This really hits home, as I’m going through a rough time with having no place to stay and being confused. Thank you for bringing this new perspective on music as an asset, I appreciate it.
I just released my first Pop Punk single - And your videos were a HUGE help.. Recently had a burst of inspiration to do things solo instead of waiting for my band mates for decisions.. And they are not open-minded about using different strategies.. I learnt a lot and also got motivation. Thank you!
Same here, having a band is something that i dont want for the next years, if releasing solo stuff is difficult imagine with a group of 5 people with their own way of doing stuff
I was signed to a major label in Aus in the early 2000's. I'm now over 50 and re-emerging from my doomsday prepping cocoon ( being housed, debt free and off-grid with wife and kids). Blown away by the clarity of your communication and strategy. I am using it now and will follow your advice and instruction. Thank you Damian, you really addressed my fears and showed me that appropriate action well directed is better than over-think. Much Love brother.
I really appreciate that dude and I feel your pain with regards being signed back in the day but I can tell you that the good news is the gate keepers can't stop you from building your audience and monetising. I'm right here to help you on the journey 🙂🙏
@@DamianKeyes Thanks Damian. Listened to you interviewed on a podcast last night - The Music Industry Podcast. I'm painting today for money but gunna take pen and paper and write down the 'insights' that really jumped at me. You really are very good at what you do so thanks. When I know what my brand is - I'll reach out.
As my fanbase is of a certain age (generally) I have found most of them on Facebook. So I have focused 80% Facebook and 20% across other social... seems to be working
Hey I loved this comment, how artists understand their fanbase demographic is something I've been thinking about a lot lately. I’m doing some research on how artists might be able to do this easier. I’d love to buy you some lunch over a phone call to talk more about this!
Yo your advice in this video is straight gold compound interest at its finest ! I’ve gained little by little ever since I’ve been building my instagram up that builds around my personality. You connected everything on the dot man !
I would definitely share with anyone who starts his career as an Artist. This is chockingly good, accurate and valuable content about "Artist career starting point". Never seen from a so well known and trusted RUclips channel as yours. Even my 10 years old daughter could understand it and start from there. Brilliant!
Thank you as always Damian for the wicked advice. I just released my debut single a few days ago and have been using your plan and it’s working wonders. If the music is good in the first place though, it’s easier to promote. Nobody wants you to waste their time 🤘🏼🎶
Hi Damian, you motivated me to prepare and schedule the release of my first album, rather than just publishing single by single and hope that someone listens to it. So, I need to create a few more tracks and the release my album in December, hopefully reaching a few people who'll enjoy my music.
Watch out! If you release a single then you have a 50% chance of qualifying for content ID BUT the percentage chance drops when you release an album. A distributor doesn't care, if one song no qualify? That means the others don't either.
A lot of people would argue that for small artists trying to make it releasing 10 tracks consistently (one every week or every 10 days) is more efficient than going black ops for a month or so then appearing with a whole album. If someone’s never heard of you, what’s going to motivate them to listen to a whole album of yours? A single however, they might take a chance on.
Thanks for this lil eye opened video which is translating the message so well for me as beginner in the artist scene! I wanted to prepare for releasing music (which is already produced) but it's like you said I'm lost and drowning in this social media creator thing to promote myself organically to grow a fanbase. After trying to watch 3 videos for "beginner" which I left after 4 minutes because Its way too bright and depth in the topic, I gave this a try and opened my eyes. That are the basics I looked for. Thats the guideline I can follow to go in depth. In the time I looked the video I get ideas of create content and planning my schedules, like it's opened a lock in my head 😅 I also like the way you teach and explain. Thanks a lot! 🙌💪
The first time i said to myself “use the music” i was around 13 years old. Said it with all the innocence, merely meaning that music can make me happy so i should “use it” whenever i need a boost. 30 years later, as an indie electronic music producer, it seems i need to apply this to my own music, following your advice. Thanks for that
I am learning so much from you Damian, and for that I'm super grateful! Just wanted to comment, as someone who has been making music for 15 years, I sometimes still feel like I am always at the start, like the "beginning" of the journey never takes off, if that makes sense. Like a plane perpetually speeding on the runway - it just never takes off.
yes, 17 years here and I feel the same. time and time again I reset, research, restore myself and keep going. At every turn it feels like we have better tools but somehow still lack that big break exposure. It's hard to keep optimistic when the landscape and climate keeps changing, but I also know that change is to be embraced. Your analogy is spot on. Wishing you the ability to happily keep going.
Great video, Damian. I think this kind of content is much more realistic for the majority of artists and industry insiders. Hopefully more RUclipsrs like yourself focus on sharing cost-effective methods to market our music 👏
A lot of this was second nature to me but I really love your advice on releasing and managing your time as I find that to be very difficult with my process. Big help anyways 🐐
Videos are looking better and better! Great strategy, you’ve helped us grow a genuine audience over the last year. Thanks for keeping the content coming!
Damien, as a fellow Taff, can I just say thank you for your fantastic advice?! I’m just starting to prepare my music for the Tube, together with web and social presence, and it’s great to get realistic pointers from someone with as much experience and knowledge as yourself- keep it up !🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻🕉🕉
I'm def going throught the hardest place ever with my 🎶. It's so similar 4 me I have no funds .I've invested so much and with hindsight not so good. I believe in my music but with no home set up and barely feeding us yet alone make music . Your right I'm spread way too much across social media . Thanks for giving Me Hope and showing me where and which way to go .I'm drowning 😢too 💕 so thankyou x
Hey Damian! As usual, lots of valuable data in your video, thanks! The ONE thing I think your are off here is the idea of building your fanbase in Social Media as it were yours because ITS NOT. A couple of months ago, due to the big past data breach to Meta, my FB and IG account were disabled and all of its content deleted (12 years of content). Appellations leaded by robots and no human able to be reached. I've just wrote a quite long blog post about Digital Identity in case you want to dive deeper. Best!
In the art world, so much of the marketing advice is about collecting emails for the very reason you state... That fans in social media are tied to that platform. If it goes belly up, you're screwed. In art, it's easier to give something away in exchange for that email address, like a short free lesson. Music is a little trickier.
May I give you some feedback. You should use the RUclips feature where in your description you put chapters. For example each topic in your video that you discussed get it on chapter. I think this will be very useful for musicians when they wanna refer back to this video. Just to refer back to a certain point brother and having to listen to the entire video. Just my opinion but either way your videos are great keep it up Damien
With this black friday offer, your lifetime membership is a no brainer!!! I'm so glad I decide to invest in me and in you, you deserve it so much, men. I've learned so much already about music business for free on your music channel. I could not lose this opportunity.
Hi this really is spot on I’m a singer lyricist and I released three of my songs on my 50th birthday on an American site n1m in those two years I’ve got 500 fans had over 17000 plays It is the money that held me back trying to get enough money to get more songs done I’ve taken off in America and now relise I’ve go to do something THANKYOU this is absolutely brilliant kbdevotion
This is really good advice. As I’m getting closer to record music and start building a fan base, this is exactly what I needed to hear. I have to focus more time on content and cleaning up my old social media content so fans I’m looking for know how serious I am about this. I have so many songs written that I’m well enough to start recording but the content is what I needed to hear. I never really put that much tho into it but it makes sense. How am I supposed to put music out with no fan base from content? Damian if you read this, (question) is it better to start off with cover songs because I’m about to purchase my licenses, I know one is sync and forgot what the other one is called. Or do you think it’s better to release fresh new music? Love to hear your feedback. Thank you for you video’s, as the holidays have kept me very busy at work that I have to catch up on your video’s.
Since touring is back in full force around the world, how would you factor in playing live shows into a release schedule for a brand new band/artist? If you're releasing new singles every 4-6 weeks how important is it for the audience to be familiar with more than 1 or 2 songs versus 10+ songs? Would it be a mistake to only promote your music to people who are in cities that you'd want to perform in or would you go more broad and run ads to entire countries like people do who are pushing for Spotify plays and playlist placements? What do you think is the best strategy? Thanks Damo!
hey dude, your content was just really amazing and there is one question about content, what type of content I need to create? does it depends to my genre?
I hav six songs in total ready to roll. My First single came out in November and the second one will be out this week. My plan is to release one more and then post the rest of the EP including the three already released tracks. Dunno, if this is smart. I started from Zero fans
How would you go about using this strategy of music > attention > fanbase > music etc., and using the 3-4 weeks to build up towards the release day if you haven't released any music before it? Would it be a case of using snippets of the album in social media content to promote its future release date?
hey Damian! love the way you help artists, i'm releasing a track for January and i'm rewatching a couple of your videos, my question is, how we can get Playlists and Magazine placements if they ask for money? i think these two things are the ones that get the most followers but they are all paid
Thank you so much for breaking all this down. I released my first single a week ago and have been treading water since… would you have a dedicated fb page and not a personal one? Thanks again
This really hits home, as I’m going through a rough time with having no place to stay and being confused. Thank you for bringing this new perspective on music as an asset, I appreciate it.
Greatness through hardship, discipline is freedom
Wow, I’m in the exact same situation
I wish you the best, remember that all situations are temporary. You'll get through.
You got it bro when you make it you’ll look back at these times as the times that built your character
🔥
I just released my first Pop Punk single -
And your videos were a HUGE help..
Recently had a burst of inspiration to do things solo instead of waiting for my band mates for decisions.. And they are not open-minded about using different strategies..
I learnt a lot and also got motivation.
Thank you!
Same here, having a band is something that i dont want for the next years, if releasing solo stuff is difficult imagine with a group of 5 people with their own way of doing stuff
Same here I’m way ahead of them right I just did a music video on my own and it would have never happened if I had waited
just listened to your music, you got a dope voice!
@@MINDOFLAD thanks so much man! 🫂🙏🏻 appreciate that -
Let’s make 2023 OUR year 🔥 (for all the musicians following this channel)
@@KASA852 that sounds great! I'm raedy soon to publish my first stuff, already nervous af! Good luck with your music!
I was signed to a major label in Aus in the early 2000's. I'm now over 50 and re-emerging from my doomsday prepping cocoon ( being housed, debt free and off-grid with wife and kids). Blown away by the clarity of your communication and strategy. I am using it now and will follow your advice and instruction. Thank you Damian, you really addressed my fears and showed me that appropriate action well directed is better than over-think. Much Love brother.
I really appreciate that dude and I feel your pain with regards being signed back in the day but I can tell you that the good news is the gate keepers can't stop you from building your audience and monetising. I'm right here to help you on the journey 🙂🙏
@@DamianKeyes Thanks Damian. Listened to you interviewed on a podcast last night - The Music Industry Podcast. I'm painting today for money but gunna take pen and paper and write down the 'insights' that really jumped at me. You really are very good at what you do so thanks.
When I know what my brand is - I'll reach out.
3:35 actually having the power of thought and doing the action as well can yeild amazing results!
Thank you soooo much man! You have no idea how many people you are blessing! God bless you and help you prosper! 🙏🏽 💪🏽 💪🏽 💯 ❤❤
You said right
As my fanbase is of a certain age (generally) I have found most of them on Facebook. So I have focused 80% Facebook and 20% across other social... seems to be working
Hey I loved this comment, how artists understand their fanbase demographic is something I've been thinking about a lot lately. I’m doing some research on how artists might be able to do this easier. I’d love to buy you some lunch over a phone call to talk more about this!
Wow. Don’t bring attention to the music, gain attention with music. The subtle difference but this changes everything.
Thank you Damian
Yo your advice in this video is straight gold compound interest at its finest ! I’ve gained little by little ever since I’ve been building my instagram up that builds around my personality. You connected everything on the dot man !
I would definitely share with anyone who starts his career as an Artist. This is chockingly good, accurate and valuable content about "Artist career starting point". Never seen from a so well known and trusted RUclips channel as yours. Even my 10 years old daughter could understand it and start from there. Brilliant!
So true
Thank you as always Damian for the wicked advice. I just released my debut single a few days ago and have been using your plan and it’s working wonders. If the music is good in the first place though, it’s easier to promote. Nobody wants you to waste their time 🤘🏼🎶
Hi Damian, you motivated me to prepare and schedule the release of my first album, rather than just publishing single by single and hope that someone listens to it. So, I need to create a few more tracks and the release my album in December, hopefully reaching a few people who'll enjoy my music.
Watch out! If you release a single then you have a 50% chance of qualifying for content ID BUT the percentage chance drops when you release an album. A distributor doesn't care, if one song no qualify? That means the others don't either.
A lot of people would argue that for small artists trying to make it releasing 10 tracks consistently (one every week or every 10 days) is more efficient than going black ops for a month or so then appearing with a whole album. If someone’s never heard of you, what’s going to motivate them to listen to a whole album of yours? A single however, they might take a chance on.
Thanks for this lil eye opened video which is translating the message so well for me as beginner in the artist scene!
I wanted to prepare for releasing music (which is already produced) but it's like you said I'm lost and drowning in this social media creator thing to promote myself organically to grow a fanbase.
After trying to watch 3 videos for "beginner" which I left after 4 minutes because Its way too bright and depth in the topic, I gave this a try and opened my eyes.
That are the basics I looked for.
Thats the guideline I can follow to go in depth. In the time I looked the video I get ideas of create content and planning my schedules, like it's opened a lock in my head 😅
I also like the way you teach and explain.
Thanks a lot! 🙌💪
The first time i said to myself “use the music” i was around 13 years old. Said it with all the innocence, merely meaning that music can make me happy so i should “use it” whenever i need a boost. 30 years later, as an indie electronic music producer, it seems i need to apply this to my own music, following your advice. Thanks for that
I am learning so much from you Damian, and for that I'm super grateful! Just wanted to comment, as someone who has been making music for 15 years, I sometimes still feel like I am always at the start, like the "beginning" of the journey never takes off, if that makes sense. Like a plane perpetually speeding on the runway - it just never takes off.
I know exactly how you feel. Been making music since 2008. Let me check out your work.
Wow 👌 👏 😍
yes, 17 years here and I feel the same. time and time again I reset, research, restore myself and keep going. At every turn it feels like we have better tools but somehow still lack that big break exposure. It's hard to keep optimistic when the landscape and climate keeps changing, but I also know that change is to be embraced. Your analogy is spot on. Wishing you the ability to happily keep going.
Same here.
Great video, Damian. I think this kind of content is much more realistic for the majority of artists and industry insiders. Hopefully more RUclipsrs like yourself focus on sharing cost-effective methods to market our music 👏
A lot of this was second nature to me but I really love your advice on releasing and managing your time as I find that to be very difficult with my process. Big help anyways 🐐
🖤🖤
You've been killing it with consistency!!
Yeah, this guy is stating facts that are about to change my routine and entire music career.Big up to all Spotify Artists!!!
Powerful opening hook. You have great hooks and compelling content. Thank you!
Videos are looking better and better! Great strategy, you’ve helped us grow a genuine audience over the last year. Thanks for keeping the content coming!
Appreciate that, thank you so much! Keep smashing it 😊😊
You are the magician for struggling musicians. 💫 💙 Thank you Damo!
Damien, as a fellow Taff, can I just say thank you for your fantastic advice?! I’m just starting to prepare my music for the Tube, together with web and social presence, and it’s great to get realistic pointers from someone with as much experience and knowledge as yourself- keep it up !🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻🕉🕉
Ahh great to meet you! honestly so glad to help :)
@@DamianKeyes , be really interested to know if you think I should target a specific social platform, given my genre/age……..??
I've been watching several videos from your channel and I can say your advices really sound great and very helpfull to me 👌🏼 Thanks for that!
You’re analogies are very good at communicating what is being shared.
Always stellar content but THIS is one of my favorites I’ve seen on this channel
What we need for to have a Happy New Year!
This Video looks great. Nice camera setup! We'll release music this year and I try to follow your guides as good as I can. Thank you so much!
Thank you! Appreciate that
We thank you Damian , even with no money to join your course the gems you DROP are sufficient to push one's music career to desired lovely level 🔥🔥❤🙏🏽
@DamianKeyes.. looking forward to talk 🙏🏽 which username should we text ?
You are so appreciated and I’ll never forget this video
8:30 MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION EVER
💯💯💯💯💪 I Needed This Talk ForReal, I appreciate Your Advice 💯
I'm def going throught the hardest place ever with my 🎶.
It's so similar 4 me I have no funds .I've invested so much and with hindsight not so good.
I believe in my music but with no home set up and barely feeding us yet alone make music .
Your right I'm spread way too much across social media .
Thanks for giving Me Hope and showing me where and which way to go .I'm drowning 😢too 💕 so thankyou x
Pure gem.. Pristine.. Pure.. Thanks for your Passion to Show the Pathways to Bloom.. 😇
I'm already anticipating your yearly music release 1hour plus tips for 2023
It’s coming!
Lima! That's the only answer I know. Watched a few videos. Clear and concise. Keep up the good work!
Love this breakdown, Damian! Question - like in previous years, will you be releasing a 23 step plan for 2023?
Hey Damian! As usual, lots of valuable data in your video, thanks! The ONE thing I think your are off here is the idea of building your fanbase in Social Media as it were yours because ITS NOT. A couple of months ago, due to the big past data breach to Meta, my FB and IG account were disabled and all of its content deleted (12 years of content). Appellations leaded by robots and no human able to be reached. I've just wrote a quite long blog post about Digital Identity in case you want to dive deeper. Best!
In the art world, so much of the marketing advice is about collecting emails for the very reason you state... That fans in social media are tied to that platform. If it goes belly up, you're screwed. In art, it's easier to give something away in exchange for that email address, like a short free lesson. Music is a little trickier.
This is exactly the type of video I was looking for! Love it :)
This is so poignant !!! Really great advice Damian. You'd be surprised at how many artistes are at this point.
You’re a good man Damien. He googled “what to do when you’re drowning” great! Thanks for all the help and great advice. Awesome videos
Thanks bro! Appreciate that :)
Can't wait for that 'month's content in a day' video! Love creeping on the artists you work with, always good for a few ideas 🤔
Should be coming this week :)
@@DamianKeyes I'll be watching 💪
This is what I have been looking for, thanks alot for this video.
Thanks! So usefull!!! I am learning so much from you!
May I give you some feedback. You should use the RUclips feature where in your description you put chapters. For example each topic in your video that you discussed get it on chapter. I think this will be very useful for musicians when they wanna refer back to this video. Just to refer back to a certain point brother and having to listen to the entire video. Just my opinion but either way your videos are great keep it up Damien
With this black friday offer, your lifetime membership is a no brainer!!!
I'm so glad I decide to invest in me and in you, you deserve it so much, men. I've learned so much already about music business for free on your music channel. I could not lose this opportunity.
Ahhh dude welcome welcome!!
Brilliant layout! Thanks so much for breaking it all down!! It really helps!!!
Color grading is excellent. Also, content is too as always 👏
Thank you!
It seems challenging to attract attention when you start posting. Thank you for your helpful tips; I will definitely put them to use! 👍
Hi this really is spot on I’m a singer lyricist and I released three of my songs on my 50th birthday on an American site n1m in those two years I’ve got 500 fans had over 17000 plays
It is the money that held me back trying to get enough money to get more songs done
I’ve taken off in America and now relise I’ve go to do something
THANKYOU this is absolutely brilliant kbdevotion
What I get stuck on, is copyrighting my music and my art (I am also a cartoonist). I was attracted to this video by the title, "With no Money".
About to release my first single, this video was a must thank you 🙏 subbed 👍
Thanks so much, and good luck with the new single! 🙂🙂
@@DamianKeyes thanks mate 🤝
I really love and appreciate these videos. Thank you for sharing
Glad to help 😊😊
Lima.
You're very welcome.
Thank you Mr. Keyes, this really helped me, especially, with my situation and my overthinking.
This might be your best ever video bro. So much gold!
🙏🙏
Every video is gold , cheers mate
Great information, very helpful we need more channels like this :) thank you!
Really inspiring advice. I'm just gearing up to release a single myself and this has given me a big confidence boost.
I disagree. You should have your music every platform. When I want a post to go viral I post the same video and the sane time on all my socials
Wow this is actually good loving advice. 🤙 Great video!
Thank you, appreciate this video‼
thanks for your vdeios Damian ive finally started taking myself more seriously, even got a firm to help market my music
Who tho?
I've already done this successfully.
This blows my mind!! Thank you so much for your dedication and knowledge generosity ❤🙏🏻🏆
Thanks for making this video
Wow, I really enjoyed this piece of advice. Thank you very much Sir. I really needed to hear this.❤🔥❤
Love you to review how you think my team and I have done - as we followed a lot of your advice...
Thanks a million for all the hard work and great advice, it really is a huge help:)
I'm going to have to watch this 10 times more at least! Thank you for so much real-talk.
so good, man. thank you!
You don’t need money you need time
Can you share your lighting set up and gear 😊 everything looks so crisp and clear!
Thanks for the gems Damian! I’ve been pretty consistent with content but I think batching is going to help me be more efficient.
what a ledge, Im on his paid academy subscription and its so worth the investment.
This makes me so happy to hear, thank you 😊😊
Your videos are top notch. Thank you Damian!
This is really good advice. As I’m getting closer to record music and start building a fan base, this is exactly what I needed to hear. I have to focus more time on content and cleaning up my old social media content so fans I’m looking for know how serious I am about this. I have so many songs written that I’m well enough to start recording but the content is what I needed to hear. I never really put that much tho into it but it makes sense. How am I supposed to put music out with no fan base from content? Damian if you read this, (question) is it better to start off with cover songs because I’m about to purchase my licenses, I know one is sync and forgot what the other one is called. Or do you think it’s better to release fresh new music? Love to hear your feedback. Thank you for you video’s, as the holidays have kept me very busy at work that I have to catch up on your video’s.
Since touring is back in full force around the world, how would you factor in playing live shows into a release schedule for a brand new band/artist? If you're releasing new singles every 4-6 weeks how important is it for the audience to be familiar with more than 1 or 2 songs versus 10+ songs? Would it be a mistake to only promote your music to people who are in cities that you'd want to perform in or would you go more broad and run ads to entire countries like people do who are pushing for Spotify plays and playlist placements? What do you think is the best strategy? Thanks Damo!
That's the same story as mine ❤️ thanks for sharing
Thanks! Great video. very informative
Thank you so much, I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this. 😊🙏
Everything you explained i need money. But this was help
hey dude, your content was just really amazing and there is one question about content, what type of content I need to create? does it depends to my genre?
I hav six songs in total ready to roll.
My First single came out in November and the second one will be out this week.
My plan is to release one more and then post the rest of the EP including the three already released tracks.
Dunno, if this is smart.
I started from Zero fans
You keep saying use the music, the golden question is "how"
Thank you .. same problem here
sucha great video man thank you !
Thanks so much Benny, I really appreciate that 🙏🙂
Very valuable information. Thanks for sharing! 🙌
LOVE THIS SO MUCH.
Thank you so much, that means a lot 🙂🙂
Big lesson, if you’re drowning, breathe slowly.
Great video, as always!
Fantastic tips. Hats off! Greetings from Brazil.
Hey Damian! I love your videos and I was wondering if you had any insight on getting into sync licensing? Ty and have a kick ass day!
This is truly informative
thanks for bring up these points
You're a diamond!
Lima. Glad to be of help. 😆
Cool stuff! Thanks Damian
Thank you Damian!
How would you go about using this strategy of music > attention > fanbase > music etc., and using the 3-4 weeks to build up towards the release day if you haven't released any music before it? Would it be a case of using snippets of the album in social media content to promote its future release date?
hey Damian! love the way you help artists, i'm releasing a track for January and i'm rewatching a couple of your videos, my question is, how we can get Playlists and Magazine placements if they ask for money? i think these two things are the ones that get the most followers but they are all paid
Thnx
Thank you so much for breaking all this down. I released my first single a week ago and have been treading water since… would you have a dedicated fb page and not a personal one? Thanks again