DO'S and DON'TS of Promoting your Music through SOUNDCLOUD + Social Media
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2024
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CONTENT OF THE VIDEO:
0:00 Intro
2:25 Social Media Mistakes
5:45 Soundcloud Tips
7:40 Current Soundcloud Method
10:11 Outro
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DO'S and DON'TS of Promoting your Music through SOUNDCLOUD + Social Media!
This video is about the DO'S and DONT'S of promoting your music on SOUNDCLOUD, which includes my experience with other social media in general. Mainly, i'm trying to discourage you from paying people who claim to have a "fast track" to gaining followers and engagement on your account. The reason why is because of my past experiences paying for these sorts of bots on my social media. I've learnt that manual engagement is the way to go if you're looking for a real, organic following. It does take that extra effort but bots are THE ENEMY and people are instantly turned off by them.
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Yo! This was legitimately helpful. I've mostly been using instagram as a place to share my jams, but always hoping people make the transition over to youtube. I'll have to give soundcloud another chance too. Thanks man!
Also, awesome drumming, dope beats.
Hah thanks man 🙂 I’m glad it helped you out!
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Thanks.
Glad it helps 🔆
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Some good advice in this video, definitely agree with you that bots aren’t the way to go. Real engagement is key!
Yes! That extra effort is necessary!
Bots get you fucked over. Specially when you check real to fake views or subs / followers
exactly
Absolutely
Thanks for your in sight into this subject. It’s never a chore watching these videos.
I appreciate that 🙂
This was such a refeshing take. been looking for actual useful information about promoting myself on social media, but everything is really gimmicy and fake. so thanks a lot for having something genuine to say.
Sooo much BS it’s unbelievable. It’s really just about putting in that work!
As a noob at actually making music, this was actually very helpful. Like, stepping away from the actual music making, this is a completely different beast. And having a video explaining these things is just really cool
In this day and age as an independent music maker it’s a must know! Cheers
Love the advice Liam. Keep up the quality content - real engagement for the win!
Always always always.
Thank you very much for this content, for sharing your experience of so many years with people like me who are just taking the first steps and we have many hopes that our music will be heard and that is why there are so many who take advantage of this situation. On the other hand it is great that you make such a complete content with all the details in the description, all useful.
Glad to help Maria!
Thank you for watching :-)
this video is exactly what I needed to hear as I just started posting on SC. Thanks a bunch for being genuine !
It's my pleasure and thanks for watching.
you gave some super solid advice, thank you for taking the time to share it with others.
It’s a pleasure 🍻
So true man!! you have to wear so many hats at once. Great content man!!
Thank u!
Thank you! I appreciate this. I definitely think real engagement is the key! Thanks for helping me work out a SoundCloud strategy!
My pleasure and thanks for reaching out
Thank you for the help, I really like how you were fully honest with everything and that in itself made me so much wiser on what I should do next, if I want to take that step as being a lyricist.
Glad to help 🙂
subscribed + great beat at the end!
Thank you!
Great video, thanks for sharing your experience!
My pleasure. Thanks for listening 🙂
This is really helpful content. Much appreciated!
Glad to help 🙂
Well you’ve earned my sub! Good genuine content! You encouraged me to stay patient and honest in trying to promote my music.
It’s the only way!
Thank you a lot for this vid! Just what I needed. Right thouts instead of bullshit that other channels are pushing regarding this topic!
So much bullshit...some channels have build to 100k + subs pushing bullshit.
Thanks for keeping it real. Just for that I'm subbing!
Always keeping it real on this channel. Welcome!
Astoundingly honest video here. Good stuff! And I'm definitely dropping by with a pizza and beer if I find myself up north. 🍺
you’re always welcome
Really honest and refreshing take on this with sound advice…thank you Liam
Always a pleasure
Great advice, I'm a big fan, keep it up.
Appreciate you ! :-)
Thank you for this man, I have recently started the whole promotion/Social Media thing and it's really tough to know if you're doing the right thing or not, and yes.. there are lots of scam out there. Thanks for sharing the experience, really helpful ! :)
Cheers! Glad to help
This video truly helped me, thank you for the tips :D
Glad to have helped. I’ve got another one kind of similar to this one that I released recently. It’s more focused on other social media platforms.
Here it is: ua-cam.com/video/NDN--NVGMXI/v-deo.html
Thank you so much for posting your experience, the amount of money spent on these bots and the frenzy on music released weekly can drive you really into your head and think there is not a real, organic way to grow, I have an electronic music label, Vitamina Recordings, and as a starting in soundcloud matter this has been a great help.
Yeah bots are pretty much worthless
This is a great video and I'm glad you made it cause unlike posting to spotify and stuff, I don't really see that many videos about soundcloud. I just made my account and this was super helpful. Thanks so much!
I’m thinking of doing another follow up to this video soon!
@@LiamKillen omg yes! can't wait :)
Cheerz
Thanks for all the tips .. sharing your experience .. a huge curve of opportunity .. when you are on the right track ... hard work .. dedication ... believing in oneself ... leads to untold possibilities ... along with that feelings of satisfaction and accomplishment ... cheers ... peace ..
Yes to all of those things! Thanks for watching! 🙂
Nice one, I just started on this road for 2 months and this video help me to understand lotta thing about my way forward
Awesome! Glad that it helps 🙂
preciate high quality content my man!
Pleasure! Glad it helps! 🙂
Great advice. And sick beat!
Double thanks 🙂
Thank you for the advice, that was very helpful! No false promises, just good ways to engage with people and grow your audience.
Exactly- it takes time. Short cuts barely ever work
This is so good!!!
🍻 glad to help
Thx for this video. It was extremely helpful 👍
Glad to help
Very helpful one! It's the real thing that matters!
Glad to help 😀
Extremely helpful ! Thanks so much !
Pleasure! Thank you
This is some good stuff, thax man
cheers
Very helpful video! I will use this knowledge for our fresh dj-podcast on Soundcloud! Thanks!
Awesome! Lemme know if you want to have a half d j on there. i e me lol. I’ve done live sp404 sets but have never stepped into dj ing
Thanks, this video was really helpful
Glad to help 😊
Appreciate the real advise man❤️
Cheers and glad to help
Integrity? Wow, that's refreshing! Good Job Mr. Killen. I will happily subscribe here and follow you on SoundCloud
Thanks Johnny! Really appreciate that
@@LiamKillen As I type, I am releasing this NEW SONG "Ramshackled" on SoundCloud Distro; first time using their service. I will now take a strong posture on SoundCloud and work all its options to max the opportunities. Should be fun. If you feel compelled, feel free to check out the song and follow me on Soundcloud. soundcloud.com/johnnypunish/ramshackled-joan-silentio
Damn such a help man, everybody needs to subscribe!
Thank you!! 🙂
Thanks for your help Liam ;)
Pleasure
Thank you for sharing this .
My pleasure
Many thanks Liam.Very interesting and informative regarding S M Platforms and stuff. Grateful Many thanks.
My pleasure! Glad to help
Really helpful for me on the Instagram front thank you. I'm trying to find out a bit about SoundCloud & your video is a good start for me. Podcaster.
Cheers Teejay
Oh yeah! Great way to start!
thanks man from sherbrooke love your content
Thank you for watching! 😊
big ups bro ! take care keep up nice work ! nice points and nice music behind the talk ! blessings ! support from 220block
Appreciate you- cheers
ill take these tips and use them wisely, thank u bro! i rly believe i can do something w my music, i just need to try.
Cheers! Glad it helps
Great topic bro👍
Thanks man! Glad that it was useful 🙂
Super helpful, thank you 😁
It's a pleasure
Great to see all the engagements in this comment section too... means that you are truly doing the right thing :)
I appreciate that. Cheers! 🙂
This is a good video and i feel like this would help me alot, my ''fanbase''\audience is mostly local at the moment and i'm trying to be a little more international and i definitly think what you said is very helpful. I see from your soundcloud that you're from Montréal! *I'm not too far* maybe one day we could jam too!
Thnks for watching! Maybe the universe will connect us one day
Hey great advice! It’s great to see creatives start putting out more information about handling social media. This may not vibe with you since you have a very specific style, but have you ever considered having a social media review? Something like what Adam Neely does with his recent videos where artists send in videos of them playing and he criticized what they play or their style, but instead it would be your subscribers send in their pages and you criticize how they manage their page or say what you like about their music.
It’s a bit off topic but I just thought I’d share this with you since you seem to talk a lot about the commercial part of being a musician in general. Again you may not vibe with it since it’s not really your style.
Actually this is totally something i’d be open to! Thanks for mentioning it!
Lol I'm glad I came across your video I'm a beat maker illustrator animator and poet and I've been posting my illustration content every few days and I've gotten certain account saying if I join there page and a certain amount they can put my stuff Infront of others and I always sense a scam
BIIIIIIG scam
Thank you for the free tips 😄
Pleasure 🙂
Thanks for this, it's great to hear first hand that platforms seem to value organic growth.
It’s the only way- don’t waste your time with any sort of “fast track” nonsense. It just doesn’t work and can only harm your socials.
hello, I am here for you anytime
just click on the link for better understanding. And let's get to work.
www.fiverr.com/share/ZoGYlm
Thanks.
Ok but why is nobody talking about the beat at the end . That fire
Hey thanks! 😊
Beat at the end is hard 👌🏽
my guy
Liam, thanks for sharing. I appreciate the way you see the whole social media thing and your video inspired me to get back on my feet and give the whole new music world another shot. If you ever happen to cruise through Hawaii, stop by for a jam ;-)
I'm so jealous that you live in Hawaii lol.
@@LiamKillen I have never been to Canada. And being from Austria, I definitely miss the snow at times!
very helpful - thank you!
cheers
Hello Liam, glad to see you are doing well ;) Happy new year ! I'll add you on SoundCloud :D (i'm not a bot). Cheers !
Yayyy a non bot! Cheers.
Finally good real advice!
I appreciate you watching :-)
That beat at the end is sick!
Hey thanks!
Super helpful information, thank you. The topic of organic engagement compelled me to leave a comment vs the standard like and click away, lol.
Thx for watching Rob!
Good vid. Bro.
Thx!
more good stuff!
Glad that it helps 🙂
great advice...especially for a newbie using social media to promote my music.
It’s an essential tool!
This is great. Thanks.
Glad it helps 🙂
My Soundcloud:
Hi Liam, nice content, thanks you!
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Talking about what you went through to get followers got me black mirror vibes. Bouffff 🌪
It was stupid going that route! It’s all about real engagement!
0:07 You Should’ve said “It’s Time To Get That Creation Inside of as many ears as possible.” I would’ve made more sense cause we’re talking about music 😏
You sly guy
these are actually pretty cool advices... like from "real" Life. Thx.
Hehe- thank you!
Thank You bro ✌
It’s a pleasure
Cool video! Found it on reddit and decided to check it out, it made me start to kill off a bunch of dead followers I've had on instagram for years.
That’s a good idea! One thing to know: Instagram is insanely delicate, so your engagement might actually get worse for the next few days/weeks. But it’ll help you out in the long run
Thanks man!
Cheers!
This was really interesting
Hope it helps!
helpful!!
Glad to help 🙂
Thanks for the input. You see a lot of youtubers pushing these pay for play models.
It’s a slippery slope
big thanks for the video tho, can't agree more with everything you just said! (i was about to buy some bots hahaha, you saved me)
DO NOT buy bots! It’ll just ruin ya. Glad to help 🙂
Thank you
You're welcome
Hey thank you
it’s a pleasure
NOTED !whats the cool little yellow jam pad at the end there ? Cool tune
That’s the sp 404!
A good guy for a change.
lol! I do my best
1 medium, 2 media, liam
lolzorz.
he is right i do this method of talking to people for follows but the genius method he did in this video was to talk about his souncloud as some people will check out his account and music
Just genuinely spark up a convo! 🙂
Ill follow for a follow
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Do you use repost network on SoundCloud or the exchange network?
I do not. I do everything manually
My favorite color is gold 5:57
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You will always have me lol 😂 not a bot promise
Hahaha ok good! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
I truly fuck wit how genuine u are bout erything u sayin and how genuine u are wit yo fans. I jus dropped my first single this week so it’s a long road ahead of me but I definitely also go about talkin to people that fuck wit the song in the same manner. Talking to em and engaging is key and thas a fact!! If u tryn check it out It’s up on youtube so u can jus click on my profile picture but fo sho really thanks fo the video🖤
all the best
Finally found a real musician talking about SoundCloud 😅
yeah no BS!
I just followed. I was trying to use these promos. I think they're a scam. But I've been engaging with some real people.
It’s the only way!
What do you think of platforms such as repost exchange for SoundCloud
Haven’t heard of it
I would probably recommend against it though lol
its ok, you have to narrow your repost so you choose people in your genre, so you music is being put in front of similar fans
Hi what's your experience with Distrokid? I just signed up and already asked for a refund due to a review from someone who got their music taken off and was told they would no longer release any music for him anymore. Added: So since you use distrokid you're not distributing through soundcloud at all?
Yeah Soundcloud is very new to distribution i’ve been using Distrokid for a while and have had nothing but good experiences.
@@LiamKillen That's great.
Do you think promoters actually listen to tracks that we submitted for approval or do they just approve for the payment?
Honestly i’m not entirely sure
Have u ever submitted a track?
If so, have they ever rejected it?
I have not
Does Soundcloud allow promoters or interviewers to contact bands and artists on the Soundcloud platform?
Yeah you can contact literally anyone you want via DMs- they may or may not answer.
They might find your music on Soundcloud but its deffo worth having your bio and contact deets in that section so they can contact you off Soundcloud
do i have to always post in instagram tho? for the algorithm to work
Instagram changes it’s algorithm constantly but yeah it helps a lot
Hey brother Liam, we already have our songs on SoundCloud, we have been getting more response as time goes on! Our best song and recording is entitled (Tell Me) which addresses the suicide epidemic! We are trying to get a most positive message out to especially the youth of this age. We're just trying to find our audience and expend our vision!
Our group is the Peace Elephant Band! I'm open to any advice you would care to offer. Thanks!
Fellow musician Dave Crane
cheers bud :-)
Used bots in sc just to check what it does. Well well well ... Useless, messes up statistics, puts on top wrong tracks and they actually yes, don't do anything. Helpful if you're DJ and wanna have more gigs, and your scene requires numbers. But it's very rare. Sometimes numbers can be huge, but if music is not that good and promoters have better friends, you've just wasted money. In the end I deleted tracks with fake listens from my sc, because it was just annoying.
Never use bots!!!
How to get your short soundcloud link?
Maybe try bit.ly
Thanks Laim!@@LiamKillen
Sadly we are in an age of music proliferation and with the ease and affordability of recording and publishing music from home this will only ever get worse. Most pro / semi-pros that I know make their bread and butter by teaching
I would also add that if you are doing UA-cam then gear reviews and gear tutorials can get a ton of views if that’s what you want. I just do music for fun and a couple of my pocket operator videos got crazy views
I wouldn't call it a sad age, it's actually awesome that so many people have access to the tools to express their creative side.
ye
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I appreciate the sub! Cheers