Want to go viral? The right cover song released at the right time can give you the jump in channel popularity to get there. Popular covers can be stylized takes of the original, changes to the...
How to Generate the Most Youtube Video Hype
So you want more hype around your music video. More hype comes from consistent video uploads. When fans expect something is coming, they are more excited for it. Here is a trick to turn 1 music video...
The Best Time of the Week to Upload Your Youtube Videos
Hey have you ever wondered what’s the best time to upload a Youtube video? We found that the highest user activity happens on Thursday and Friday 9am to 12pm PST. The combined traffic of these two...
3 Tips on Promoting Music With Free Downloads
It’s called Incentive Marketing: You give something away but you make sure you get something else in return. Here are 3 tips on how to get the most from giving your tracks away. 1) To download...
3 reasons you need to be playing at gigs
Performing live can be intimidating, but also well worth it. Here are 3 benefits gigs provide for a rising musician. 1) Immediate feedback – When performing live, you visually see which parts...
Facebook Tips: Increasing Page Engagement
Getting comments and responses from fans on Facebook can be hard work, especially when news feeds are more overloaded than ever. Here are 3 tips to help you get more engagement from your fans. 1) Use...
Ok Go: Onto 10 Years of Viral Music Video Hits
Ok Go is a alternative rock group famously known as “the treadmill guys” for their viral music video in 2006, “Here it Goes Again” where they performed a dance routine on treadmills. Their...
Lady Gaga: College Dropout to Queen of Pop
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta withdrew from college when she was 19. She lived in the cheapest apartment she could find and ate the cheapest food she could buy. Her music originally was piano...
Best Time of the Week To Upload Soundcloud Tracks
Soundcloud’s highest user activity happens at 10 am PST Sunday morning. This activity spike lasts for about 12 hours and declines to normal activity after Sunday 10 pm. During this time, soundcloud...
Choosing A Must-Click Youtube Thumbnail
Here are tips on how to increase YouTube views by featuring a must-click thumbnail image. Youtube thumbnails are really important to get more organic views. In between videos, an average viewer...