I love these videos, Nic. These videos don’t need to be edited, I prefer the raw unedited videos because I feel like you’re talking to me directly instead of different clips pieced together. Please continue to make content like this, we appreciate the gems and advice 😊
Daily’s would be great. Your strategies just got me past 2K monthlys for the first time & 10K streams in a month. Small for most people but the progress means a heap 🎉
You will never get to Spotify s bigger playlists , just in the smallest 1 or 2 times per year, I get there, 1k listeners for a week or 2 and thats all! Release as much as you can, weekly if it us possible, and make thousands of very good playlists of your own, with similar genre big artists mixed with your songs. It s fire.
I’ve been listening for only one and a half months and my listeners went from under 100 to almost 1000 today . Disclaimer I am a lifelong artist and musician who was at the point in my career where much like Nick says I just neeeded a switch flipped with how I was thinking . Forever grateful to u and your team and Connor . Everything is beginning to happen quickly just in one month I’ve even landed my first brand deal with an on brand music production company . I took what u teach and also started releasing my instrumentals (I produce my music) and was able to tie the instrumental into content with my favorite plugin company and voila . I share this in hopes someone else is wondering about nics advice and in my opinion I put his word up there with other 🐐 s like Gary Vee . Appreciate u and thanks for letting me share
Dude thanks for making this. As a young rapper I always wanted to be the next biggest thing, I wanted to just be on Wayne & Drakes level. But as I’ve created for the past 10 years I realized even if I never become the “most commercially” successful artist, I just wanna make a living off what I love. I try to be mindful of where I’m at cause I got 6k monthly listeners & i get paid regularly little amounts from my catalog & the best feeling is knowing it’s off the hard work I’ve put in over the past 10 years learning to produce, mix, master, record; write, & everything else. Now it’s time to grow it to 100,000 in 2024
@@Joaox10_ dude thank you bro, I was just talking about how hard of a day / week it’s been & times like this I feel like a “loser” based off societies standards. Your comment couldn’t have came at a better time
your approach to making music for a living is absolutely inspiring brother. Discovered you a few weeks ago and hearing the way you view the music business so logically has completely changed my mindset for the better. Appreciate you and every bit of your content i’ve come across.
I m a new independant artist and I m so stressed with the whole marketing thing, currently watching so many videos everyday and man fuck. This video was all I needed, thank you, I actually feel my peace of mind again
We're all so thankful for these types of videos. Just the fact that you aren't someone who gatekeeps means a ton to not just me but everyone else. Thanks Nic, and daily videos would be great
Thank u, I’ve never released anything and I finally gotten to a point where I feel good about the music I’m creating. Never been big on social media but knowing that I have to use it is kinda comforting seeing as artists like you are literally walking us through how u did it. Preciate you 💯
Please make more of these videos. I’ve listened to your book 3 times already. Currently at 16k monthly listeners and looking forward to growing that in 2024
Great points Nic! one of the best things I have done is start this RUclips channel. It has gotten me into the habit of not over thinking and just getting the stuff out there. since doing this it has feeded into my actual music creation and I have been actually releasing songs. I think you are absolutely on the money with the "More is more" option for 2024.
Yes, please keep them coming. Can you touch on content creation and songwriting? How to not run out of ideas and most of all, not judging ourselves and what we create. Thanks! You’re changing lives, mine included ✨
Need to start daily. I’ve been making music for over 10 years, I remember releasing mixtapes on datpiff and SoundCloud when those were the incumbent platforms in the space. Converting my strategy to creating content has been difficult, but fun to say the least. I’m about to turn 29 years old and I can’t imagine spending my life doing anything other than making music. Like these with success like yours believe I’m just a video away. Thank you for the support and motivation.
Yessirrr I’m at where Connor was when y’all met. Nice to meet you. 2024 is going to be huge. Keep these coming bro.. how many of the 116K first day came from release radar? 👁
This vid is so genuine. When I first started posting songs on Spotify, I felt the "I'm doing this because I love it" and now it's just the seek to reach streams and monthly listeners and I forgot the real reason I make music... thanks, I needed this video
Love it bro got your book gonna try you strategy 2024 I only dropped 3 songs in 2023 felt like I was chasing too many goals so now I’m just narrowing it to this one
for real though man, this is gold...like so many dudes out there try to get you into their little funnel system and pay them for this sort of practical, pragmatic advice....I've been creating for a decade and finally feel like I'm in a place to actually put all these suggestions to good use
These kind of videos are where its at. No fancy editing. No beating around the bush. Straight to it. A video on what makes content converting for a song would be so helpful.i.e. how to entertain and tell a story that makes people want to listen to your song.
Great Video! Could you maybe make a video about how to structure your content and keep an overview, so you know when to repurpose content and create a good schedule for it?
Thanks, some RUclipsrs are saying that you should release 3 to 4 weeks I've even heard 6 weeks in between releases. I always felt releasing more frequently made more sense. I'm also going to look into getting your book thanks.
honestly for me, ive been trying to learn producing but its really been detrimental for my creative process. i get a spark of creativity and try to put it down but it somehow gets further and further from my initial idea because of the amount of time it takes me to do the producing. i have lyrics on lyrics 😢 keep killing it Nick, enjoying your youtube videos 🤙🏽
Used to be there. takes time and practice. Dont be afraid to make bad beats. Ive been making beats on my iphone for years on garageband and now ive come to the point where i can make a beat in 15 mins
Nic stays consistent with the info he gives that’s how you know it’s real. I’m trying to get to a small level of his success. Good luck in your music journey everyone!
This kind of content is so helpful Nic - super thankful for your raw thoughts. I think what's going to make 2024 a "big year" for me personally is the mentality switch your book and content gave me... excited to execute on it, learn, and get those reps in 👊🏻🙏🏻
Great stuff bro! I appreciate your perspective and have now joined Grouped cuz of you. Also, I've been avoiding TikTok and that style content for a long time. You've really made me reconsider, and now I just need to jump in and find my style of it. One thing I'll say about the release frequency and budget thing is that, as a rock artist and sound engineer, my biggest bottleneck is recording drums. It's one of the toughest things to do well in recording, and what I've come to realize is that I need to go to great studios, or buy a ton more mics and gear to achieve great results. I can program drums really well at this point, but to me, it's still isn't quite the same as working with real drummers recording in the real world. Your points about frequent release really has me thinking about other ways I can create to supplement in between the costly and time-consuming drum bottleneck. In any case, I just wanted to say thank you, and highlight the difference between being more live instrument based vs. Hip hop and EDM. I personally find it much easier to bang shit out faster in those genres the times Ive worked on them.
Thank you so much for this! It’s changed my entire perspective on how to make music! And it’s also helped me break down road blocks I’ve placed in my own way as a musician. I’ve been binge watching everything and I’m gonna start with this strategy and see what happens! I might even blog about the process! Thank you 🙏🏾
Great advice. In marketing, my clients #1 concern is always ‘Overloading people’. My response, “First. You’re not that special. Second. Don’t invade their personal space.” Overload them with destinations/places they can find you. Don’t email them about EVERY new song. Create an ocean of songs they can land in and explore. And…Organize playlists and albums to create order and familiarity to new listeners.
DAMN! 100K first day no promo is OD. I feel like I could get there easily if I just drop MORE. Appreciate the video fr tho. Only question is how do you, Connor and GRAHM cross promote so well? I want to get on that wave with my producer hunna g this year. Would be interested in y'all thought process with branding that and the content strategies.
hey i know your getting your setup dialed in. Id reccomend using focus peaking and manual focus with an aputure of 4-6 and dial it in prior to sitting down. It will take it to the next level. I love what youre doing!
I released my first single on the 15th of jan 2024 and already have 41 monthly listeners , my shit dope ! gonna release some otha shit soon, these videos really were the motivation i needed
This is wonderful advice. Nick, but I do think maybe you should touch upon the fact that playlists are good for new fans to discover you. That was the only thing I think that started to veer me. But I always love your advice man. Keep up the good work brother
Bro I’d love to hear you talk about your marketing journey when it comes to paid advertising. What you use to get all of the data and how you dissect that in your mind to achieve an exceptional outcome 💪
Nic this is the best advice. I really do not believe that enough artists believe this to be true but I see it for myself. People try to plan way too much out and devise this "master plan" when if they would have just been consistent with higher output, they'd probably be in a better place today (myself included). Thank you for this shared perspective.
Thanks Nic, loved the transparency and straight talk. No fluff. I subbed and got the book. Hoping to apply some of the methods and continue learning. Wishing everyone the best on their journey as well.
Could you please make videos about how to come up with content? Examples, methods you use, etc? I'd love to try your method but the step "make content" is just too abstract for me rn. Thank you for all your insights, you're a gem
Love this, thank you for the amazing insight my brother!! Going to start dropping more frequently this year and I appreciate you for doing these videos!!
Hi, Nic. Talking about strategy. If music is in different genres or styles what would you recommend how to release it on spotify: using different artist profiles or the same artist profile? May you could make video about your thoughts on this topic. Thanks
The only thing that “stops” me from releasing more frequently is my stubborn need to only release the BEST songs. I don’t like the thought of releasing a little throwaway track. I want my catalogue to be undeniably great, even if my taste isn’t your taste, I still want you to be able to respect it. I’m a bit of an over the top perfectionist if you couldn’t tell lmao. I don’t know how to get over it and tbh I don’t know if I even DO want to get over it because the thought of releasing sub par music is fucking awful too me. But I do need to and want to release more frequently. But the songs I work on take a lot of time. It’s a sticky one tbh but I do this to myself 😂
Btw, I don’t think it’s a fear of failing, I just want to be one of the absolute best artists to live. I want to change music and leave a massive footprint in music history
Yo Nic, thanks for the video bro! Question, could you talk a little bit what your best investments were along the way - most worthwhile piece of gear, most helpful learning resource you came across, etc?
Hi Nick, congratulations on your well deserved success 🎉. You are very talented and clever. Thank you for sharing your story.♥️ My daughter is studying Design for Performance. Sadly, the course is so full on she has had to give up her Cello and Guitar lessons. She is an amazing Songwriter and singer, so it's a real shame she just will not have time to follow your strategy due to Education and the long hours students have to study. However, I hope in the future when she finishes the course she can learn from your success. Thank you for sharing. ♥️🥰♥️ For me as a Mum it gives me great joy to hear my daughter and her father create music together. I believe in a Bespoke Education where young people can pursue Art and Music. After all they complement each other very well indeed. 😊👍
Amen brother! I just discovered you last week and I been gobbling up your content. Love it! Loving the inside look at Spotify strategy. There’s a whole industry based on editorial playlist pitching and placement, and you’ve just confirmed my nagging feeling that it’s all bs. I’ve been very discouraged by the mantra I hear everywhere that there’s no money in music, but you’ve inspired me otherwise. Would love to hear your thoughts on making the recording process cheaper/easier. I’ve been think lately that could be key for me, cause I need to speed up my process and get my shit out quick and on the regular!
My strategy, buy Nick D's Book (I usually listen to audiobook listening when I'm on the commute) release frequently, learn small business, learn how to collaborate, learn how to market.
Happy holidays Nic! Love what you're doing. This would be nice if it was a weekly thing. Also can you post some strategies on how to grow your audience.
currently running out of angles to film in my house, think i might have to buy a barn! I post about a song a week, right now, catching up on making videos for them all. What are your thoughts on posting the song on streaming platforms and video on youtube at the same time? Instead of trying to build tension by dropping one before the other?
Дякую, Нік, що ділишся своїми думками. Також вважаю безглуздим перенавантаження на слухача. Це звучить як відговорка. Особисто мені дуже важко випускати релізи часто, тому як я все роблю сам, від початку до кінця. А замість синглів готую альбом. Але зате одразу буде більше треків в каталозі.
Great video - you've inspired me to take this approach and mindset more than I was. Love your style of video too! Look forward to checking out what else you've been riffing on
You look like some kind of cowboy rambler full of wisdom and mystery hahaha I love you and love these videos. You’re the best and thank you for what you do. ❤
to fix your autofocus, place an object where you’ll be sitting. then autofocus onto that.. once it’s focused, put your lens on manual so it won’t move. then you’re set.
I know quite a few artists who have tried to be regular, to post several times a week on the networks, to post music regularly and most of them don't become famous, in fact they probably never will. On the other hand, I agree that you have to post regularly if you want to expect results, and the few artists I knew who managed to make a living from their music were also regular, but that's no guarantee of success. There are silent artists who don't post regularly who manage to make a living from their music, and those are just as rare also. it's a reality we don't like to talk about...
I think there’s a disconnect with independent artists, I think majority of us try to follow the path of the signed label artist …drop a single then another in 4 months then an album, they’re worried about how cluttered their discography is, you have to oversaturate the market.
This year I released 2 songs per month, At first it was hard but I improved my ability to write and produce faster. I’ll keep it up now but with more contents on social media
Nic I appreciate all you’re doing for us. Huge fan of the ndpndnt podcast, along with this channel I just found. Would you mind detailing how much of your promo is ads vs. organic conversions from short form content? I recall you saying once that you did some ads when you were starting out
Hey man, thank you for the great advice. Gonna try out your approach for a year, I’m all in. One question: how do you feel about personal/life content vs musical content? I know you do mostly the music side, but do you ever recommend personal content too?
![Tee Grizzley - Blow for Blow (feat. J. Cole) [Official Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/wNLN5xsx5dc/mqdefault.jpg)
Finally! A Spotify release strategy video that doesn't sound like a pitch from a timeshare salesman. 😂
Broooo
😂😂 here take this 🏆
I love these videos, Nic. These videos don’t need to be edited, I prefer the raw unedited videos because I feel like you’re talking to me directly instead of different clips pieced together. Please continue to make content like this, we appreciate the gems and advice 😊
Agreed. Feels very genuine. Incredibly rare today.
Agreed
Me too
Daily’s would be great. Your strategies just got me past 2K monthlys for the first time & 10K streams in a month. Small for most people but the progress means a heap 🎉
Well done 🎉
2k in a month is crazyyyy awesomee 🔥
That's awesome congratulation
13:17 I'm not crying you're crying lol 😂
Bro I seriously appreciate you, Conner and Russ for genuinely caring about helping artist crack the code.
Same!
🫶
Facts on pitching songs. Spotify only lets you pitch one song at a time, slowing down releases if you’re doing it for editorial playlists.
Bro please.... What's " pitching a song" ?????
You will never get to Spotify s bigger playlists , just in the smallest 1 or 2 times per year, I get there, 1k listeners for a week or 2 and thats all! Release as much as you can, weekly if it us possible, and make thousands of very good playlists of your own, with similar genre big artists mixed with your songs. It s fire.
Been able to grow my listeners to 200k monthly following this advice - Thank you man please keep sharing. Means A LOT
Congrats 🎊
I’ve been listening for only one and a half months and my listeners went from under 100 to almost 1000 today . Disclaimer I am a lifelong artist and musician who was at the point in my career where much like Nick says I just neeeded a switch flipped with how I was thinking . Forever grateful to u and your team and Connor . Everything is beginning to happen quickly just in one month I’ve even landed my first brand deal with an on brand music production company . I took what u teach and also started releasing my instrumentals (I produce my music) and was able to tie the instrumental into content with my favorite plugin company and voila . I share this in hopes someone else is wondering about nics advice and in my opinion I put his word up there with other 🐐 s like Gary Vee . Appreciate u and thanks for letting me share
Amazing bro!! Congratulations. Keep going 🤝
Dude thanks for making this. As a young rapper I always wanted to be the next biggest thing, I wanted to just be on Wayne & Drakes level. But as I’ve created for the past 10 years I realized even if I never become the “most commercially” successful artist, I just wanna make a living off what I love. I try to be mindful of where I’m at cause I got 6k monthly listeners & i get paid regularly little amounts from my catalog & the best feeling is knowing it’s off the hard work I’ve put in over the past 10 years learning to produce, mix, master, record; write, & everything else.
Now it’s time to grow it to 100,000 in 2024
Keep going man
@@Joaox10_ dude thank you bro, I was just talking about how hard of a day / week it’s been & times like this I feel like a “loser” based off societies standards. Your comment couldn’t have came at a better time
@@Joaox10_ word. Thug it out! You got this
@@steelokey Im happy to hear that it helped, never give up bro you will make it
Good job 🔥🔥🔥
your approach to making music for a living is absolutely inspiring brother. Discovered you a few weeks ago and hearing the way you view the music business so logically has completely changed my mindset for the better. Appreciate you and every bit of your content i’ve come across.
I m a new independant artist and I m so stressed with the whole marketing thing, currently watching so many videos everyday and man fuck. This video was all I needed, thank you, I actually feel my peace of mind again
We're all so thankful for these types of videos. Just the fact that you aren't someone who gatekeeps means a ton to not just me but everyone else. Thanks Nic, and daily videos would be great
Thank u, I’ve never released anything and I finally gotten to a point where I feel good about the music I’m creating. Never been big on social media but knowing that I have to use it is kinda comforting seeing as artists like you are literally walking us through how u did it. Preciate you 💯
You have no idea how much I appreciate you putting all this invaluable content 🖤🙌🏻 Be blessed, Nic!
Please make more of these videos. I’ve listened to your book 3 times already. Currently at 16k monthly listeners and looking forward to growing that in 2024
Great points Nic! one of the best things I have done is start this RUclips channel. It has gotten me into the habit of not over thinking and just getting the stuff out there. since doing this it has feeded into my actual music creation and I have been actually releasing songs. I think you are absolutely on the money with the "More is more" option for 2024.
Yes, please keep them coming. Can you touch on content creation and songwriting? How to not run out of ideas and most of all, not judging ourselves and what we create. Thanks! You’re changing lives, mine included ✨
Need to start daily. I’ve been making music for over 10 years, I remember releasing mixtapes on datpiff and SoundCloud when those were the incumbent platforms in the space. Converting my strategy to creating content has been difficult, but fun to say the least. I’m about to turn 29 years old and I can’t imagine spending my life doing anything other than making music. Like these with success like yours believe I’m just a video away. Thank you for the support and motivation.
Yessirrr I’m at where Connor was when y’all met. Nice to meet you. 2024 is going to be huge. Keep these coming bro.. how many of the 116K first day came from release radar? 👁
This vid is so genuine. When I first started posting songs on Spotify, I felt the "I'm doing this because I love it" and now it's just the seek to reach streams and monthly listeners and I forgot the real reason I make music... thanks, I needed this video
absolutely love the video with the ranch brotha great video thanks for being real
Really admire your work ethic brother, I'm running a song a week challenge right now because of your inspirational story!
Love it bro got your book gonna try you strategy 2024 I only dropped 3 songs in 2023 felt like I was chasing too many goals so now I’m just narrowing it to this one
Thanks for the pep talk! Just found your channel. I would love to hear your thoughts on how to release music less expensively. Please! ❤
for real though man, this is gold...like so many dudes out there try to get you into their little funnel system and pay them for this sort of practical, pragmatic advice....I've been creating for a decade and finally feel like I'm in a place to actually put all these suggestions to good use
These kind of videos are where its at. No fancy editing. No beating around the bush. Straight to it. A video on what makes content converting for a song would be so helpful.i.e. how to entertain and tell a story that makes people want to listen to your song.
Great Video! Could you maybe make a video about how to structure your content and keep an overview, so you know when to repurpose content and create a good schedule for it?
Needed this! Went semi viral in 2018, and ready to get back to the grind. Thanks for putting the battery in my back man.
Thanks, some RUclipsrs are saying that you should release 3 to 4 weeks I've even heard 6 weeks in between releases. I always felt releasing more frequently made more sense. I'm also going to look into getting your book thanks.
honestly for me, ive been trying to learn producing but its really been detrimental for my creative process. i get a spark of creativity and try to put it down but it somehow gets further and further from my initial idea because of the amount of time it takes me to do the producing. i have lyrics on lyrics 😢 keep killing it Nick, enjoying your youtube videos 🤙🏽
Used to be there. takes time and practice. Dont be afraid to make bad beats. Ive been making beats on my iphone for years on garageband and now ive come to the point where i can make a beat in 15 mins
Nic stays consistent with the info he gives that’s how you know it’s real. I’m trying to get to a small level of his success. Good luck in your music journey everyone!
Love it - 100% agree! wish ground hog would have appeared
This kind of content is so helpful Nic - super thankful for your raw thoughts. I think what's going to make 2024 a "big year" for me personally is the mentality switch your book and content gave me... excited to execute on it, learn, and get those reps in 👊🏻🙏🏻
Love the energy homie. Super down to earth. Keep it up homie
Great stuff bro! I appreciate your perspective and have now joined Grouped cuz of you.
Also, I've been avoiding TikTok and that style content for a long time. You've really made me reconsider, and now I just need to jump in and find my style of it.
One thing I'll say about the release frequency and budget thing is that, as a rock artist and sound engineer, my biggest bottleneck is recording drums. It's one of the toughest things to do well in recording, and what I've come to realize is that I need to go to great studios, or buy a ton more mics and gear to achieve great results.
I can program drums really well at this point, but to me, it's still isn't quite the same as working with real drummers recording in the real world.
Your points about frequent release really has me thinking about other ways I can create to supplement in between the costly and time-consuming drum bottleneck.
In any case, I just wanted to say thank you, and highlight the difference between being more live instrument based vs. Hip hop and EDM. I personally find it much easier to bang shit out faster in those genres the times Ive worked on them.
Thank you so much for this! It’s changed my entire perspective on how to make music! And it’s also helped me break down road blocks I’ve placed in my own way as a musician. I’ve been binge watching everything and I’m gonna start with this strategy and see what happens! I might even blog about the process! Thank you 🙏🏾
Bro, I'm gonna make it someday because of Nic D. I am committed to this, and Nics advice has pointed me in the right direction! God bless man!
Great advice. In marketing, my clients #1 concern is always ‘Overloading people’.
My response, “First. You’re not that special. Second. Don’t invade their personal space.”
Overload them with destinations/places they can find you. Don’t email them about EVERY new song. Create an ocean of songs they can land in and explore.
And…Organize playlists and albums to create order and familiarity to new listeners.
Appreciate you taking the time to share Nic! "move like a business" has been impactful for me since i heard you say it on another podcast
I like this style of content. Minimal editing, doesn’t conform with short attention span, solid advice and it’s casual🔥🤝
DAMN! 100K first day no promo is OD. I feel like I could get there easily if I just drop MORE. Appreciate the video fr tho. Only question is how do you, Connor and GRAHM cross promote so well? I want to get on that wave with my producer hunna g this year. Would be interested in y'all thought process with branding that and the content strategies.
hey i know your getting your setup dialed in. Id reccomend using focus peaking and manual focus with an aputure of 4-6 and dial it in prior to sitting down. It will take it to the next level. I love what youre doing!
I released my first single on the 15th of jan 2024 and already have 41 monthly listeners , my shit dope ! gonna release some otha shit soon, these videos really were the motivation i needed
Yeah for "daily" - Keep your thoughts coming
The Master P approach I love it
Wow I got 280 listeners this year! But now I want that 1.k 🔥
Love the video nick and the ending made me feel better
This is wonderful advice. Nick, but I do think maybe you should touch upon the fact that playlists are good for new fans to discover you. That was the only thing I think that started to veer me. But I always love your advice man. Keep up the good work brother
I love this kind of video from you. Like a stream of consciousness. Feels like it's just you and me talking. Love your advice for new artists
thanks for the last minute! Always forgetting how much a 100 people listening actually means cause of comparing myself to others.
Bro I’d love to hear you talk about your marketing journey when it comes to paid advertising. What you use to get all of the data and how you dissect that in your mind to achieve an exceptional outcome 💪
Really digging these videos man
my fav motivational talk 💥💫
Nic this is the best advice. I really do not believe that enough artists believe this to be true but I see it for myself. People try to plan way too much out and devise this "master plan" when if they would have just been consistent with higher output, they'd probably be in a better place today (myself included). Thank you for this shared perspective.
2024 is going to be wildin
I agree and believe in this, You have mindset like Mr. BEast.
I have confusion about how and when to release.
But this cleared my mind.
Thank you Nic
no way i just found Nic D while looking for spotify strategies for spotify. love your collabs with connor
I could definitely post more frequently on RUclips if I can’t afford to make and release music every day.
Great insights.
Thanks Nic, loved the transparency and straight talk. No fluff. I subbed and got the book. Hoping to apply some of the methods and continue learning. Wishing everyone the best on their journey as well.
Could you please make videos about how to come up with content? Examples, methods you use, etc? I'd love to try your method but the step "make content" is just too abstract for me rn. Thank you for all your insights, you're a gem
Love this, thank you for the amazing insight my brother!! Going to start dropping more frequently this year and I appreciate you for doing these videos!!
Hi, Nic. Talking about strategy. If music is in different genres or styles what would you recommend how to release it on spotify: using different artist profiles or the same artist profile? May you could make video about your thoughts on this topic. Thanks
I've found every release is better than the last one. Such great advice! Crank them out. 100 = 10X streams right?
Awesome video Nic! I’m learning a lot, let us know about the affordable way to release more songs soon thanks bro!
Can you talk about the content creation part? Like coming up for the ideas frequently, how to do it and so on.
Idk if you’re able to do these daily, but waking up and hearing this is so helpful
You have no idea how much this helps me. I would LOVE a daily video
Thanks for the advice 😊. You really understand.
The only thing that “stops” me from releasing more frequently is my stubborn need to only release the BEST songs. I don’t like the thought of releasing a little throwaway track. I want my catalogue to be undeniably great, even if my taste isn’t your taste, I still want you to be able to respect it. I’m a bit of an over the top perfectionist if you couldn’t tell lmao. I don’t know how to get over it and tbh I don’t know if I even DO want to get over it because the thought of releasing sub par music is fucking awful too me. But I do need to and want to release more frequently. But the songs I work on take a lot of time. It’s a sticky one tbh but I do this to myself 😂
Btw, I don’t think it’s a fear of failing, I just want to be one of the absolute best artists to live. I want to change music and leave a massive footprint in music history
Yes please more videos! You are a huge inspiration and help man. Thank you 🙏🏼
Yo Nic, thanks for the video bro!
Question, could you talk a little bit what your best investments were along the way - most worthwhile piece of gear, most helpful learning resource you came across, etc?
Hi Nick, congratulations on your well deserved success 🎉. You are very talented and clever. Thank you for sharing your story.♥️ My daughter is studying Design for Performance. Sadly, the course is so full on she has had to give up her Cello and Guitar lessons. She is an amazing Songwriter and singer, so it's a real shame she just will not have time to follow your strategy due to Education and the long hours students have to study.
However, I hope in the future when she finishes the course she can learn from your success. Thank you for sharing. ♥️🥰♥️
For me as a Mum it gives me great joy to hear my daughter and her father create music together. I believe in a Bespoke Education where young people can pursue Art and Music. After all they complement each other very well indeed. 😊👍
Would love the daily videos!
love this style of video! very effortless and effective and it’s a cool way to journal your thoughts to everyone✌🏼
Release consistently 💯 hope that crosses over to podcasting 🙌 thanks for sharing
Amen brother! I just discovered you last week and I been gobbling up your content. Love it! Loving the inside look at Spotify strategy. There’s a whole industry based on editorial playlist pitching and placement, and you’ve just confirmed my nagging feeling that it’s all bs. I’ve been very discouraged by the mantra I hear everywhere that there’s no money in music, but you’ve inspired me otherwise. Would love to hear your thoughts on making the recording process cheaper/easier. I’ve been think lately that could be key for me, cause I need to speed up my process and get my shit out quick and on the regular!
PLEASE BROTHER! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD POST THESE ON A DAILY BASIS 💪🏆
I agree with you king. I had 20k streams last year, started releasing weekly this year, hit half a million streams. It works.
Happy for you 🤝
My strategy, buy Nick D's Book (I usually listen to audiobook listening when I'm on the commute) release frequently, learn small business, learn how to collaborate, learn how to market.
Please drop a course on this man! Your book was phenomenal and I’d really love to learn from you as an artist
'the focus is fine you need glasses' made me audibly chuckle
Happy holidays Nic! Love what you're doing. This would be nice if it was a weekly thing. Also can you post some strategies on how to grow your audience.
currently running out of angles to film in my house, think i might have to buy a barn! I post about a song a week, right now, catching up on making videos for them all. What are your thoughts on posting the song on streaming platforms and video on youtube at the same time? Instead of trying to build tension by dropping one before the other?
my favourite "go bananas" guy. 💫
Дякую, Нік, що ділишся своїми думками. Також вважаю безглуздим перенавантаження на слухача. Це звучить як відговорка. Особисто мені дуже важко випускати релізи часто, тому як я все роблю сам, від початку до кінця. А замість синглів готую альбом. Але зате одразу буде більше треків в каталозі.
Can you make a video on what kinds of content to post? And maybe another video on running ads on facebook?
Great video - you've inspired me to take this approach and mindset more than I was. Love your style of video too! Look forward to checking out what else you've been riffing on
bro you are the absolute goat!!
You look like some kind of cowboy rambler full of wisdom and mystery hahaha I love you and love these videos. You’re the best and thank you for what you do. ❤
to fix your autofocus, place an object where you’ll be sitting. then autofocus onto that.. once it’s focused, put your lens on manual so it won’t move. then you’re set.
thank you for the motivation! best gift Christmas can offer!
I know quite a few artists who have tried to be regular, to post several times a week on the networks, to post music regularly and most of them don't become famous, in fact they probably never will. On the other hand, I agree that you have to post regularly if you want to expect results, and the few artists I knew who managed to make a living from their music were also regular, but that's no guarantee of success. There are silent artists who don't post regularly who manage to make a living from their music, and those are just as rare also. it's a reality we don't like to talk about...
This gave me a different perspective .. I didn't know I needed this video today! Glad it came my way
This is the most solid advice I've found out there
Needed this today more than ever
I love how he makes it simple and straight to the point
I think there’s a disconnect with independent artists, I think majority of us try to follow the path of the signed label artist …drop a single then another in 4 months then an album, they’re worried about how cluttered their discography is, you have to oversaturate the market.
This year I released 2 songs per month, At first it was hard but I improved my ability to write and produce faster. I’ll keep it up now but with more contents on social media
Love that for you fr keep going
@@frdiforartists🙏🏽👊🏽
Nic I appreciate all you’re doing for us. Huge fan of the ndpndnt podcast, along with this channel I just found.
Would you mind detailing how much of your promo is ads vs. organic conversions from short form content? I recall you saying once that you did some ads when you were starting out
Hey man, thank you for the great advice. Gonna try out your approach for a year, I’m all in.
One question: how do you feel about personal/life content vs musical content? I know you do mostly the music side, but do you ever recommend personal content too?
Doing personal content can create a bond with the viewer and make them relate to you aswell🙌🏼
thank you Nic
Man. These are great.