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The December Dilemma: 6 Myths and Truths About Releasing New Music in the Holiday Season

As the holiday season approaches, independent artists often grapple with the decision of whether to…

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Analyzing Spotify's New Royalty Model: A Game Changer for Indie Artists?

‍IntroductionSpotify's new royalty model, with its focus on fairness and equity, has the potential…

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The right way to think about your song's promotion budgets

You may know (all too well..) that being a music creator in 2023 takes a lot more than just…

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The Complete Guide to a Free Music Creation and Promotion Tech Stack

Today, a myriad of technological tools exist to transform your musical concepts into recorded…

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The Music Industry in Economic Downturns: To Increase or Decrease Promotional Spend

In the uncertain environment of economic downturns, certain industries shine as beacons of…

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How Music Artists Can Grow Together: From Support to Creating a Scene

There's something magical about musicians joining forces, supporting each other, and creating a…

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Which music distributor is the best?

One of the most common questions on Songtools users’ minds is “which music distributor should I be…

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Top 11 Ways for Music Creators to Make Some Extra Cash

Thriving in the music industry is often a blend of creativity, resilience, and strategic…

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How Much Should You Spend on Promotion as a Music Creator?

Promotion – the word that fills the heart of every budding artist with a mix of excitement and dread…

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4 Ways To Tell If Your Playlist is Healthy

Does your playlist have 1,000 followers? 20,000 followers? Even 100K followers!? Congratulations!…

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Hidden Music Goldmine: The UK's Edge Over the US

In preparation for this blog post, our team had been researching programs, grants, and general…

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How much money should you be making as a music creator?

Ah, the age-old dream of making a living solely from music; a fanciful aspiration whispered in…

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5 Songwriting Secrets That Make Your Tracks More Promotable

For artists, creation and promotion are deeply intertwined. A well-written song not only resonates…

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Unlocking TikTok for Independent Artists, the right way

In recent years, TikTok has emerged as a social media and music juggernaut. For independent artists,…

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Why Summer is the Prime Time for Independent Artists to Promote Their Music

The music industry, much like every other sector, operates in cycles influenced by many external…

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Top 3 Ways to Decipher True Fans from Fleeting Listeners

As artists, the quest isn't just to be heard, but to resonate through the noise of today’s music…

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Harness the power of cross-genre music creation & promotion

Genres are great to help find your footing in the world of music, and can also be excellent tools to…

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Why investing in Landing Pages is so critical for your music promo campaign

A music promo landing page is more than just a “linktree-style” webpage; it is a specialized tool…

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How to Create Eye-Catching Ads for Your Song

In today's hyper-digital landscape, creating an engaging ad for your music has become as essential…

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Is it time to (properly) monetize your music via Twitter?

Business magnate (and ex-label head) Richard Branson once said, 'Opportunities are like sunrises. If…

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Can videos help you get more playlist placements? Yes they can.

This week Songtools just announced yet another cutting edge innovationin playlist promotions--…

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How to get started promoting your music… before having any music

‍‍The subject of this blog post might seem absurd to music creators. How can I start promoting my…

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How to use data to predict your song’s potential, before release.

Here at SongTools, we always get asked, "How do I know which one of my songs will resonate with…

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To push or pivot? Assessing whether you should continue to promote or switch to a new release.

It’s no secret that streaming has changed the cadence at which artists release music. Even …

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Are Bots Eating Your Ad Budget?

According to Clickcease around 95 million Instagram accounts and 270 million Facebook accounts are…

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Unlocking New Audiences: Why Diversifying Your Traffic Is Key

Many artists and labels ask us– should we be focusing 100% of our promotion budget towards driving…

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Why Pre-Save Campaigns May Not Be as Effective as You Think

Have you run a pre-save campaign in the past? Over 70% of artists we asked have run a pre-save…

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How many music creators are really out there in 2023?

With the advent of music creation software like Garageband, BandLab, TikTok and more, the line…

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3 Quick & Easy Ways to Drive Traction Sustainably on Spotify

Everyone keeps trying to ‘crack’ the Spotify algorithm. There are some great articles out there,…

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Where do blogs fit into music marketing strategies in 2023?

Back in the day, blogging was an entire ecosystem that artists could leverage to garner the growth…

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Insights From An Industry Veteran

At SongTools, we’re lucky to have a diverse and experienced team working together to reach the…

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The Funnel Approach

The Funnel Approach: The Best Route to Building a Fanbase as a Music Creator Today‍Being an artist/…

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Music Fanconomics

Many music creators looking to promote their music get stuck trying to figure out how they should…

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How To Make Money From Music Production

Making money from music production can be a challenging task for many musicians, especially in today…

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12 Music Platforms: Best Ways to Find New Music Online

Finding music can be overwhelming due to so many streaming platforms available. There are so many…

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9 Ways to Promote Your Music as a Beginner

Promoting music independently can be exhausting since it’s going to take more time compared to…

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How to Start Writing a Song for Beginners

How to Start Writing a Song for BeginnersMusic is widely referred to as the universal language, if…

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9 Steps on How to Become a Music Producer

Behind the music we listen to is a music producer. They’re responsible for a lot of things that you…

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How To Get Noticed In The Music Industry

With the growing popularity of working in the music industry, getting recognized appears to be…

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What Is A&R In The Music Industry & What Do They Do?

What an A&R looks for in an artist's data and how they look for it hasn’t really changed. This…

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6 Easy Ways On How To Get People To Listen To Your Music

If you’re an artist, how frustrating was it to release a song you’ve spent countless hours on and…

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Shuffle A Playlist On Spotify With Desktop & Mobile in 3 Seconds

How To Shuffle A Playlist On Spotify On Desktop & Mobile‍Mix up your playlist with the Spotify…

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3 Steps To See How Your Followers On Spotify With Desktop & Mobile

How To See Followers On A Spotify Playlist‍Spotify is considered to be the most popular streaming…

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2 Steps to Remove A Song From A Spotify Playlist On Desktop or Mobile

It’s easy to remove songs from your Spotify playlist that you don’t want anymore. When removing…

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7 Steps To Make Your Playlist Private On Spotify

This is a guide to making your Spotify playlist private. It'll walk you through what settings you…

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What Is Playlister.Club & How It Helps Manage Your Playlists

Playlister.Cluballows you to get access to state-of-the art tools to manage your playlists, connect…

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3 Quick Steps To See Who Liked Your Playlist on Spotify

How To See Who Liked Your Playlist On Spotify?Spotify is a great music streaming service that can be…

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6 Easy Steps on How To Duplicate A Playlist On Spotify

Finding the right songs for your playlist can take hours of time and the idea of going through the…

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8 Fun & Exciting Things To Do While Listening To Music

Here Are Some Fun Things To Do While Listening To Music.‍Listening to music is a therapeutic way to…

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All About Indie Music & The History & Styles of Indie Music

Indie music is hard to describe, but it’s easy to know when you hear it. These artists are just as…

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New: Interactive Activity Feed

If you release music today, you know how powerful it is to have the right data guiding your…

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5 KILLER tips to optimize your Song and artwork for marketing:

We all knowthat having an amazing, well-produced track is the lowest common denominator to have a…

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Top 5 Music Streaming Analytics Tools that level the playing field for Independent Artists

As artists, we are currently experiencing a revolution in tech. We have access to advanced tools and…

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Reverbnation

Reverbnationis a social networking site for musicians. It allows artists to share their music with…

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Soundcloud Analytics

Soundcloud is a popular platform for music creators to share their tracks and interact with their…

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Youtube Analytics

YouTube Analyticsis provided to you directly from Youtube, and provides insights on your YouTube…

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Spotify For Artists

Spotify for Artistsis the official analytics platform for Spotify, that helps artists connect with…

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Say hello to the new & improved Discover page

The Discover page started with a simple idea: instead of an inbox where artists can send songs…

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Expanded Genres

Good news: We’ve doubled the number of genres available to tag your music! By popular demand…

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Getting Started as a Playlister

Check out the video below to learn more about getting started with the most advanced playlisting…

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Our Community Pledge To Real Curation

Our playlister community is powerful. Yet, just like that classic Spiderman quote says: “ with great…

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Revamped Community Tab

We’re excited to announce our revamped Community Tab! The Community Tab on Playlister Club has been…

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Introducing Banners: A deeper way to engage with the playlister community

As our Discover page gets more populated with amazing music on a daily basis, our team is tasked…

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Personalized Song Recommendations Now Delivered via Email!

Our main engine for music discovery, our Discover page, has been growing steadily over the past year…

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What is Trading and how can it help you?

Playlist trading, song swapping, playlist exchanges — you may have heard about this common practice…

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Introducing the Playlistability Index

When 40,000 new tracks get added to Spotify every day, ensuring your release gets the right kind of…

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Analytics Dashboard

How to best use the Artist & Label Dashboard to your advantageAs you can see from the video…

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Playlist Pulse

Playlist Pulse was created to highlight what songs are trending in the independent playlist space.…

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Where you should promote your music Geo Attractiveness | Geo Attractiveness

Potential fans are all around the world, learn where you have the best chance for success.With your…

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Track Discovery

The Playlister Club Discover page is innovating the way playlisters are finding new music. ‍Music…

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Performance Metrics

The performance metrics on your dashboard are one of the most important benefits you unlock with…

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Exclusive playlister data is now available!

We’re very excited to share some groundbreaking new features that we quietly rolled out in the past…

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A letter from our CEO

Dear Playlisters, Artists, Labels, Managers, and more; When we launched Playlister.Club a year ago,…

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