What's up? been releasing music every Friday since March, hoping to grow this year, 2023 and beyond. I remember seeing you around the chh scene back in the day, glad to see you keep going.
Need the right song, for the right feature and THEN the right producer. Take your time writing new stuff and when you hit that goosebumps feeling, you know it's the ONE.
Im releasing 6 songs this year. Tiktok is my only real promo option along with reels and shorts. I sacrificed the first song just to set up my artist profiles and experiment with making content and i guess my plan is to just get better with time.
i actually found your channel a couple days ago from googling if its a better idea to release a song at the end of the year or the beginning of the year! i was searching that since this song will be my first release. but i decided i will upload it even though its close to the holidays because i want at least one song out in 2022, and i want to start fresh and work on new stuff throughout the end of this year and the beginning of 2023. the song will be out on 12/22/2022. also, great channel!
Do I need to do anything special before releasing the music? Or should I just go for it? I have pretty much no following so do I have to get a following first?
It's actually funny how the world works, when I was younger I would play Smash Bros and Fifa all day long, hearing Manafest on max volume singing to all the lyrics, now I started doing my songs and who I stumble into? Manafest himself, lol, giving me tips on how to succeed in the music industry, been a while since I heard your tracks but I sincerely hope you're doing good man, you were part of my childhood for real.
#WHY I wanted to start making music since 2018 but everyone said i couldn't couse i don't have a good voice, good equipment and "you can't make money with musik". Now i got my confidence up, i got older and started to not give a shit what others say and do what i love to do. I been making music for fun for a few months and now i will go a step further next year
#WHY I wasn't sure what direction I wanted to go in and I also do everything myself (writer, performer, producer, etc.). I'm in the Christian Hip Hop genre and there's such a small audience for that genre. Not familiar with marketing and I was on a study overload (analysis paralysis). I released my 1st song last year on TH-cam channel but it will be officially distributed January 3rd, 2023
I don’t think music gets distributed anymore does it? I’m trying to think who it would be distributed to, who it would be distributed by, and why would it be distributed ? Ya know? Would love to know thanks homie
Congratulations on your 1st song here in YT! If you need help with Spotify uploads let me know! I can help you out! Thanks! Email me at vip@smartmusicbusiness.com
I would like to know if you had all your songs ( 19) on Spotify now and they all under a 1000 streams is it best to take them all off and release them as singles . Change the ISRC nos and even the name so that I take advantage of the Spotify Pitch. Would that work ? Then release the best single first. Thanks
#WHY I have released recordings before, and been a live and studio session musician too. Playing live is great fun, and the reward is immediate, whether it be an audience response, or, if the audience is not responding, the comradery that comes of performing with fellow musicians when it's a difficult gig. I have taken time away from live performance to focus my time on recording music for release, and, using the project name Fatt Carat, I am planning to release a number of songs over the course of 2023. It's a now or never thing, really. Or at least, soon! Thank you for your videos and I am enjoying reading the comments of others that are at the start of their recording and releasing adventures.
I found your channel early this week. I like the information that you are providing and appreciate you taking the time to share it with us. I am a hip hop artist producer from Long Island NY. #WHY I have been producing and writing hip hop and R&B songs since 1992. I walked away from music in 2014 but I never stop producing and writing. In 2019 My son started planning his first fashion film and I refused to hire someone to do renditions and remixes I can do myself. Then last year I started playing around and writing. Long story short Golden Era Hip Hop and Lofi hip hop production is in high demand and I have over 300 songs instrumentals and beats recorded. That's why the time is now. I am self published and own 200% of all my music ad all masters. I am releasing several projects next quarter and this will be my first digital release. My main genre in Hip Hop/ Rap and R&B. I am expanding and pushing my self with great success in producing EMD House ad Techno. This will be my first release on Spotify and I plan to have an artist feature. I have one in mind. Thank you .
Bro I love and appreciate you,your infos are a gift to the future generation of artists emerging not just in usa,but worldwide! How can we keep in touch? I’m active on all socials
#why it’s important for me to drop my music is because i have been doing freestyle and posting on my social media but I don’t have a song I can call my own,however if I call my self a musician I should have a song of my own to share with the world
#WHY Its taking me this long because I lost confidence and still do on creating music and now that I have a lot of music done, I was too, i guess, shy putting the music out. Weird but it is how I felt. I just want to be able to the get the songs heard by the masses but I am not prone to the heavy social media life. Social media causes me too much anxiety but I have such great music to share, so where's the middle?
#why because i've invested way too much $ on everything except what I should have put my $ in. I was not guided correctly by anyone but you? That is crazy as heck dude but o well peace. F'in been up my whole darn life. Now I'm down as shyt! I have a
bro i appreciate your channel, but you made alll of these seem way easier then they are lol. Just get a big name producer towork for you? Thats literally so expensive, and i dont know what artist over 30k subs is going to only charge a couple hundred for a feature.
You'd be surprised how cheap you can get a feature, also don't forget about negotiating publishing and master :) Who says you need a BIG name producer you need someone is crushing it but hasn't popped yet
I've been trying for months no one bigger than me responds . I'm a producer with 2000 fans.and about 10k listeners a month. I mean no one even asks for money, just zero response lol
Promotion works pretty good so far but I have only done it seriously for about 2-3 months. I have had a few tracks on Spotify now with 10k - 15k streams. Before that I had almost Zero. They also get a tail of (smaller) streams after my paid promotion ends, and one track even got a small discover weekly push! This is facebook/instagram ads. Its expensive for sure, but thats what a day-job is for. Investment in an asset that I own. Lets see in a few years where we go.
2023 is the year for small artists, Let's GO!
YEAH!!!
What's up? been releasing music every Friday since March, hoping to grow this year, 2023 and beyond. I remember seeing you around the chh scene back in the day, glad to see you keep going.
Awesome dude! yep still loving Jesus and making music!
Need the right song, for the right feature and THEN the right producer.
Take your time writing new stuff and when you hit that goosebumps feeling, you know it's the ONE.
Hey bro! I sent you an email. I can help you out with your music journey! Hoping to hear from you soon. Thanks!
Im releasing 6 songs this year. Tiktok is my only real promo option along with reels and shorts. I sacrificed the first song just to set up my artist profiles and experiment with making content and i guess my plan is to just get better with time.
Main artist collabs are the reason most of my friends got their first 100k monthly listeners
I believe that! It's all about collabs!
i actually found your channel a couple days ago from googling if its a better idea to release a song at the end of the year or the beginning of the year! i was searching that since this song will be my first release. but i decided i will upload it even though its close to the holidays because i want at least one song out in 2022, and i want to start fresh and work on new stuff throughout the end of this year and the beginning of 2023. the song will be out on 12/22/2022. also, great channel!
Congrats dude! Hope the song does well, promote, promote and promote!
#why I want that plack 00:32
You got this man! 500,000 streams on one song! You can do it!
This really help me, thank you Bro!
Do I need to do anything special before releasing the music? Or should I just go for it?
I have pretty much no following so do I have to get a following first?
It's actually funny how the world works, when I was younger I would play Smash Bros and Fifa all day long, hearing Manafest on max volume singing to all the lyrics, now I started doing my songs and who I stumble into? Manafest himself, lol, giving me tips on how to succeed in the music industry, been a while since I heard your tracks but I sincerely hope you're doing good man, you were part of my childhood for real.
Same bro
That is so good to hear! Hoping to hear from you soon!
#WHY I wanted to start making music since 2018 but everyone said i couldn't couse i don't have a good voice, good equipment and "you can't make money with musik".
Now i got my confidence up, i got older and started to not give a shit what others say and do what i love to do. I been making music for fun for a few months and now i will go a step further next year
what should the budget be for getting a good producer?
Hey thats a good question! Id love to help you more.Send me an email at vip@smartmusicbusiness.com
Really helpful thank you
I'm ready to Rooooar❤
#why. I have been waiting for the best time. Thank you for your inspiration so far.
Awesome! Don't be afraid to get started! You got this!
I’m looking for a feature. Ty for the information. I’m a musician who has been at music for a long time. I appreciate you sharing this.
I have a english song readyyy how and where should i release it?
#WHY I wasn't sure what direction I wanted to go in and I also do everything myself (writer, performer, producer, etc.). I'm in the Christian Hip Hop genre and there's such a small audience for that genre. Not familiar with marketing and I was on a study overload (analysis paralysis). I released my 1st song last year on TH-cam channel but it will be officially distributed January 3rd, 2023
I don’t think music gets distributed anymore does it? I’m trying to think who it would be distributed to, who it would be distributed by, and why would it be distributed ? Ya know? Would love to know thanks homie
@Doug Ryniker By distribution I mean having Tunecore distribute my music to all streaming platforms
Congratulations on your 1st song here in YT! If you need help with Spotify uploads let me know! I can help you out! Thanks! Email me at vip@smartmusicbusiness.com
Big feature 👌
I would like to know if you had all your songs ( 19) on Spotify now and they all under a 1000 streams is it best to take them all off and release them as singles . Change the ISRC nos and even the name so that I take advantage of the Spotify Pitch. Would that work ? Then release the best single first. Thanks
Hey Man! Id love to talk to you about that! Send me an email at vip@smartmusicbusiness.com
#WHY I have released recordings before, and been a live and studio session musician too. Playing live is great fun, and the reward is immediate, whether it be an audience response, or, if the audience is not responding, the comradery that comes of performing with fellow musicians when it's a difficult gig. I have taken time away from live performance to focus my time on recording music for release, and, using the project name Fatt Carat, I am planning to release a number of songs over the course of 2023. It's a now or never thing, really. Or at least, soon! Thank you for your videos and I am enjoying reading the comments of others that are at the start of their recording and releasing adventures.
Glad you appreciate them bro! If you need help with your music journey with your song release. Let me know! Email me at vip@smartmusicbusiness.com
I found your channel early this week. I like the information that you are providing and appreciate you taking the time to share it with us. I am a hip hop artist producer from Long Island NY. #WHY I have been producing and writing hip hop and R&B songs since 1992. I walked away from music in 2014 but I never stop producing and writing. In 2019 My son started planning his first fashion film and I refused to hire someone to do renditions and remixes I can do myself. Then last year I started playing around and writing. Long story short Golden Era Hip Hop and Lofi hip hop production is in high demand and I have over 300 songs instrumentals and beats recorded. That's why the time is now. I am self published and own 200% of all my music ad all masters. I am releasing several projects next quarter and this will be my first digital release. My main genre in Hip Hop/ Rap and R&B. I am expanding and pushing my self with great success in producing EMD House ad Techno. This will be my first release on Spotify and I plan to have an artist feature. I have one in mind. Thank you .
Hey man! Appreciate that! Sent you an email! Let me know!
I like your channel!
Glad you enjoy it! Thanks bro! Send me an email at vip@smartmusicbusiness.com
I swear I’ve seen you perform in the Netherlands about 10-12 years ago at Flevo Festival. Am i right?
Yep! Long time ago
#WHY I need to help my 3 year old daughter since I recently damaged my spine and have no job.
Pray you heal up my friend! Kids are a great WHY! Keep fighting!
I wanna have a feature with you boss
Sent you an email bro! Let me know your thoughts! I can help you with your queries on your sportify careeer!
how was producer and mixer on you last record "I run with wolves"? Sound is nice, there is no info in spotify
Check them now!
Sent you a dm in IG. Thanks bro!
Bro I love and appreciate you,your infos are a gift to the future generation of artists emerging not just in usa,but worldwide! How can we keep in touch? I’m active on all socials
I appreciate that
#why it’s important for me to drop my music is because i have been doing freestyle and posting on my social media but I don’t have a song I can call my own,however if I call my self a musician I should have a song of my own to share with the world
If you need help with coaching, let me know!
Tunecore Discount?
We'll I dont offer that though! But if you do need help. Respond to my email. :)
#why Distrokid be taking forever to accept a track lol. Also the new season of My Hero Academia has me glued to the screen lmao
Takes 24-72 to show up in Spotify. Never schedule a song in DistroKid less then 3 weeks out anyways :)
It's 2024 now😢
HOW YOU GOT 130 MILLION STREAMS THAT UNHEARD OF TO ME
Cause you don't have to be a household name to have major success :)
How is your voice doing? (Just concerned no offence)
Thanks for the concern bro. Im good! If you need insights, let me know!
#why I want more fans
Yes you need to have more, let me know if you need help!
#WHY Its taking me this long because I lost confidence and still do on creating music and now that I have a lot of music done, I was too, i guess, shy putting the music out. Weird but it is how I felt. I just want to be able to the get the songs heard by the masses but I am not prone to the heavy social media life. Social media causes me too much anxiety but I have such great music to share, so where's the middle?
I hope Im not too late. But never feel bad, that is normal. I have gone through those too. But in case you are interested in releasing your new song.
#why
Yes bro!
#why because i've invested way too much $ on everything except what I should have put my $ in. I was not guided correctly by anyone but you? That is crazy as heck dude but o well peace. F'in been up my whole darn life. Now I'm down as shyt! I have a
Hope I can help you more, bro! Sent you an email.
#WHY
Let me know WHY bro! Sent you an email :)
I thought you were unspeakable oops
Lol!
bro i appreciate your channel, but you made alll of these seem way easier then they are lol. Just get a big name producer towork for you? Thats literally so expensive, and i dont know what artist over 30k subs is going to only charge a couple hundred for a feature.
You'd be surprised how cheap you can get a feature, also don't forget about negotiating publishing and master :) Who says you need a BIG name producer you need someone is crushing it but hasn't popped yet
@@SMARTMUSICBUSINESSVIDEOS I will give it a shot!
I've been trying for months no one bigger than me responds . I'm a producer with 2000 fans.and about 10k listeners a month. I mean no one even asks for money, just zero response lol
Promotion works pretty good so far but I have only done it seriously for about 2-3 months. I have had a few tracks on Spotify now with 10k - 15k streams. Before that I had almost Zero. They also get a tail of (smaller) streams after my paid promotion ends, and one track even got a small discover weekly push! This is facebook/instagram ads. Its expensive for sure, but thats what a day-job is for. Investment in an asset that I own. Lets see in a few years where we go.
Thats the spirit bro! Incase you need help with your Spotify or releasing a new song, let me know! I can help you out.
What’s your ig boss I want you to help me promote my song
Hey man! Appreciate that! Sent you an email! Let me know!
#why? Can you promote at least one song for me @baddyloop
Never outsource your marketing, learn to do it yourself :)
#why
Great question bro!If you want to shoot more questions, let me know. I sent you an email!
#why