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Indie, Over 50
Добавлен 10 май 2016
We are Over 50, and releasing New Music as an Indie Artist
Family and Friends Adore Us
Tik Tok ignores us
Wannabes?
Or about to be?
You found your place
Join here and share your music, your story, videos and let's learn together.
Are you over 50 and releasing, or want to release new music? In the past 3 years I have released 6 songs and have worked with Producers and Musicians, talented Family and Friends, locally, and from around the world.
I have learnt how to release a song on Spotify, RUclips Music and Apple Music. I have learnt about releasing video clips on RUclips and Tik Tok. I have learnt about using differnet creative community platforms, Soundbetter, Fiverr, and about AI. I have learnt about PR, marketing, playlisting and advertising.
And I've met many over 50's online in a similar situation, interested in pursuing their passion. Perhaps returning to something they did when they were younger, or coming to it fresh in mid-life.
Indie, Over 50.
Family and Friends Adore Us
Tik Tok ignores us
Wannabes?
Or about to be?
You found your place
Join here and share your music, your story, videos and let's learn together.
Are you over 50 and releasing, or want to release new music? In the past 3 years I have released 6 songs and have worked with Producers and Musicians, talented Family and Friends, locally, and from around the world.
I have learnt how to release a song on Spotify, RUclips Music and Apple Music. I have learnt about releasing video clips on RUclips and Tik Tok. I have learnt about using differnet creative community platforms, Soundbetter, Fiverr, and about AI. I have learnt about PR, marketing, playlisting and advertising.
And I've met many over 50's online in a similar situation, interested in pursuing their passion. Perhaps returning to something they did when they were younger, or coming to it fresh in mid-life.
Indie, Over 50.
New Over 50 Spotify Artists: Do this or you wont be heard
Whats the one thing you need to do for your song to be successful on Spotify? That what I learnt whilst exploring how I could improve my music success. I am 60 years old and still learning - the very basics of business - apply to my music as well.
I refer to a video I recommend you checking out: ruclips.net/video/oskyWplqbPw/видео.htmlsi=P3M7e2dvMel-5-zh
And great music advice from these two channels:
@AndrewSouthworth and @twostorymediamusic
If you are over fifty, and an Independent Musician, releasing, or planning to release original new music, then this is the channel for midlife creatives like you. You can even share your new music video clips or Spotify links with me.
Spotify Indie Over...
I refer to a video I recommend you checking out: ruclips.net/video/oskyWplqbPw/видео.htmlsi=P3M7e2dvMel-5-zh
And great music advice from these two channels:
@AndrewSouthworth and @twostorymediamusic
If you are over fifty, and an Independent Musician, releasing, or planning to release original new music, then this is the channel for midlife creatives like you. You can even share your new music video clips or Spotify links with me.
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Spotify Changed My life - with less than 50 Followers
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I am an Over 50 independent artist releasing new original music. But the powerful, global features of Spotify and its ability to let creators and listeners discover, has changed my life. But there is an elephant in the room! If you are over fifty, and an Independent Musician, releasing, or planning to release original new music, then this is the channel for midlife creatives like you. You can e...
How an over 50 songwriter generated 38,769 Streams on Spotify - step by step
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In this video, I share how I have achieved 38,769 streams on Spotify, and what I have learnt through this process on a step by step guide to Playlisting and some of the incredible Spotify artist streaming statistics. Topics including playlisting service provider platforms including Groover, SubmitHub, SubmitLink, Daimoon Media, Daily Playlists and Yougrow Promo. If you are over fifty, about to ...
5 Steps to release new Spotify music for Over 50s
Просмотров 65Месяц назад
In this video, I walk through the 5 steps required to release your original new music on Spotify and other streamers such as RUclips Music and Apple Music. These steps include options for you to consider and insights or lessons that may help you. Topics including songwriting and copyright, producers and musicians, Streaming distribution platforms such as Distrokid and GYROstream, plus the need ...
How I faced my 3 fears and published my first video for Indie, Over 50's - for releasing new music!
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In this video, I share the 3 biggest fears I faced in launching my first RUclips Video, on my first Yourtube channel, @IndieOver50 And I leave you with 1 great Tip - that was helpful to me! If you are over fifty, about to launch your first video, or are an Independent Musician, releasing original new music, this is the channel for midlife creatives like you. You can even release your new music ...
Really nice to see a channel like this. This past summer I took a song I wrote and recorded to be mixed and mastered by a member of the band OK GO. He did a great job. Then I got it approved for a bit of radio plugging. Again, another very competent professional, a legend in the business actually, managed to get my song played on over 1200 radio stations worldwide. Big stations, little ones, public radio, college radio, satellite radio, military bases, churches, mosques, everywhere. It was a major accomplishment for me. But it transferred into about 20 listeners or so on Spotify. It put me into debt, but I'd do it again if I had the chance. A 'starving artist' making it in music is a thing of the past, if it ever even happened.
Thanks so much! What a great experience, and achievement, and radio royalties can be more than Spotify, but profit can be hard to crack in the economics! I'm enjoying your channel - my fave - Fear of Missing Out - on our RUclips Indie, Over 50 playlist :)
@@IndieOver50 Thanks for taking a listen. I look forward to checking out more of your videos.
Hope you like the two songs I sent link to Thanks for the great video All the best
Great to discover some fellow Aussies - love these - added to Indie, Over 50
ruclips.net/video/E5uf5c5UBF0/видео.htmlsi=GU0_Q2k8rJ5s2_M_
ruclips.net/video/Xj3SvuVesPo/видео.htmlsi=rY6mVC1prnISRdf_
... and this ruclips.net/video/OQiLon9YMrw/видео.html
Sorry I must disagree. Don't waste your time and money on trying to market mediocre or bad songs. Just write better songs. A very successful songwriter once told me, you can't stop a hit. If you write a great song people will listen.
It appears that we do agree. The first P in the four Ps of Marketing is Product! Which is the song :)
The second video: ruclips.net/video/h2M2fFz_J3o/видео.html
Great clip, great songs, subsribed, good luck wth the album! Added to Indie Over 50
@@IndieOver50 Thanks! At this point, our only objective is 'Screw it. Let's have some fun.'
Thank you very much! music.ruclips.net/video/cs_BoZ9lL9s/видео.html
Great work, added to Indie Over 50
@@IndieOver50 🤩
We're over 50. Here's a link to a song we put up. Complete DIY. ruclips.net/video/3xsduz6_Wgo/видео.html
Thank-you for reinforcing the importance. I have lots of music, but have been stuck trying to settle on an Artist Name for months. I thinkI’ve got it and aim to upload /schedule my first release before year end, presumably to come out early in the new year.
Awesome. Really cool to know that and look forward to hearing your music when you are ready :)
Another 2 years then i'll let you add my music, great you have this channel, at 47 I managed to get a song I wrote on Sydney Radio, so there is always hope. if your in Australia you must upload to AMRAP for free.
Congrats on your song getting played! I’d really love to hear it! Link?
Thanks so much. And yes I’m keen to check out your music asap. Pleased to have had radio royalties because of them. TripleJUnearthed and AMRAP both great for Aussies.
You said to drop a link to our music. Why does my link not show?
@@ericeracleous9404 Wow. Thanks for letting me know Eric. I will test. In meantime I added your “Still feel the rain” to the RUclips playlist - awesome!!!
ruclips.net/video/udD77z4W1NU/видео.htmlsi=PiDnLbqEmf1WVuC8s. Thank you! 😊
Cheers Spencer - added to Indie Over 50
@ thank you very much!
Love this! I’m 52 and sharing my journey too. I have a bunch of music out. If you think you might like what I’m calling North Country Rock, stop by my channel: youtube.com/@planetcorey?si=5f9EJ1uQtw4Ylkly
Great voice, story and song Corey, subscribed! Why Wait on Indie, Over 50 RUclips and Spotify
@ thank you! How’s the channel going?
It feels good Corey - enjoying new music and connections, and hearing stories of those of us continuing, returning or commencing original music later in life!
@ good to hear. Let me know if you ever need anything.
Crossroads - Bluesrock. ruclips.net/video/xw98t4ZpDjs/видео.htmlsi =Gh9yzjbVr6st7Ef1
Great video John. I'm (just) 50 and put my first album out last year - Inner Cosmos. I initially had a great response through Bandcamp and really feel that's the way to go with regard to releasing music these days. I also got amazing reviews for the album! Streaming just seems like a black hole and I was saddened to learn what your ROI was after investing a considerable sum. My music is very niche, which can be a good thing as your audience will generally seek out music in niche genres. I went through the indie Spotify bible and jotted down every playlist that had some relevance to my style. Out of roughly 100 playlists, I think 2 responded to me and I ended up on one. In the meantime, I had a friend in the US hear my album and it inspired him to set up his own record label and produce physical copies of my album. Amazing! However he too didn't really have the budget to put into marketing and so I have a beautiful packaged product but nobody is buying it. I don't think there's any magical answer. You said it best, you get what you pay for but do you want to pump your money into building your streams? Personally I'd rather put the energy into creating more music. I know it's not going to explode but that's ok, I'm doing it for personal satisfaction. Keep up the videos John and all the best with your music.
Thanks so much Matt. A very insightful comment and interesting story. I believe many will share your experience. I am not sure anyone’s advice to Van Gogh would have been invest in your marketing! The art is the vocation. The marketing is the need not the desire.
@@IndieOver50 Absolutely mate! Hopefully good art will find an audience :)
I think you nailed it. When I put out a song there are 10 others in the trash, but any marketing I do is a one shot deal cause I have no idea what is good or what isn't. Take one of my heaviest and best songs: Desperate Times. I spent weeks on it, got one of the best vocalists to sing on it and one of the world's best rock drummers (Jason Bitner) to play on it. It's about the destruction of the music industry (of course!) even when I released it on Vimeo it only got a few hundred views, and on RUclips, nothing as you can see. Spotify and the others ignored it. Can be rather frustrating! :) ruclips.net/video/VGCKoiPc_4Y/видео.htmlsi=gTM0nhavjdOSkC8l
Interesting - and I just watched “The Playlist” on Netflix about the rise and fall out of Spotify. Great clip. I will add to Indie Over 50. Have you tried a small investment in play listing with Groover and Submithub? You get specific feedback as well as playlist opportunities.
Drop your RUclips videos or Spotify links in the comments below and I will add them to my Indy, Over 50 playlists
If you are over 50 and are releasing original music, feel free to share your RUclips videos or Spotify links in the comments below and I will add them to my Indy, Over 50 playlists
If you are over 50 and are releasing original music, feel free to share your RUclips videos or Spotify links in the comments below and I will add them to my Indy, Over 50 playlists
All the best luck, everyone!!! ❤❤❤
Cheers - a little luck always helps!
@@IndieOver50 i just find it extremely lovely that people still want to release arts after 50. it's so precious to me i wish i was still doing my master's on cultural industries just so i can talk about this with my professors and classmates, hahaha.
Agreed, once a creative, always a creative - and community is key
@@IndieOver50 precisely! we're wired for connections as humans, which is why i'm going to support your endeavour here. <3
Thanks you so much Magisterial :)
If you are over 50 and are releasing original music, feel free to share your RUclips videos or Spotify links in the comments below and I will add them to my Indy, Over 50 playlists
So glad to finally see you being able to pin your comment! 🙌
Thanks for the great tip!
This is brilliant! Eager to see this channel grow. Cheers from Los Angeles, CA.
Thanks so much for joining up for the ride :) And cheers from Sydney, Australia!
I'm in my 40's but still looking forwards to hearing about how you recorded and released your music. Good luck.
Thanks so much, good topics for a video there! Lots of different approaches.
Good luck with your channel! I am a full time artist but music is my side gig and Ihave 10 albums out under my musical alter ego--this profile Alien Guitar Abduction. Some of it can be found on my channel--much more to come!
How amazing is that, for so many music is the side gig. So impressed your day job is an artist! Well done. Please share any Alien Originals!
Congrats on your first video! Happy to be your 4th subscriber! I've just turned 50 and have a bunch of songs in demo form, but haven't "released" anything yet. One day, hopefully soon! Will be following along to see how you go. Best of luck!
Thanks so much Johnny. I was so excited to see your subscription come through. Great you already gave some demos and I’ll look forward to the release! Sounds like a good topic for a future video. From demo to release!!! Cheers and thanks again Johnny
Well done mate! I'm a gigging singer/bassist in his late 50s. I'm also a songwriter & arranger who has, over the years, recorded plenty of my songs. I'm so glad you've started this channel. I wish you plenty of success. Subscribed!
A few of the last songs I released: ruclips.net/video/doCQoNYyXTo/видео.htmlsi=prN7fdFSJXEnzGzA ruclips.net/video/0U4a1X3C9FQ/видео.htmlsi=XV7iurH_dtpJA57g ruclips.net/video/fSjCE9v2KDg/видео.htmlsi=rRssPrmqdV3h5Mzx
That’s so nice of you mate :) I love the term gigging - so much respect for those who have forged a career in this industry, or who regularly get up on stage. Please share your Spotify or RUclips links. And one day we may cover the topic of what an arranger is! As soon as you mention it I thought of an orchestra and actually writing dots on staves. Thanks again for your support.
@IndieOver50 My pleasure! I guess arranger DOES sound a little old school😅 In this day & age its usually: arranger/producer/sound engineer/ tea-maker, all rolled into one. And absolutely, I'll share a few links below shortly. Keep up the good work.
Oh yes indeed - that definitely makes sense - producer is the most expansive of terms in music - including all those tasks - and often adding sequencing, beat makers as well, let alone most are proficient muscians.
Let me guess. You have a son or daughter in the late 20s who made this very "now" video? LOL Hey man, I'm not hating, just trying to catch up myself with today's landscape. I'm a 53yo songwriter and although I've been published in Italy (yes I'm Italian) I've never been published in the US, which is where I live. I'll keep trying and creating. This is one of my songs, check it out ruclips.net/video/hIdAMAKSgFs/видео.html
Hey Cataldo. I’ll take “now” as a high compliment indeed. Happy to say I did produce this one, but yes the kids would “slay” indeed. Thanks for sharing your song. Relevant time and message. And awesome photo!! I have added to our Indie, Over 50 playlist.
Nice one, John. Good luck with it!!
Thanks so much Rick. I have shared some of your songs on my Spotify Indie Over 50 and your @kookeyes6516 film clip has been added to our Indie Over 50 playlist :)
Dude...thanks for the shout-out! Congrats with your new channel too! Let's go!
That means so much Kevin. Let’s go indeed!!
If you are over 50 and are releasing original music, feel free to share your RUclips videos or Spotify links in the comments below and I will add them to my Indy, Over 50 playlists
hi Indie, you might want to pin this comment so it stays over the top all the time! good luck!
@@MagisterialVoyagerThanks for the tip! I have now applied to Google to verify me so that I can do that. They say it could be 24 hours. Thanks again :)