I Suppose "Success" Is Subjective To Every Person, But I've Been Watching Since Your Studio Was Still In The Garage! Learnt So Much From You Fr, And Learning Consistency From You Has Brought Me So Much More Exposure, And I've Seen Nothing But Growth, Thank You For All Your Hard Work 🫶❤️ Stay Beautiful 🦋
Thanks, L.Dre, for your videos always I have learned a lot through this channel Would you make another video about how to upload an album on Distrokid, and it will never be removed even if I stop paying membership fees 😊
Not gonna lie, I wouldn't have any streams or monthly listeners if it weren't for your videos getting me started, especially this type that teaches the basics of marketing music. Your video were integral in getting my music heard. Much love. ✌
Why is your disposition so calming and pleasant. Also... "Chasing viral videos is not a healthy way to live."... I couldn't agree more. Thanks for making these.
Hey man! Really appreciate the advice coming from someone who has actually been there, done it, and succeeded. I find there's so many people giving out advice when they themselves have nothing to show that their advice works...It's honestly frustrating =/ Also you being an instrumental artist is nice too because I find most advice is from/for vocal artists. Big thanks :)
Love that you do these. I'm sure this rapid growth also leads to so many streams on the back end. Like I wouldn't be surprised if you're still getting hundreds of thousands of streams on songs you released years ago.
I was playing a Lofi playlist while stretching and this song “under the moon” came on. I like the original as it’s been used in countless shows and such. I grab my phone to like it and go..WAIT..THIS IS L.Dre?! Honestly kind of cool to just stumble upon one of your tracks!
11:00 bro!! Insane you say this. I have an artist with over 300k monthly listeners, steady streams etc. We did the Discovery thing and it said the exact same thing, same playlists etc and it said that are streams were up but absolutely nothing changed. If anything they went down a little! Haven't used it since. Very weird.
Looking to cross from primarily selling type beats to releasing songs with artist and also release instrumentals. Thank you for videos like this, they really help a lot.
meticulously pitching to individual playlists is hard work, but I definitely wouldn't have the streams I finally have without doing it. I would say it's definitely more reliable than trying to chase viral videos of course lol
Great Content Amazing Video 💯💯💯 One Thing I would add is... Consistency is Key. The Spotify Algorithm can Pick Song on for Example "Spotify Radio" even 2 years after you Released it!!!!
Can you talk more about how your track went viral, what content you made to make it happen, what was the main content other people made to make it happen etc? Thanks
My only issue is that I don’t like the music scape in TikTok and reels because you basically become a TikTok artist and people only know 20 seconds of your song and they aren’t real fans
The twenty seconds of the song can lead to fans. Everyone knows the old commercials for the soul records or even the ones for NOW. You might not have gotten twenty seconds lol. Yet they sold. Album samplers had like a bunch of snippets too. Tiktok literally has a button that will take you right to the song on spotify if you like it. If someone can't decide if they like a song in 20 seconds then maybe that song isn't for them. The plus for that for you as an artist? You get more ears on your music than ever before, and you still get paid.
Hello, I am a relatively new artist and I make instrumental beats, as you said in the video, you do too. How did you overcome the struggles of competing with songs and artists that have lyrics, and how did you promote your tracks? And how long did it take from when you released your first track to get to 1k monthly listeners? Also is it possible for two instrumental artists to collaborate? Thanks
I have 9 YT subs on this new channel with NO content. All real people, too. Just waiting for me to drop my albums. I love that. I wish all of you luck on your musical journey!
@@LDreTheGiant yeah the conversions are never gonna be amazing, I spend about $600 per month on FB/IG Spotify campaigns and average roughly 40-50 new Spotify followers per month. That’s almost $15 per follower (which is insane) but every follower is a potential ‘super fan’ who may buy a ticket or hoodie down the line!
hey bro thanks for the vid! quick question: how much did you spend on the discovery mode thing when you tried it??? I'm a new artist and think it's worth a shot, just not sure how much I should be spending
hey bro big fan i just wanna ask 1 question. everyone likes my song on tiktok, i get a lot of likes, but no one listens to it on spotify. i don't know what I should do is there anything you can suggest me? :/
Could you explain again how you got onto lofigirl playlist? Do you give away copyright and royalties to them? I saw somewhere they said you could use / download the songs for free use, that true? Asking for a friend 😅
The have a label and Mondo Loops releases with them all the time and that song was part of his album with them. And yes you can use them for RUclips videos and streaming and all that for free
@ldrethegiant appreciate all you do good brother. Could you possibly do a tutorial on your approach to avoid the annoying compression that Instagram and tiktok use that lowers the sound quality of a track? Sounds awful on Instagram reels and distorted on tiktok. Sounds like they change the quality from stereo to mono. Is there a solution? Thanks in advance.
I’m not sure honestly but I will say I personally never add track to my library. I usually just add to my playlists. There’s really no point of adding to your library if it’s in your playlist
If anyone has had some success from watching my vids please let me in the comments. I’d love to hear it ❤
I Suppose "Success" Is Subjective To Every Person, But I've Been Watching Since Your Studio Was Still In The Garage! Learnt So Much From You Fr, And Learning Consistency From You Has Brought Me So Much More Exposure, And I've Seen Nothing But Growth, Thank You For All Your Hard Work 🫶❤️
Stay Beautiful 🦋
Hit 100,000 monthly listeners all thanks to you, L.Dre 🤗
@@icywavslucky you
All the best
😢😢
Yoh
You should make a apple music video
Thanks, L.Dre, for your videos always
I have learned a lot through this channel
Would you make another video about how to upload an album on Distrokid, and it will never be removed even if I stop paying membership fees 😊
Not gonna lie, I wouldn't have any streams or monthly listeners if it weren't for your videos getting me started, especially this type that teaches the basics of marketing music. Your video were integral in getting my music heard. Much love. ✌
Why is your disposition so calming and pleasant. Also... "Chasing viral videos is not a healthy way to live."... I couldn't agree more. Thanks for making these.
Thank you very much
Congrats on 1 million monthly listeners!!
Hey man!
Really appreciate the advice coming from someone who has actually been there, done it, and succeeded. I find there's so many people giving out advice when they themselves have nothing to show that their advice works...It's honestly frustrating =/
Also you being an instrumental artist is nice too because I find most advice is from/for vocal artists.
Big thanks :)
You’re one of the most honest people out there talking about this stuff. Genuinely thanks man
Great video. Thank you for sharing. I've just released my first Lofi instrumental track on Spotify so I'm taking a lot from this video. Thanks again.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the advice man I have small following so far and i intend to grow it. Patience, persistents & Collaboration are all key!
Love that you do these. I'm sure this rapid growth also leads to so many streams on the back end. Like I wouldn't be surprised if you're still getting hundreds of thousands of streams on songs you released years ago.
Collab?
Phenomenal video bro! Inspiring!
I was playing a Lofi playlist while stretching and this song “under the moon” came on. I like the original as it’s been used in countless shows and such.
I grab my phone to like it and go..WAIT..THIS IS L.Dre?!
Honestly kind of cool to just stumble upon one of your tracks!
Thank you for these points. I haven't had any song going viral yet, but consistency and playlisting help me to get more and more followers!
11:00 bro!! Insane you say this. I have an artist with over 300k monthly listeners, steady streams etc.
We did the Discovery thing and it said the exact same thing, same playlists etc and it said that are streams were up but absolutely nothing changed. If anything they went down a little!
Haven't used it since. Very weird.
hmmmmmmm 🤔 I also noticed things seemed a little slower after that but I didn't want to seem like it was a conspiracy or something
Thanks for the tips!
Yoooo great video, one can tell you’re speaking as someone who ACTUALLY had success in the real world .. keep it up man 👊👊
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Thanks for the great video as always. Like most things that lead to success, the process is simple but certainly not easy.
im not chasing the numbers im chasing the bag and to get the bag u need the numbers
Looking to cross from primarily selling type beats to releasing songs with artist and also release instrumentals. Thank you for videos like this, they really help a lot.
Factz, collaboration brings out a new you everytime. Collab! Do it!🥶🤟🏽
Very true.patince and consistency are your freinds
It's gonna happen bro, thanks.
I'm gone
Thanks for this video King ! P P
You’re welcome 🙏🏾
Love your videos, thank you for the tips! I work really hard on making my music and I’m hoping these tips will help me grow my audience.
Thank you for this
Any time 🙏🏾
Always giving gems, L.Dre! Thank you for the vibes 🔥🔥🔥
oh look a guy I collaborated with
i came across your video and its helpful. im getting back into the groove of my music and want to be a full time artist. i thank you
meticulously pitching to individual playlists is hard work, but I definitely wouldn't have the streams I finally have without doing it. I would say it's definitely more reliable than trying to chase viral videos of course lol
Thanks 🙏🏼 authentic and real content ❤ appreciated 💪🏽
I saw you at AES NYC. Wasn’t able to come over to say hello. Im saying it now. Wasssup !!
Great video! Thank you 👍 I like your perspective, patience and persistence is key 🎸
out of all the video there is on the same topic I knew to come here because you about what you teach, quality and consistency 💯
great advice, thanks for sharing
amazing video man! thanks a ton for the info. But @12:14 how can you use your monitors over your hoodie? that's crazy!
u a beast thank you for all your advices!!
Nice info 💫
Thanks for the inspiring ❤
very nice video Ldre
Dropping in to show some love. Great advice. 😁
I appreciate it !
I have mad respect for your art at work!!!!👊🏾
I appreciate that!!
Thank you for sharing the knowledge LDre,so wonderful
LETS GO 👀
First
@@LDreTheGiant YAY!
Man I’m so thankful for your tips 🎉 and thanks for the knowledge. And if you ever wanna collaborate I’m here ! :)
Great Video L.Dre 🔥🔥🔥
Thanks 💯
Appreciate the video bro. I hope I do well in the contest today! See you soon :D
Jamaal
you killed it w this one bro
This was so good, thank you L. Dre
Great video, concise and well said. I’m gonna try out what you said. Thank you 🙏
50 million streams is insane!
Bro thank you for this.
Great Content Amazing Video 💯💯💯
One Thing I would add is... Consistency is Key. The Spotify Algorithm can Pick Song on for Example "Spotify Radio" even 2 years after you Released it!!!!
Very true!
Great video
Can you talk more about how your track went viral, what content you made to make it happen, what was the main content other people made to make it happen etc? Thanks
your videos are so helpful, thank you so much
My only issue is that I don’t like the music scape in TikTok and reels because you basically become a TikTok artist and people only know 20 seconds of your song and they aren’t real fans
The twenty seconds of the song can lead to fans. Everyone knows the old commercials for the soul records or even the ones for NOW. You might not have gotten twenty seconds lol. Yet they sold. Album samplers had like a bunch of snippets too. Tiktok literally has a button that will take you right to the song on spotify if you like it. If someone can't decide if they like a song in 20 seconds then maybe that song isn't for them. The plus for that for you as an artist? You get more ears on your music than ever before, and you still get paid.
@@Aliengroover ok
So true, this was my number one concern lol. I dont want to be known as “that one tiktok artist” but instead someone who actually wants to make music
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Great video thanks for the Spotify tips
I like your videos. Brief and precise to the point
Hello, I am a relatively new artist and I make instrumental beats, as you said in the video, you do too. How did you overcome the struggles of competing with songs and artists that have lyrics, and how did you promote your tracks? And how long did it take from when you released your first track to get to 1k monthly listeners? Also is it possible for two instrumental artists to collaborate? Thanks
Great video man
Thank you for the video, I just started making music. This will definitely help to get listeners to my Spotify page.
Welp brother, just earned a new fan. Just by watching this. Fukibari 🌊🌊
Ayyyye thanks G 🙏🏾
Thank you ❤️👏💖
Thanks bro!
AMAZING thanx alot
If anyone is down let’s collab
Don’t matter the genre
I'm game 🙏💛😊Get in touch
Just followed you on spotify. 😊
@@Nikistitch1 appreciate it so much
Good tips, thx!
i will now become multi billionarie producer
You got this
L. Dre spoke facts in this video
Thx bro
I have 9 YT subs on this new channel with NO content. All real people, too. Just waiting for me to drop my albums. I love that. I wish all of you luck on your musical journey!
Great advice man thanks
simple n effective
Ive been pitching my song to Spotify editorial playlist for years never Got on them.
I be seeing that point a to point z reference
1 and 3 on point but I’d put facebook and instagram ads above playlists any day. Playlists build streams not fans
Yeah but you have to spend so much money to see any great results
@@LDreTheGiant yeah the conversions are never gonna be amazing, I spend about $600 per month on FB/IG Spotify campaigns and average roughly 40-50 new Spotify followers per month. That’s almost $15 per follower (which is insane) but every follower is a potential ‘super fan’ who may buy a ticket or hoodie down the line!
One day I will do a collaboration with L.Dre I promise you that. Just watch me make that happen. I appreciate you sharing your secrets.
This is just interesting as a music fan.
whats your reason for staying independent?
Good work
Thanks For this video
Thats a video ive been waiting for, thanks for that L.Dre!
Should you only collaborate with artists with exact same genre?
preciate it
I think another very useful thing is of course subit to lables for release and join theyr compilation project most labels do:)
hey bro thanks for the vid! quick question: how much did you spend on the discovery mode thing when you tried it??? I'm a new artist and think it's worth a shot, just not sure how much I should be spending
Thx man
nice video
Please bro always leave the subtitles on your videos ! 🙏🏼💛✨
For how many seconds your song have to be played on tiktok in order to be marked as "listened" on spotify?
You didn’t talk in details about collaborations?
Really helpfull video. Thanks!
but what a fake world we live in.. people putting your song under their video and then mute it...
hey bro big fan i just wanna ask 1 question. everyone likes my song on tiktok, i get a lot of likes, but no one listens to it on spotify. i don't know what I should do is there anything you can suggest me? :/
Ty
what mic are you using?
Muy bueno componer instrumentales con las melodías de otros! Alta data
How do I get unique listeners to my song SloWmo by Battlemode?
Could you explain again how you got onto lofigirl playlist? Do you give away copyright and royalties to them?
I saw somewhere they said you could use / download the songs for free use, that true?
Asking for a friend 😅
The have a label and Mondo Loops releases with them all the time and that song was part of his album with them.
And yes you can use them for RUclips videos and streaming and all that for free
@ldrethegiant appreciate all you do good brother. Could you possibly do a tutorial on your approach to avoid the annoying compression that Instagram and tiktok use that lowers the sound quality of a track? Sounds awful on Instagram reels and distorted on tiktok. Sounds like they change the quality from stereo to mono. Is there a solution? Thanks in advance.
Hmmm im not sure I haven't run into an issue like that in ages and I dont really do anything special
lesgooo
Hey bro! Are all your instrumentals copyrighted ?
How did u manage to get more playlist saves than adds? thats unusual
I’m not sure honestly but I will say I personally never add track to my library. I usually just add to my playlists. There’s really no point of adding to your library if it’s in your playlist