- I also get tired and feel inauthentic trying to "keep up with the Jones'" (keeping up with what is "in" or not) so to speak... So I find myself just not doing it, and then feel worse about myself for it haha I have no clue what to do.
Don't feel bad about it - I think that whole social media became ridiculous at some point - it's good platform for cat pics, baby videos and tik tok dancers not much for arty stuff - did we sign to be musician/artist or entertainers ?
@@aRRRaiS yes I agree with you on everything... plus I was thinking that how about musicians that are more serious? Jazz and classical audiences do not follow as much. This is more appropriate more for pop stuff I think. Isn't it?!
@@tatjanaelevate Yes it is, and it seems like only pop do matter nowadays. After few years on socials i think that It’s waste of time and energy. It’s never ending chase of the rabbit with constant changes made by platforms. Unless you do What platform actually favours your profile will not see organic growth and I suspect that platforms cut reach of Artistic profiles because they want artists to pay for Ads. With current volume of artists on socials platforms know It’s huge money maker. Another observation - I really doubt that people go to Instagram/TikTok or Twitter to find music. TH-cam is also shifting from music videos platform to podcasts. How can you put your focus on music while another 100 videos popping out everywhere ?
I really enjoyed this video. I did want to hear more however about the differences between how labels and how an artist promotes music. Perhaps another video !
It has actually been researched and the study found, that ‘badly recorded’ content Will actually translate as more authentic as opposed to high production value content, which can be interpreted as a commercial. That’s also why you often see phone recorded advertising on social media. It feels more personal. - in your case on yt obviously it’s a different thing
This depends on the context, we are putting out 20 pieces of content a day and if you only use poorly shot content it doesn’t have the comparison to show off the quality. Platforms will give content an authority score and so there are a lot of shades of grey when it comes to posting. When it comes to advertising there is psychology that it feels more relatable and trust worthy but that is different to building an audience 😊
Great content man, would love to see a video of you explaining how to make photos as an artist, or what do you need to make a music video and things like that..
this was very informative, the information was very important and this person kept my attention all the way through.i recommend all musicians watch this and follow him.thank you Mingo Lewis!
Great video man. I struggle to get the audio and video quality high enough for good micro content. If I use a bunch of microphones (i.e. as if I’m in a recording studio) I think the visual suffers and also doesn’t allow me to film in more mobile locations, but if I just use an iPhone to record everything the audio isn’t very good. Was curious if you had any advice on what gear to use for this type of content? What kind of equipment do you use?
First hour club! Thank you, professor Keyes. The Righteous Noise: TH-cam - th-cam.com/channels/uz6i8Z6BdrqC29KxJiQNGQ.html Instagram - instagram.com/therighteousnoise? Website - therighteousnoise.bandcamp.com (I know I know, custom site under construction!) Thank you for looking, I look forward to checking out your art!
Very informative. I don't know what to do with my YT content...I have too much of it (375 songs and associated videos), but this is a good starting point. Subbed
Hey Damian, great advice as usual :) Is it worth pitching your first single to playlists 3 weeks in advance if you’re on your first day of instagram/social media and are yet to reach any fans?
Hi damian! Love this. This helps so much. I was wondering if the same applys to audio sounds that trend. Like how hard is to get a trending audio. Is it worth it? (Like can you capitalize on it) is it by chance? It always seems to be audio take from videos used out of context. Anyways love the channel, thanks for all that you do!
hey! i've written many songs and i'd love to release 7 of them (haven't recorded them yet) would you advice me to release them as an ep (and pre-releasing one or two songs as singles) or rather release them as seven individual singles? (P.S. don't worry, i've watched many of your videos and keep following your guides :P)
Awesome as usual, thank you Damian. As a producer I learn from you so I can share the artist I'm working with some great tips from you and I always recommand them to check out your channel, if they don't knows you yet!
@@DamianKeyes no way, thank you. you are doing the great job by sharing the knowledge and making this academy at an afordable price. I don't know much people in music business that share as good and usefull content as you do.
Hey guys,
Let's start helping each other build your fanbases.
Link your music and socials in below and everyone go and check out each other's music. I'll be checking it out too :)
Damo
Hell no, Keep those musicians out of my fanbase, they are the worst !
Will do thanks again for the sauce my guy !
truly inspiring!
th-cam.com/video/k4txE5_TsqE/w-d-xo.html watch this just once !!! I beg of you 😂
cheers Damo and co! if you like dance music and drone shots ... th-cam.com/video/khIEkUcWjRI/w-d-xo.html
I’m more and more convinced that building a fanbase is a marathon and not a sprint. Social media platforms and fads come and go and you need to adapt to and outlast them. You also need a sustainable relationship with your music. Not burning your money or yourself out with every release but finding a good balance in content creation, releasing content and actually enjoying content others make.
YESSS! I love that phrase - marathon not a sprint! Everyone seems to want massive following like yesterday - but even if they had it, would they be able to sustain it? Capitalise on it? Everything in good time! 🙌🏻
th-cam.com/video/rnw6c9SVL1s/w-d-xo.html😊
I'm also try to build a fanbase and increase the number of subscribers on my music channel.
This was a good one man! I think ill stick to music production videos.. you have the marketing ones on lock!
Ahh too kind!!
th-cam.com/video/_rOqHI0hTnk/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/rnw6c9SVL1s/w-d-xo.html😊
What's amazing about these videos is that it teaches people to create success themselves, it's like The KLF for the 2020's
There's no "And on day 12 ask your record label to do this"
It's all about how you can truly do it yourself now, and the advice is always outstanding, 10/10
11:30 this made me realise why your intro was so rich in value to the viewer, you wasted NO TIME , good job man
This video was ahead of it's time! 7/8 months later I've seen two big artists doing just this, that is, making entry level content. Mike Posner and SonReal have both taken this approach recently!
what a good understanding of the topic, thank you for existing!
Ah this is too kind, thank you
Always inspiring 💕
Just glad to help 😊😊
Here's to the content that takes you from Zero to Hero! Cheers Damo!! 🐒
🙏🙏
Before this video, during the Ad, I was saying, "Please be a long video! Please be a long video!" 😅
I was not disappointed! DK you have my full support, and I don't plan to leave your life anytime soon ❤️❤️❤️
❤️❤️
Truth! Tap The Shell!, Thanks for taking time out your day to share and teach Damian
It’s my pleasure honestly!
@@DamianKeyes DK-MBA for Life!
Damian this was SO helpful - thank you so much. Brilliant! It really had me understand why micro content has to be so short. ♥️
Thanks for your help 😊 love your videos!
This is good knowledge. But most important is how good your musik is, your ability to connect with your audience and personality... and just go out there and perform and connect with people. But you need to develop your talent. There are too many people that do not even try to learn music well and not even have their unique signature to it , but want to be famous and a star. So they copy someone else and someone else's creativity too often. It's more important to focus on this and the fans will follow.
I do appreciate you sharing some important points here... thank you very much from a performer in Munich. I liked especially the part after 9 : 17 min in yiur video.
Covers are important. People have a connection to them.
Very useful video, I am still trynna figure out what to do with my first release, I am checking out your other vids aswell
Hey damian am phil f4om africa your videos are exerllent i wont be a failier in the music industry thanks alot , am always on the look out to see every new video from u
I watched the 2020 video, then this one. I find the 2020 one WAY more valuable. However, this is almost just as great!
Great content Damian & thank you 🙏
Huge Tips! Thanks for sharing, DK ! BTW, I´m your fan heheheheh ! Best regards
Long time lurker, first time commenter: thank you!
As usual, DK presents great information that is practical and to the point. Always provides us food for thought on how to make our musical journey positive and better than the month before! Cheers!
Thank you, this was a useful video, I thought. It's so difficult to get any sort of traction on social media. At the end of the day, you could be the best artist in the world (which I'm not!), but if you don't get visibility, you've lost already. It's a shame but it's the social media driven world we currently inhabit.
Thank you for all the information, in the beginning I wasn't sure if I find this helpful, but at the end I definitely learned some stuff :)
great stuff, really good value 🤟🔥
Loving this and really loved the session in DKMBA this week. It's really changing the game for me every week. Thanks Mate
Possibly the best DK vid so far, on point and so now!! 😎
Brilliant information again. It’s so easy to forget that you should always be trying to appeal to a new fanbase and finding ways of inviting them in. Until enough people know you, that should be a big part of the strategy.
th-cam.com/video/rnw6c9SVL1s/w-d-xo.html
Terrific, as always! Thanks Damian!
Thanks so much! 💪😊
th-cam.com/video/rnw6c9SVL1s/w-d-xo.html
Great content. Wish this was around 12 years ago but it’s never too late to pursuit dreams and goals.
th-cam.com/video/rnw6c9SVL1s/w-d-xo.html
Pretty cool content to stumble across. I watched your 21 tips and 22 tips a few days ago. I'm in the painstaking writing process at the moment. But your videos are food for thought for further down the line for sure.
That’s awesome! Glad to help
Enjoy the writing process! To me that's the fun part compared to worrying about the marketing 😅
Couldn't agree more!
@@jaykpjohnson
Yeah it is enjoyable. I'm writing hip hop and most of my verses are each hundreds of words long. Worrying about telling a decent story, rhyming, compound-rhyming, word-play along with many other variables, its not all fun and games. But its very rewarding when you start unlocking the puzzle. I'm at least a year away from releasing anything and worrying about things like marketing. Hopefully lyrical hip hop comes back by then :)
Love your approach Damian. My one goal besides deep learning and creating a lot of value for my future fans will be to meet you in person when the time is right. Best, Steven
Brilliant, your videos are bloody gold mate. An antidote to traditional thinking and outdated music business models.
Thanks so much Iain, really appreciated 🙏😊
This is gold for everyone seeking what to do and how to share their music to potential new listeners. Cheers :)
One of your most useful vids.
Got my first release coming this month...these videos hit the nail right on! Defo going to try the micro-content.
th-cam.com/video/rnw6c9SVL1s/w-d-xo.html
MC for new raprock group here. We're basically starting from scratch. We're unknown with less than a thousand followers. Its been a challenge to break even that milestone. I hope this helps!
Your the boss, joining your community as soon as ! My team is almost ready. Im in Hastings. See you soon.
I’m ready when you are! Great to meet you!
great video, thanks for sharing your insights
Damian’s videos never fail to humble me. Good ideas - I’ve got work to do!
Ah thank you. Let’s do it 💪😊
th-cam.com/video/rnw6c9SVL1s/w-d-xo.html
I like how you said to imagine as if it was a boxing match best way to explain
This was super valuable video, thanks for this.
Thank you for all your valuable content!
Some great advice, you have got yourself and a new subscriber!
Great stuff Damian! The best introduction is an indirect one!
Admittedly though, I suck at making micro-content... Primarily, I never know what content to make or how often to upload. And to make it worse- I also get tired and feel inauthentic trying to "keep up with the Jones'" (keeping up with what is "in" or not) so to speak... So I find myself just not doing it, and then feel worse about myself for it haha
I have no clue what to do.
Don't feel bad about it - I think that whole social media became ridiculous at some point - it's good platform for cat pics, baby videos and tik tok dancers not much for arty stuff - did we sign to be musician/artist or entertainers ?
@@aRRRaiS yes I agree with you on everything... plus I was thinking that how about musicians that are more serious? Jazz and classical audiences do not follow as much. This is more appropriate more for pop stuff I think. Isn't it?!
@@tatjanaelevate Yes it is, and it seems like only pop do matter nowadays. After few years on socials i think that It’s waste of time and energy. It’s never ending chase of the rabbit with constant changes made by platforms. Unless you do What platform actually favours your profile will not see organic growth and I suspect that platforms cut reach of Artistic profiles because they want artists to pay for Ads. With current volume of artists on socials platforms know It’s huge money maker. Another observation - I really doubt that people go to Instagram/TikTok or Twitter to find music. TH-cam is also shifting from music videos platform to podcasts. How can you put your focus on music while another 100 videos popping out everywhere ?
This is exactly what I was looking for
So glad to help 😊
TH-cam is awesome, thanks mate !
Ok, that was really helpful. Thank you!
I really enjoyed this video. I did want to hear more however about the differences between how labels and how an artist promotes music. Perhaps another video !
THANKS DAMIAN! Always very helpful mate.
So glad to help!
Top advice as ever.
This is very true we promote our artists like a record label and focus on brand as well as bringing streaming results
As always get ideas back the drawing board just when I think I am doing great you remind me I can do sooo much better
You are the best! Thank you 🙏
Awesome video for young artists, thanks for sharing!
Amazing stuff man
great job! Super helpful!
Good Content! The free attention zones tip sounds like quantity over quality
It has actually been researched and the study found, that ‘badly recorded’ content Will actually translate as more authentic as opposed to high production value content, which can be interpreted as a commercial. That’s also why you often see phone recorded advertising on social media. It feels more personal. - in your case on yt obviously it’s a different thing
This depends on the context, we are putting out 20 pieces of content a day and if you only use poorly shot content it doesn’t have the comparison to show off the quality.
Platforms will give content an authority score and so there are a lot of shades of grey when it comes to posting.
When it comes to advertising there is psychology that it feels more relatable and trust worthy but that is different to building an audience 😊
Great video really helpful👍
Learning so much from your content, thank you
Some of the simplest ideas that are so easy to miss or look over. Great info and ideas man!
some really great info here thanks for sharing Damian!
Got to learn so much, thanks mate
Great content man, would love to see a video of you explaining how to make photos as an artist, or what do you need to make a music video and things like that..
06:38 I lost it at "free organic reach" :-D Very nice!
Brilliant ..
Thanks 😌
I like your vibe man
this was very informative, the information was very important and this person kept my attention all the way through.i recommend all musicians watch this and follow him.thank you Mingo Lewis!
Great video man. I struggle to get the audio and video quality high enough for good micro content. If I use a bunch of microphones (i.e. as if I’m in a recording studio) I think the visual suffers and also doesn’t allow me to film in more mobile locations, but if I just use an iPhone to record everything the audio isn’t very good. Was curious if you had any advice on what gear to use for this type of content? What kind of equipment do you use?
great information!
Thanks Damian - got me thinking. 🙏
Great vid! Thanks Damian
Great video!
First hour club!
Thank you, professor Keyes.
The Righteous Noise:
TH-cam - th-cam.com/channels/uz6i8Z6BdrqC29KxJiQNGQ.html
Instagram - instagram.com/therighteousnoise?
Website - therighteousnoise.bandcamp.com
(I know I know, custom site under construction!)
Thank you for looking, I look forward to checking out your art!
Awesome!! Will check this out!
Great music man🚀
Thanks for another great video Damian 👍🏻
so well explained, thanks damian!
Great Information as always, thanks!
Very informative. I don't know what to do with my YT content...I have too much of it (375 songs and associated videos), but this is a good starting point. Subbed
This was awesome!! Thank you!! 🔥🔥🔥💪🏿
Great video sir
Thank you this was awesome.
Thanks for this one Damo. Great value for me because I seeked you out :p
Do it, but don’t expect too much. Focus in improving as a musician and having music released.
very helpful thank you
Thank you bother🙏🏽
Hey Damian, great advice as usual :) Is it worth pitching your first single to playlists 3 weeks in advance if you’re on your first day of instagram/social media and are yet to reach any fans?
th-cam.com/video/rnw6c9SVL1s/w-d-xo.html
Very helpful, thanks!
You’re doing a really great work man!
Thank you 🙏 😊
Thank you, great content!
Brilliant video
Thanks so much mate!
Thankyou my brother❤
Thank you!
Thanks Damian. There is some good advice, as in I didn't consider some of it before.
Hi damian! Love this. This helps so much. I was wondering if the same applys to audio sounds that trend. Like how hard is to get a trending audio. Is it worth it? (Like can you capitalize on it) is it by chance? It always seems to be audio take from videos used out of context. Anyways love the channel, thanks for all that you do!
Thanks for the great video
Great info! Just subscribed
Thank you so much for your inspirational movies
hey! i've written many songs and i'd love to release 7 of them (haven't recorded them yet)
would you advice me to release them as an ep (and pre-releasing one or two songs as singles) or rather release them as seven individual singles?
(P.S. don't worry, i've watched many of your videos and keep following your guides :P)
awesome! I would release probably 3-4 as singles then into an EP, but I’d also try and get one more song and do two EPs with two singles in each
@@DamianKeyes i'll try doing that! thanks a lot!
No worries :)
Thanks for theses gems 👌🔥🔥
Awesome as usual, thank you Damian. As a producer I learn from you so I can share the artist I'm working with some great tips from you and I always recommand them to check out your channel, if they don't knows you yet!
Ahh that’s awesome, thanks so much!
@@DamianKeyes no way, thank you. you are doing the great job by sharing the knowledge and making this academy at an afordable price. I don't know much people in music business that share as good and usefull content as you do.
I’m trying to build a fan base 💯but i don’t even know where else to go but social media and I don’t knkwhie to get followers on there