How To Access Spotify For Artists Before Your First Release
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- In this video I show you how to access Spotify for artists prior to having any releases live, so you can pitch your first song to Spotify editorial. This entire process took about 2 days from uploading on DistroKid to pitching the song on Spotify for Artists.
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Very helpful and informative content, thanks for sharing this Andrew!
bro i couldnt find my answers anwhere, ur the goat
wow! thank you so much for this! I have been stressing over figuring this out for my new project I am launching.
Glad it helped!
hands down the best video on this, you're a life saver
Legend! Thank you just went on the URL looker upper says come back tomorrow. you're a life saver man!
Glad it helped!
Mines been saying come back tomorrow for a few days now when will it update?
my name doesn't show up for the Spotify artist account
The video doesnt make anysense
i dont understand this. when i go to the website i have to log in so i use my normal spotify email and password (for listening to music) and the account that i use for listening pops up, but how do i get the artist account? theres no search bar for me to type in my artist name the only thing i see is the account i use to listen to music
This video was perfectly crafted! Cheers brother
Thanks so much! Glad it helped.
Spotify for artists is still a long way behind UA-cam studio for stats etc.
Yeah, but if you look at the data they gave us 2 years ago its come a LONG way since then. They're also far ahead Apple and Amazon for Artists. Hopefully a year from now it will be even better.
Excellent vid. informative. Exactly what I needed without filler
Thanks! Glad it helped.
super helpful video i was trying to find this information for so long. thanks man!
Yes! This is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Thanks
Thank you so much. I couldn't work out how to get my new project on, it isn't obvious! All sorted, cheers!
Is this possible through CD baby as well ?
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Bro I literally was trying to do this yesterday then your vid pops up. Your awesome 😊
I wish I’d had this video a month ago haha! Your channel has been very helpful to me ever since though, keep up the good work Andrew!
love uuuuu this was sooooo helpful
Great info as always Andrew,super useful. Wondering What would happen to your Spotify profile if you had just one release and decided to take that down,would your Spotify profile remain up?
not andrew but yea it remains up for me, its just empty
@@kelemon appreciate that
Thanks! Yeah i've seen people do that just so they could get their Spotify profile setup sooner. Thats sort of a hack way of doing it, but it works.
@@AndrewSouthworth gotcha and as kelemons said if you already had 1 existing song and at some point you decided to take it down,your profile would stay up? I ask because I feel like when some people I know have taken all songs down their profile disappears until they release something again or am I making that up?
excellent ! super helpful video andrew thank you very much ! ;))
Spotify Looker Upper is more like 5 day turn around if brand new artist and album uploaded freshly uploaded. Your video was very helpful though, thank you!
I feel like since I made this video the Spotify stuff has gotten a bit slower. It used to be Spotify was the fastest DSP to push to but now they're not. Thanks!
I've uploaded my first EP to TuneCore 2 weeks ago and I wanted to get access to Spotify for artists to pitch my songs to playlist curators. But apparently my Spotify page will get created on the day that the music gets released and TuneCore doesn't provide me with the Spotify URI ahead of time so I guess there's no way I'll be able to pitch those songs and get my profile set up before the music comes out
Same thing seems to be the case with CD Baby, unfortunately. One thing that comes to mind is to slate it for release much sooner in advance. Maybe the code appears for you after, say, 4 weeks.
I cant find the Artist name since its still not live
When I click 'get access' it does not prompt me to login but asks me if I already have music on Spotify (which I do not). Anyone else run into this?
My URI is not appearing on the looker upper page and my song is not even appearing in spotify today was my release date, i can see it on other platforms
Thank you very much! Great info
great helpful video thanks
Thank you!
My question is..I already have DistroKid through my old band, the first song for my new band will debut on Spotify in a week. I requested access to my new band from my old band’s profile on Spotify For Artists today. Once approved, I’ll be able to access my Spotify account from the Spotify For Artists page, right? I don’t have a way to log in to Spotify directly for my new band bc I’m going through my old band’s DistroKid account. Is there a way to create a separate direct Spotify log-in for the new band w/ the new band’s actual email?
So confusing lol.
U're a fucking genius
thank you so much
super cool Andrew!
Just to be clear. You upload your song with a future release date, then request the access from Spotify, right?
Exactly!
As a new artist, it wouldn't let me do anything at all since I couldn't even verify my account until the date released. I cannot for the life of me find anything about teams anywhere. Do they still even have this?
Update: I was able to find this finally :)
@@song2001september in the same situation. How did you find it?
@@NoahLynch17 Go to your home page and up at the top right you'll see a question mark but it's the letter icon to the right of that that you will click. Click that and it will drop down options like user settings, teams, language, help and log out. Hope this helps :)
Thanks for the help! I'm on the some process. Should I do the same thing for other platforms like Deezer, Apple music, etc... or just wait??
Thanks for the video, to be sure, I need to upload the music to Distrokid first and then get acess to Spotify Artist few days later? Does it work to set the release date 1 week in future or might it be better to have some more weeks (to get access before the song is released)
I need help because my distrokid posts like the same day or the next day so how can i pitch?
You need to schedule your releases in advance to pitch, typically you want to upload your songs at least 2 weeks prior to the release date. For DistroKid this means you need to be on the Musician Plus plan or higher.
@@AndrewSouthworth Dang so now i gatta grind $36 But it will be worth it, Also if i upgrade to Musician Plus does it start my yearly fee over or is it the same time
So what happens if i got the URI from distrokid but it's not appearing when i try to place it on Spotify for Artists to create a new page? Should I wait a little longer? I uploaded it 2 days ago. thanks for this vid btw! very helpful
I’d give it a couple more days!
@@AndrewSouthworth you were right! thank you! :)
Hey. I uploaded my song on Distrokid on the 12th of July. I can see the spotify uri code listed, but when I click on it.. it says page not found.. how long did you wait? What are the answers to that
Hi, Good stuff! I have an Spotify artist acct with my band. So I could set up my daughter who I just uploaded her first song using distrokid and manage her Spotify artist acct as well from there? Of course she doesn’t have an artist acct yet but need to do so and came across your video. Thanks kindly! 👍🏼
O thankyou soooo much
Does the release date matter? You said 2 days for distrokid and then you email spotify. Will this work if i tell distrokid to release it in 2 weeks and then i email spotify after two days?
Yeah you’ll want to set the release day for at least 4-6 weeks in the future if you’re planning on doing this. A week or two to get access, then you’re supposed to pitch 2-4 weeks before release.
If you weren’t going to wait that long it’d be better to just get access after the first song is out.
@@AndrewSouthworth thank you very much!
Grrrr, it's not working for me. The looker upper says, "you do not have... come back tomorrow." And I have two singles that are being processed.
Its possible you have to wait more time, I had to wait like 3-4 days after distributing to request access, then wait a few days for them to email, then reply and wait a day for them to send access.
@@AndrewSouthworth yes, it would seem that is the case.
@@slObird did it work in the end?
Hey Andrew!! What about Apple Music for Artists
They don't have a pitching system at the moment. Amazon Music For Artists does though. I have a couple video on Apple Music if you search my channel.
Can you do it with every distributor?
I think so!
How to download a Spotify video in .mp4?
can you do this with landr?
Hey Andrew, do I have to upload the single to distrokid to be released right away in order to get access to my spotify artist page? I uploaded it but set the release date for a month after, is this ok? It's only been a day since I uploaded it, so maybe I just have to wait a bit longer
The "up arrow" you describe is not there. Not sure what to do. Do I create a new account? or try to add my new band to my existing account?
How can I find my URI number on One RPM?
merci man
I'm using Landr distribution. I uploaded my track and it's now on Spotify. The track is not showing up to pitch the song to editors, but it shows up on a list of playlists? I'm confused.
Can i still do this in 2024?
Hii,thanks for your videos. I have a question, i got the email from spotify and replyed texting the song name and upc code. after 24 hours I still have not received the confirmation email to log in. Do I wait or answer again by providing the requested info again? Thank u
I wish I have watched this video before my first track went…to review its in review yet I mean 😅
If anyone knows how to obtain the Spotify for Artists account ahead of time via Symphonic Distribution, let me know. I set my release 6 weeks out as suggested and I am two weeks out from the release and Symphonic has not given me access to my profile through any retailer yet.
This is not working. at 2:07 where you say "request it", it takes you to another screen that explains how you cant do this until you have music on spotify.....
You have to have music digested by Spotify, but it doesn’t have to be released yet
What about when your name doesn’t show up for this artist account?
You likely need to wait more time for your distributor to get the song to Spotify and for Spotify to digest the first song. You can also try getting your artist URL from your distro and putting that in instead of the name.
@@AndrewSouthworth I will try that, thank you!
can you do a video on how to find out which distribution platform an artist is using
I don't think its possible actually, with the exception of some indie artists that list their distributor as their label.
@@AndrewSouthworth ok thank you for responding
So after I upload my new song to distrokid, i must wait 24-48 hours for my song to appear in "upcoming" section in spotify for artist?
Yeah exactly.
@@AndrewSouthworth one more question.... to be able to use pitch playlist feature, the release date should be set at least 1 week, right?
might be a stupid questionj but do u pay for distrokid?
Yeah I pay for a label plan, ever since 2018.
Although by now DistroKid has paid me way more in sponsored videos and referrals than I’ve ever paid them. But that came in the last couple years.
@@AndrewSouthworth how much is it?
Hey, my first song got released today and im trying to get access to my profile but if i follow the steps you provided i dont seem to find my artist name at the select artist screen. It only shows my second one there (i had a song released on a second artist page a while ago) . Do I have to wait for some time for it to appear there?
I have an official Spotify artist page, which I got via a distributor that is not Distrokid. If I release on Distrokid instead of the other distributor, does anything change with my access to my spotify artist page? Does Distro just upload my stuff there and I don't have to do anything...I keep access to my Spotify page with no additional action from me? Or if I switch from one distributor to Distro, do I have to also switch something on my spotify account to be able to continue to access it? (I'm talking about releasing new stuff with Distro, not the old catalog; I'm not talking about bringing my old stuff to Distro.) Thanks. :)
You literally said you need an artist profile to cresaste an artist profile?
No you need a Spotify account which allows you to log into Spotify for artists and request the artist profile access.
Hey, my uri link is not working and I uploaded my song on the 12th of july. But the link for my spotify uri is not working it says page not found.
Please help me
It’s probably too soon, that’s only 2 days ago.
@@AndrewSouthworth how long would you recommend someone to wait
After distributing i'd give it 3-4 days, then see if the artist URL shows up when trying to request. If not give it another day or contact Spotify support.
Thats if you're using DistroKid or Amuse or something, usually it takes 2-3 days to hit Spotify. If you're using CD Baby who distributes quite slowly, it could take a couple weeks. Then another day or so for Spotify to digest the track.
Unfortunately don't believe this works anymore--have had my first track up for well over 3 weeks, still no URI.
I used it a few months ago and it worked. Possible that it changed but I think it still works.
I‘ve read on a couple ob websites now, that you have to have at least 3 singles released in order to be able to claim the artist account. Is this still a thing? Is this only true for other distributors? I‘m a bit confused by this
You've always been able to claim it when you have just 1 song distributed. Either after the song comes out or even before the song comes out if it's already been digested and you have enough time.
UA-cam used to have a 3 single rule for official artist channels but I believe thats been lifted since then.
Your already in spotify for artists though?
It works the same even if you don't have access yet. Just log in with your Spotify account (or make a free one) and then do the same process.
For some reason I havent heard back from spotify or apple for the artist confirmation, been waiting for like 5 days
how does it went? i want to make a first release but not sure if i coudl claim my profile even if i upload 3 weeks prior
@@hyelish_ you definitely can, i had to resubmit and spotify ended up reaching out. just make sure in distrokid you get the UPC code for the song
yea but do they only get artists with a label? i mean in order to be considered for their playlists.....
Nope. It’s super competitive and there is a lot of label fuckery that goes on, but I’ve been on a few and know plenty of others who have with no label.
@@AndrewSouthworth that's cool !
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Now that apples updated to stop tracking ppl on Facebook, conversion ads have gone to shit. Any advice on a new way to get fans from social media to Spotify?
someone plz help, I've been trying to get my artist profile like for the first time, so my I don't think I have a url? how do I start the account
If you distribute a song they'll create an artist profile for you, and then you can get access either through your distributor or through Spotify directly.
You can get access to it earlier, but you must have the song distributed first. The distribution triggers the creation of the artist profile.
@@AndrewSouthworth ohh thank u so much!
@@AndrewSouthworthso that means if you upload a song today with release date in lets say 4 weeks the song will be uploaded to spotify in a few days but released after the 4 weeks? Otherwise I don't get it how I can claim the profile before a song is released.
Thanks dude!