Getting your music heard and growing your fan base requires music marketing, and it is a necessity. So, what is the first thing you must do? Well! You must decide how to promote your music to reach the right people, generate momentum, and keep growing.
A good marketing campaign involves energy, narrative, and long-term traction. Every day, a person will see thousands of products, including your music. There is more noise than ever in the digital era. So, how will you distinguish yourself in this environment?
There is no doubt that musicians focus on making high-quality music, but they ignore one of the most crucial aspects of promoting their work and in this digital age it has become an important part: music marketing. With this approach, you can promote your theme, get more views of your music videos, and build a fan base. Through this form of marketing, independent artists have the potential to carve out a niche and make a significant impact.
You too can promote your music effectively if you follow these 5 tips & strategies.
Influencer Marketing
Record labels are heavily focusing on content creators and Influencers to promote their new songs or music and to reach a larger audience. TikTok and Instagram both have massive music libraries from which users can choose a soundtrack for their content. Collaboration with a creator who understands how to combine music with the latest viral trend is frequently the quickest way to a chart-topping hit.
In addition, influencers collaborate with the music labels and vice versa in order to promote, review, and elevate their music. They contribute to the creation of viral moments, which can propel a song or an album to go viral. At the very least, they increase the artist’s social media following, which eventually leads to increased music streams, concert tickets and merchandise sales. This frequently leads to other media opportunities for emerging talent.
Social Platform
The various social media platforms enable record labels to reach a larger audience than ever before. Because so many people use these platforms, actors, solo artists, and musicians can reach there potential fans by utilising social media. These platforms play an important role in the industry in a variety of ways.
The internet and social media have morphed the music industry. Record labels can discover new talent and market their artists to a wider audience. Not only does social media promote artists’ work, but it also serves as another revenue stream for artists, particularly on YouTube. Aside from selling your music on mainstream media, the larger your viewership, the more money you make. There is no doubt that social media cannot be separated from the growth of the music industry; in other words, social media and music have become an unbreakable couple.
Youtube Promotion
YouTube is the second most popular social media network and one of the most popular websites on the internet when it comes to promoting your work. As a result, it’s an excellent platform for developing promotional music marketing strategies. Setting up your account and channel correctly will get you started in the right direction. Following that, it’s all about posting high-quality video content, utilising the power of hashtags, and engaging with your audience.
YouTube helped many independent musicians, artists to make money by selling advertisements in or adjacent to music-related videos. This is one of the major marketing tools for a music label or independent artists to promote their new release.
Build a strong brand foundation
This has the potential to dominate the music business. Without a solid branding, it is impossible to establish a captivating music brand. As a result, knowing who your target audience is and how to communicate with them is critical. Even though promoting music might be difficult, laying the groundwork is important. Artist branding should be thought of as an extension of oneself. It is a technique to visually represent oneself and what someone sees when they meet you. It is difficult to emphasise the significance of making a good first impression.
To brand yourself in music marketing, follow these steps:
- Make a list of everything about your music and yourself
- Create a circle around the things that are important to you
- Imagine how that would look in your mind. Imagine images, colors, music, clothing, etc.
The brand foundation will be the backbone of everything you do in the music industry. Don’t skip this step to chase arbitrary metrics. If you do not have a good brand, this will not work.
Know your demographics and psychographics
You’ll get more organic traction if you create music and content that appeals to your target audience. Know who your fans are and where they are so you can better understand why they are loyal. Also, consider your social media accounts, Spotify for Artists, and more to understand your audience. If you’re starting from scratch, create some example fan avatars.
To run a successful marketing campaign for music, you must know whom you’re trying to reach. Marketing in the music industry is the same. Get to know similar artists and find out what they’re doing that makes people listen to them.
Wrapping Up!
Taking the initiative to market your music independently isn’t easy, but it’s essential to building support, establishing momentum, and identifying your true fans. You’ll be able to make an enjoyable and sustainable career. Don’t be afraid to experiment with some or all of these music marketing strategies! You won’t lose anything if you try (and you’ll gain a lot).
(The author is Mr. Deepak Gupta, MD of Treasure Records and the views expressed in this article are his own)
