HOW OFTEN SHOULD YOU RELEASE MUSIC?
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- How often should you release music? Here is everything you need to know!
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I feel like I'm in a Cult because of how much I talk about you to my musician friends. Just wanna spread the word. Cult of Keyes?
I'm releasing a single next month and I'm following a lot of your advice!
Dude I love you, thank you so much that has really made my day 🙂🙂🙂
I release on average 60 videos a year on TH-cam, record roughly 80 originals and 60 covers a year. I then keep some recordings in the vault for later releases. It’s the only way to keep going online and support my career so far. It’s an absurd amount of work, but if it wasn’t for that nothing would be happening. The music industry keep changing and evolving! Cool videos, you’re right about being consistent, it’s an important factor in today’s social media platforms.
Nice job mate lmk if you like my page @analogdragon
Awesome. I just watched some of your videos. They're awesome. I subscribe :)
This is so perfect and exactly what I needed. I write so many songs and never release them bc of perfectionism. I’m done with that now... will release as often as i write :) thanks Damien
You are being so useful, thanks a lot for what you're guving us here 💪🏼 Hi from France 🤚🏼
Just got 10k on instagram and 500 here bc of you Damian, thank you!
Ps: bought your two books, still reading it but amazing!
+diegosennamusic dude that’s amazing thank you so so much I really appreciate that 😊😊😊
What a great start to the day!
Yessss!
Cheers from America! I'm new to your channel but I have a long, perhaps boring story involving a car accident throwing off my music career a couple of years and clawing to get back to the most basic creation but this has inspired me not to complicate it too much and do what I can now. Thank you
I'm with you on this, Damian, thanks for the affirmation :D
Absolutely spot on, I can say myself that I’ve been thinking about it from a traditional standpoint of “once a month” and trying to provide content for engagement before the next single. I’ll definitely try to worry less on making full-on releases and more focus on showcasing my ideas and storytelling 😁
agreed..
Damo! You are reading my mind!!!! Your last couple of videos are answering soo many of my questions I have been having lately. It's uncanny man! Thank you for all the great advice. Amazing as always
This video seriously hit me hard.. would love to collaborate on a video for the gully kids in India.. stay blessed Damian! 🙏🏽
I Approve this message, mainly because it’s what I wanted/ needed to hear .
Cheers!
Great video as always. Thanks for the tips
LOVE THIS CONTENT. FOLLOWED. DONE. BOTH YT AND INS.
thanks for the work Damian.
Just rewatched this, and have to say the message is pretty darn profound and paradigm shifting. I have no clue what the industry, or even my own music will be like in a year or two, three, but I am really excited about all the possibilities and opportunities that pop up when you start thinking outside the box! Thanks Damo 🙌🏽
Oh man. You said it in this video. Everything we need to do. Thank you!
This just gave me a whole new perspective. Thank you!
What you said about letting people in on your journey resonated with me very much. Thank you so much for the tips! 🙏🏻
so true! consistency it's everything!
Love that story about The Kooks.
Ahmet Ertegün of Atlantic records famously said that all bands should record about 30 songs to produce a 12 song album of their best material... and he knew a thing or two about selling music.
I like your "straight to the point/no bullshit" approach.
This is amazing. I'm going to try this to build me a fan base. Thanks a bunch Damian 👍
This is absolute gold!
Thanks Damo. You just answered something I’ve been pondering and dabbling with for a couple months now. I think I’ll start sharing more of my creative process for songwriting. Sharing the “journey” as everyone seems to be saying.
Epic discussion Brother. I really resonate with your perspectives. Thank you very much for sharing your wisdom. I ordered your book today. I will share your channel with my independent musician friends. Keep up the great work.
I like it! Sounds great!
Good advice thanks...nice bass too :)
SO COOL.Love how you think. Very unique and modern.
Food for thought for real for real. Thanks man
Great video, I agree with the perspective on releasing stuff on youtube first.
Good stuff dude!
Great advice as always, Damo! I’ve talked about building out a TH-cam channel of band related content, but I tend to get bogged down with production details. This inspires me to grab a camera and just go for it!
Great follow up Damian. 👍🏼
One,two EP's per year is best. I released every 15 days a single track, and people get spoiled with it and i get pressured then. No need to overthink Damian. People dont deserve track every 15-20 days.
I like this thinking! Thank you! ;)
Thanks Damian! This helped a lot. With many music and creative brands, it’s hard to figure out how often to put out creative works.
My strategy is to release a full blown production a month!
Finished song with video!
Good idea..
Nice, how much of the process are you doing yourself?
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That's great, but just want to ask u, iam an upcoming producer and rapper can we work on a singel together, ? ThanXx
I just recorded a song and video in a week. Now the real fun begins. Also planning on releasing within the next month. Good luck! ⚫
Thats what we are planning as well, we'll see if we can achieve that...
Excellent advice
Great stuff.Thanks
I didn't know I needed to hear this but wow. I tend to keep so many songs hidden because they're not finished. I then forget about them while I could use them as short content like you describe. So silly. Thank you so much for everything Damian!
This is a fantastic vid mate. Really useful. I know a lot of people can be very protective of their stuff and often it never sees the light of day.
this is great Damian. ive been holding back from releasing so much waiting for the perfect time. going back to the drawing board with this one.
Will be doing this today, need a first video for our TH-cam anyhow. Thanks Damien!
great knowledge, great content overall.
cant wait to share my new sound this month. blessings.
hey thanks for the insight this actually helped a lot!
These videos are pure gold
Thank you. I was of the old school mentality and also a recovering perfectionist. I will continue to watch and learn
Great video and channel in general!
Thanks Damian, I have actually been doing this the past year and have built up a following on Instagram, I just post all demos and acoustic versions and get feedback before recording. It really works, I was worried maybe I shouldn’t do this as I thought it may look amateurish but you have re assured me!
This is Fuqing Brilliant! Thanks!!!!
Wow egotism and perfectionism was a slap in the face 😬 you’re so right.... it’s what has been stopping me for years.... I’m so grateful you keep making these videos - cause I just saw this one you released 7 months ago- but in a resent one you made on how we should take advantage of current global lock down situation you really did give me the kick in the butt to actually get out of my comfort zone ( and now realizing what was my comfort zone) and actually doing smth.... thank you Damian you’re the best
Thx Man You really helped , was so lost and you helped me understand , I appreciate your help ❤
Thank you. That really made me think.
You channel is so great!
Thanks Damo. I've been playing my new songs to my small but loyal live stream audience for the last few months. I start recording the "proper" versions of some of them in the studio tomorrow.
Good stuff Damien. As a musician with a jazz background, I’m always looking for perfection before I put anything out. I’m changing that real quick because it can hold me back at times. I would have never thought of putting out something so raw in the beginning stages. That stops now.
Now in terms of being an electronic music producer this definitely gave me an interesting perspective on how i handle releases or unofficial releases. Really enjoyed the video man, thanks!
Thanks Damian. I'm an artist just stepping out onto the world stage. Last November my first EP was released everywhere music is consumed. Whilst I'm looking to follow up later this year, I have to say that your advice resonated a ton with me, and probably did for other artists as well. Bravo for shedding light on a listener's perspective and for the nudge to step outside of our egos.
Excellent and Beyond thanks
This is great food for thought, as always. Man, Damian, you've been a lot of help. It would great to meet you some day and shake your hand.
Great suggestion Damo - tiny chunks of musical content as teasers, I mean. Thanks man. 👍
This is a really good idea, to take your fanbase with you on the journey, I LOVE THAT! Thank you so much for the inspiration, I will do exactly this, I've been wondering if one song a week is enough, but I figure what I can do is release one composition a week at the same scheduled time each week, but also have special releases, and then also release extra songs, and parts of what can be a much bigger composition, leading up to the full symphony. Thank you!
WoW! Another fantastic video, Damian! So... I have about 20 original finished songs, so I think I'll record most of them live in my apt and let the audience (that I don't have yet) decide what they like. And hopefully comment why they like certain songs more than others. Thanks again and I'm going to be incorporating my T-shirt link on all my new videos! Thank again, Damian!
Great advice Damo, I think I'll give it a go! I have plenty of riffs knocking about haha
I release one or two songs a week. I write one in English and one in Spanish. I have ONLY been doing it for 2 months. But it has worked out for me! I want to show love to both my audiences
Love this! And love that you are looking at both languages.. very smart!
@@DamianKeyes Thank you, and thank you for the great content!
Good morning brother. Have a great day.
Really needed this.
Wow! I’ve never thought of it like that
Thanks. Great insight
I could do this, I might give it a try thanks Damian this is so helpful 🤘
Man, you have some great ideas.. Cheers mate!
Thanks so much Brett 🙂🙂🙂
Hi Damian, It's funny actually, I was thinking about this today! You gave me multiple light bulb moments during this. Excellent content mate, keep up the good work 🤘
Great video :) I always look forward to your videos and information you share.
Great tips. I’m starting to release a single per month. Doing everything all myself from recording, mixing, mastering and visuals. 🤟
Man....I so needed to hear that...Really ..Thank you..:)
Wow, this is a really good one. I’ve heard you talk about taking people on the journey, it made sense before, but it really quick this time when you talked about but if there was video of some of the greats writing Their tunes... great stuff🙏🙏
I have been thinking about these questions - need more output, but don't have time - and then ran across this video. The light bulb came on! Just turn on a camera, capture the journey, and post it. So simple, I wish I had thought of it! :)
This was very helpful. Thank you.
Inspiring video, thanks :)
I love this!. Confirming the approach I’m taking with TikTok ➡️TH-cam ➡️DistroKid. Thank you!
Fantastic, insightful and thought provoking. Just the right advice for the emerging artist in these times.
Thanks so much 🙂🙂🙂
What a wonderful unconventional way of thinking! I'm graduating in Dec and then going to be releasing music at the highest rate I can!
Good stuff Damien. Coincidentally we were thinking about this earlier today and went trawling through some phone footage from rehearsals and writing sessions. Made a couple of short videos...to be released any day now ;)
We still wanna do all that other stuff with full production and make albums and so on but there’s definitely a place for those incidental gems
Great ideas👍🏻👍🏻
Very encouraging and inspiring advice. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much 🙂🙂🙂
fantastic video!
Helps a lot, thanks from Germany.
+Michael Werner thank so much Michael. I’m a huge fan of Germany it’s one of my favourite countries to tour
thanks 4 the knowledge
This is such a great idea
Damn, you're so bloody right
That's certainly a good way of looking at "releasing" music. The only issue is I have is that some folks might actually hear your song and go and record it themselves before you even get the chance to and..... OP! You got your track nicked
Much more realistic - great that you revisited it 😀
Hello Damian!
First, I'll say , congratulations on your recent engagement! I have learned so much by watching your videos! It really has helped me to think outside the box in regard to today’s music industry. I think I've seen you talk about almost every topic except one...............
My question to you is, if I only have a very limited budget to work with, and I have to choose what to spend my money on, what, in your opinion, is the best thing to do.............record another song, or make a video to a song that I previously released but was never able to make a video for?
My dilemma is that I only have $1,000. I need to decide on if I will record another song or make a video to last year’s song. I have tons and tons of songs that I have not been able to record, so part of me wants so badly to record, but the other part of me ...same thing with the videos.
What would you do?
You sir have a plethora of golden ideas
Interesting points
Great ideas man! I've been writing the background music for my TH-cam videos but never considered releasing the tracks, hmm... Thanks!
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Always thinking outside of the box. People always get nervous when you bring up this approach. i like it.
That's a good point man.. The traditional release structure is so stressful and expensive that it's impractical for up in coming artists to maintain.. Redefining the release structure.. I like where you're going with this!!
This is f*ckin gold mate, it’s tough to break away from traditional release methods because it’s all we know. Time to get back to the drawing board..
Your tips really help. We don't need to use them as a manual, but as a mind opening guide.
Good one Damian. You gave us some really great ideas for our next Instagram live
Thanks so much... Smash that Instagram live.. love it!