Drop your SoundCloud @handle for a chance at a future shoutout in one of my videos. If you need help with marketing, hit me up here: www.artlet.io/music-app
I’m the type to do no promo or social media at all and wonder why no one is listening other than my mama😂.. ty, i’m gonna go try some of these strategies now
I can't believe it lasts like 2 years without promoting my music, I see your video and it changes my whole course! Thank you so much! also a Melodic Techno Producer here, Cheers!
The thing that really helps about SoundCloud as a DSP is that it is full of artists who are generally supportive of other artists. People on SoundCloud aren’t trying to listen to the biggest top 40 hits, they want to hear new music. That mixed with the OP power of SoundCloud’s “start a radio” function that actually gives you songs that are similar unlike Spotify’s radios which are kinda mid. SoundCloud is amazing for DJs who are looking for new tracks to play, and the free upload nature has been up there with bandcamp for being where the underground thrives. Only complaint about SoundCloud is the UI could be better, but all of its other benefits make it a staple for me. I could see how someone who doesn’t make music or care about underground music would find SoundCloud irrelevant but those people aren’t the people that most artists starting out are probably targeting
very true bro you nailed it to the tee. we want other likeminded artists and fans hearing our music when first staring out not the mainstream average joe.
Quality and quantity go hand and hand my advice build up a vault of quality music then drop consistently that’s what I been doing and it’s been working but I didn’t realize SoundCloud is popping again so ima give that a try
Also make playlists with similar artists and your music. Make sure to add the similar music to the playlist right after their release so your playlist will show up first. That way their fans will automatically listen to your song because it's in the same playlist. It has worked for me so many times.
Thank you brother! New to putting music out. Lots of songs but absolutely zero experience mixing or promoting! Thank you for putting this out! Taking it to heart!
You are a hero, the only person i watched from a tons of scammers, that only wants views, likes and suscribers. But yours is different, congratulations!
Good advice, I'm going to try to implement it, I've been making music for many years but I've always been bad at sharing and promoting it, I'm working on it
Wow, thank you for saying that about remixes and cover songs because at first I was almost embarrassed to drop any cover songs and I thought it might be really corny to use some of my favourite artists instrumentals just to see what happens you know so thank you for that deafly give me a shove Liked subscribed and will be here for more. Thank you very much. Much love from Canada.
SoundCloud definitely has been the most most influential of all DSPs interesting to see it’s still a valuable resource. Good workflow to test songs before launching on Spotify etc.
I did this before I watched the video homie, and it's fire asf that you giving this info out! I'm locally known now from this, my blow up coming and one day I would like to meet ya!
@@AdrianBarrin Apricate dat brotha! Got a Remix tryin go viral naw wit Kevingates. Its on my page, give me some feed back on brotha, anything possible. Putting the work in and staying on top of it will be successful to many others dreams! You earned another follower for life homie! 1️⃣🅾️🅾️❕️♾️
Thank you for the advice! Question : I can't share audio snippets of my tracks, despite updating SoundCloud. How'd you enable the audio snippets feature? 😊
Are they not still deleting accounts for posting remixes? I got off Soundcloud years ago quick cause they were destroying the work people had put in building their accounts off remixes
I have been releasing my music on other streaming platforms. Can i start uploading those musics on SoundCloud even if i already released them a few years back?
They sample sounds from the track or extract parts that they use in the remix. There are also softwares and A.I. that can separate stems and extract vocals. Or you get the artist to send you the files
Nope, not if you do a taylor swift song. Reach out to smaller pop singer/song-writers in your area, ask for permission to remix and the masters/stems. Some will be happy to split revenue, some will want full monetization and a contract - try ones that do not a have ironclad label contracts. The bright side is that you're also building connections as a producer at this point.
Instagram likes to test features on different accounts. If you don't have the feature that means you either need to update the app or your account doesn't have it available as yet.
not if its a free download. and also, Distrokid and many other distributors have an option to report that you did a cover, which then they automatically pay the original creator their share of the royalty
Hey maybe a noob question but, as far as doing remixes. If I buy a song on bandcamp (digital download), can I legally make a remix and share it with soundcloud? What about pitching it to a streaming service like spotify? Thanks.
Legally, you need the original artist/label/publisher to approve a remix for publishing. This involves a contract, revenue split, terms for promotion and publishing. A non official remix is called a bootleg, and can never be published. I've pushed bootlegs to youtube and soundcloud for years, but you can't monetize of them (you can argue it's just for fun) but offering them as downloads is also illegal. Make bootlegs if you want to, but you're going to get takedown requests and even a lawsuit if one of them gets big.
Great video, but you said people should only have their own music on their page - yet you constantly promote repostexchange where the whole concept is to repost stuff (not an attack, just a question)
And that's why I buy credits 😊... If you don't buy credits then you have to repost someone else's music on your page. In that cause I recommend getting SoundCloud unlimited so you can have the first 5 songs on your page (spotlight section) be yours
@@AdrianBarrin Yeah luckily I've got Next pro so I'm all good! if you're just starting out though that can be hard. I have reposted over 550 tracks already for credits haha. But my plan is to remove a lot of them after a while because RepostExchange stops tracking your reposts after 3 weeks I believe. So you could remove all your reposts when you are certan that 3 weeks has passed! Also, love your content man. You've helped me a lot! Brilliant music too!
@@AdrianBarrin i paid for gold, switched to platinum then switched back to gold because i was messing with the settings and now its trying to make me pay again
I've done all this and still can't get shitm infact. Someone released a track that sounds like he sat on the keyboard and got 26k plays. So this video has done nothing to help
As someone who stepped away from sound cloud roughly 7 years ago and just getting back on it the other day..: Soundcloud is so trash now. Used to be in 2012 you could upload. Join forums. Have groups to network and post your songs. It used to be a real musician social media. Soundcloud is trash.
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Drop your SoundCloud @handle for a chance at a future shoutout in one of my videos.
If you need help with marketing, hit me up here: www.artlet.io/music-app
Jay Joylove is the artist name on SoundCloud
@jaydapopstar
@induhgo Thanks for the opportunity brother!
2 Hungry
@xaynkeed
I’m the type to do no promo or social media at all and wonder why no one is listening other than my mama😂.. ty, i’m gonna go try some of these strategies now
😂😂
Real talk. Same. Gonna change my plan tho
Lol same
I got 800 followers without social media or bots
Imagine how many you'd get with 👀🤯
Promos and networking and everything’s definitely helps, but don’t forget, end of day, you have to have good music
That’s the best tip ever just have fire music it’ll work out
Yeah OR IF your music is so fckin good, it will bomb anyway.
Then you just speed up the process
I can't believe it lasts like 2 years without promoting my music, I see your video and it changes my whole course! Thank you so much! also a Melodic Techno Producer here, Cheers!
Stop slacking bro. The world needs to hear your music
Let’s collab
The thing that really helps about SoundCloud as a DSP is that it is full of artists who are generally supportive of other artists. People on SoundCloud aren’t trying to listen to the biggest top 40 hits, they want to hear new music. That mixed with the OP power of SoundCloud’s “start a radio” function that actually gives you songs that are similar unlike Spotify’s radios which are kinda mid. SoundCloud is amazing for DJs who are looking for new tracks to play, and the free upload nature has been up there with bandcamp for being where the underground thrives. Only complaint about SoundCloud is the UI could be better, but all of its other benefits make it a staple for me. I could see how someone who doesn’t make music or care about underground music would find SoundCloud irrelevant but those people aren’t the people that most artists starting out are probably targeting
very true bro you nailed it to the tee. we want other likeminded artists and fans hearing our music when first staring out not the mainstream average joe.
Yes, even with spotify, many people are on there for podcasts or other forms of audio. SoundCloud is exclusively for music.
Quality and quantity go hand and hand my advice build up a vault of quality music then drop consistently that’s what I been doing and it’s been working but I didn’t realize SoundCloud is popping again so ima give that a try
Better late then never, never understood how to used Soundcloud properly, but this video has some great info!
Also make playlists with similar artists and your music. Make sure to add the similar music to the playlist right after their release so your playlist will show up first. That way their fans will automatically listen to your song because it's in the same playlist. It has worked for me so many times.
Bro thats so smart, thanks i will try it!!!
She's genius
@@theafilmssmhow much plays u gain
Thank you brother! New to putting music out. Lots of songs but absolutely zero experience mixing or promoting! Thank you for putting this out! Taking it to heart!
You are a hero, the only person i watched from a tons of scammers, that only wants views, likes and suscribers. But yours is different, congratulations!
I got you bro 😘❤️
Good advice, I'm going to try to implement it, I've been making music for many years but I've always been bad at sharing and promoting it, I'm working on it
I like the message at the end, you cant fail unless you give up. Especially true in creative endeavors
Wow, thank you for saying that about remixes and cover songs because at first I was almost embarrassed to drop any cover songs and I thought it might be really corny to use some of my favourite artists instrumentals just to see what happens you know so thank you for that deafly give me a shove
Liked subscribed and will be here for more. Thank you very much. Much love from Canada.
Good stuff. Every single word was relevant. Some people talk to hear themselves. I will take all of these ideas and use them. Thanks.
Let's gooo!!! Thanks for the support
SoundCloud definitely has been the most most influential of all DSPs interesting to see it’s still a valuable resource.
Good workflow to test songs before launching on Spotify etc.
soundcloud is better than spotify.
@@slitzworld💯agree, it’s not an either or for me tho
Super helpful video, everything is says clearly and seems easy to follow, congrats 🤝🏾
I did this before I watched the video homie, and it's fire asf that you giving this info out! I'm locally known now from this, my blow up coming and one day I would like to meet ya!
Rooting for you bro! 🙏🏾❤️
@@AdrianBarrin Apricate dat brotha! Got a Remix tryin go viral naw wit Kevingates. Its on my page, give me some feed back on brotha, anything possible. Putting the work in and staying on top of it will be successful to many others dreams! You earned another follower for life homie! 1️⃣🅾️🅾️❕️♾️
This information is fucking priceless, thank you!
You the GOAT you got this bro 🙏🏾❤️
Love this video and really appreciate the tips! Wish you the best of luck with your craft🙏🏽
I appreciate you bro!
Thank you. This is really usefull. Good luck and keep it up!
Thank you bro. Appreciate the support 🙏🏾❤️
Great tips. Thank you for the time you've taken summing this !
My please 🙏🏾 thanks for your support 😊
What a great vid. thanks man!
nice bro, thanks for the tips :D
Thanks for the support 🙏🏾❤️
Adrian Barrin, I subscribed because your videos are super cool!
Dope stuff. Thank you so much for sharing! You shared a lot of good gems that I will definitely utilize.
I'm here to help 🙏🏾❤️ thanks for your support
Very informative👍🏽! Thank you for sharing 🙌🏽 😊! Continued success 🙏🏽!
THANKS !!! Helped me a lot... At this moment...i use only Y.T......
Inspiring !
Thank you for the advice lately i have felt like quitting
You only fail when you quit brother. Never quit = never fail = you win eventually
Adrian Barrin, nice video keep up the great content
Appreciate it
just started getting into music. found out about soundcloud. thanks for tips
soundcloud is beast bro
Lots of great insights here
Dude! Life changing content 😮✨️
bro!!! glad you like!
I wasn't sure if SoundCloud was still relevant, but I guess it is.
My main platform for growth
Yeah it’s popping rediscovered it a bit over a year ago
Its the easiest platform to post your music on
Thank you so much bro💯
5:50 why doesn’t the song actually play when sharing it to your story?
Thankyou, Respect ❤😊
This is very usefull ty so much❤❤❤ you earnt a sub
Nice video!
great video! What about the copyrights when making a remix of a popular track/song?
You can't release remixes, only covers
I luv SoundCloud
I love it 🤩
Thank you ❤
thankee very much my friend
I haven’t uploaded in five years but I remember I used to get over a hundred plays each song
Thank you for the advice! Question : I can't share audio snippets of my tracks, despite updating SoundCloud. How'd you enable the audio snippets feature? 😊
I would like to know too
Do you think SoundCloud is really a better platform than spotify or anything else when it comes to fan base building??
I do. Because people can actually interact with you. And you can with them too. It's more closer to home than Spotify which is more distant
Yes! Spotify is not for small artists that want to build a fanbase.
Unless you make absolute bangers! If you're music is so so good then it will do well on Spotify
Are they not still deleting accounts for posting remixes? I got off Soundcloud years ago quick cause they were destroying the work people had put in building their accounts off remixes
I like discord! So I subscribe!
brother im from india and i make rage music and pluggnb song should i start soundcloud
Thank you
Merci 🙏💪
W vid
funny how some people legit rip the same title, not talking about this dude just saw another video with exact same title apart from the 2023
That's RUclips bro lol. It's a known strategy to copy the title of winning videos. I do it too.
How long does it take to process a song in SoundCloud?
hey brother is this applicable to djs also?
Why when I share my music from SoundCloud to instagram it doesn’t play the music?
Could be a bug, happens to me all the time too
Not looking to be famous just wanna let people hear my music
This comment right hear makes comment of the year 👍
could u explain more on cover songs😅
How do I get the audio to share on my IG story? Because when I do click share, it only gives me a link
It's glitchy sometimes... Happens to me too
I have been releasing my music on other streaming platforms. Can i start uploading those musics on SoundCloud even if i already released them a few years back?
Any idea how people make remixes on other people’s instrumental? How do they do that??
They sample sounds from the track or extract parts that they use in the remix. There are also softwares and A.I. that can separate stems and extract vocals.
Or you get the artist to send you the files
@@AdrianBarrin thanks for the reply. 🫡🫡
When I share to Instagram it's just like a photo not music playing 😢 how to fix😮
Hi there, I used to do remixes but they would get taken down due to copyright. Is there a work around for this?
Distrokid, upload as cover song
@@AdrianBarrin a remix usually involves sampling from the original song, so it's NOT a cover. a cover song can not use any of the original recording.
Nope, not if you do a taylor swift song. Reach out to smaller pop singer/song-writers in your area, ask for permission to remix and the masters/stems. Some will be happy to split revenue, some will want full monetization and a contract - try ones that do not a have ironclad label contracts. The bright side is that you're also building connections as a producer at this point.
@@PaulSpades great advice 👍
can djs make money off of the mixes
Not really. But DJs can use mixes to build their fanbase and get more subscribers on RUclips and eventually monetize their channel
@@AdrianBarrin so the pro version is not worth it for us if we cant make the money back.
u forgot 'pay monthly for next pro' to remove the algorhythmic gatekeeping
I don't get how this quantity thing is possible. If it costs 200 for a record how are you supposed to do that regularly?
How are you able to share your music and it play the audio on Instagram gang cause for my jawn it’s no audio when I try to share
I’m trying to do this too
Instagram likes to test features on different accounts. If you don't have the feature that means you either need to update the app or your account doesn't have it available as yet.
bro this was very valuable thank you! new sub
If I'm a rookie, should i follow this?
Im like 1000!
I cant find my old recordings 😢
Genuine question: what do you mean promote my music . How do I do so
study my videos bro... lots more to learn about music promotion
(4:25) Keep in mind, if you cover a song, you owe the songwriter money. They can sue you for violating their copyright.
not if its a free download. and also, Distrokid and many other distributors have an option to report that you did a cover, which then they automatically pay the original creator their share of the royalty
Does anyone know why i still don’t see any traction even when I promote my music
Hey maybe a noob question but, as far as doing remixes. If I buy a song on bandcamp (digital download), can I legally make a remix and share it with soundcloud? What about pitching it to a streaming service like spotify? Thanks.
Legally, you need the original artist/label/publisher to approve a remix for publishing. This involves a contract, revenue split, terms for promotion and publishing.
A non official remix is called a bootleg, and can never be published. I've pushed bootlegs to youtube and soundcloud for years, but you can't monetize of them (you can argue it's just for fun) but offering them as downloads is also illegal.
Make bootlegs if you want to, but you're going to get takedown requests and even a lawsuit if one of them gets big.
I will be one of the biggest artists in the world one day🙏🙏
I can't even regist for SoundCloud pro don't know what's the F problem ‼️ they tell me about age minimum
agreed!
Great video, but you said people should only have their own music on their page - yet you constantly promote repostexchange where the whole concept is to repost stuff (not an attack, just a question)
And that's why I buy credits 😊... If you don't buy credits then you have to repost someone else's music on your page. In that cause I recommend getting SoundCloud unlimited so you can have the first 5 songs on your page (spotlight section) be yours
@@AdrianBarrin Yeah luckily I've got Next pro so I'm all good! if you're just starting out though that can be hard. I have reposted over 550 tracks already for credits haha. But my plan is to remove a lot of them after a while because RepostExchange stops tracking your reposts after 3 weeks I believe. So you could remove all your reposts when you are certan that 3 weeks has passed!
Also, love your content man. You've helped me a lot! Brilliant music too!
Agreed. Thanks for the kind words bro. Drop your SoundCloud @handle so we can check out your music
@@AdrianBarrin For sure! It's : Doucer
Hope you like my music! :)
I have tried for so long, but I was just putting the efforts in the wrong places
Just saying ''go and message people'' isnt helpful. Message them what? And do what with it? What is the goal?
thats right... what is the goal is the question you should be asking yourself before messaging people. then you can move forward appropriately
@@AdrianBarrin 🙌🙌
bruh gave away the repost exchange sauce. Thats how Icewok got on in 2021
artist mgmt scammed me outta 25$. it worked for a week tho but the second time i payed it didnt even work and they just took my money
Still works for me bro. What did you do?
@@AdrianBarrin i paid for gold, switched to platinum then switched back to gold because i was messing with the settings and now its trying to make me pay again
@@shozart1 I can fix it for you for $5
You shouldn't of messed with the settings so they ain't scam you bro
I've done all this and still can't get shitm infact. Someone released a track that sounds like he sat on the keyboard and got 26k plays. So this video has done nothing to help
Im the only one who cant post music with sound on SC?
Why not bro?
@@AdrianBarrinOh no this was bad writing from me. I ment, that I cant share Songs from Soundcloud with "sound" to Instagramstorys.😅
Aye I have a question I jus downloaded the app it was orange but now it’s black so it’s still the same one right ?
Should still be the same brother. It's prob just dark mode
The reality is that soundcloud hardly opens any doors. Making it is 99% luck.
Heavy shadow
@DOX!
But he did have sum good tips all jokes aside
Lil bandxt probably one of the most underrated artist on sound cloud
Oh
Luh Christian on SoundCloud
I'd prefer not to, but I have noticed that remixes do better than original songs. It's just the way it is.
🕊
Bro I make music 2 times a day and I get 2 views a song
As someone who stepped away from sound cloud roughly 7 years ago and just getting back on it the other day..:
Soundcloud is so trash now. Used to be in 2012 you could upload. Join forums. Have groups to network and post your songs.
It used to be a real musician social media.
Soundcloud is trash.
Why can you not do that now?
@@coryhill6575yeah lmao I think people just always have nostalgia factors playing into their psychology
He teach people how to professionally clout munch
i think you can only follow 2000