Alex Mitchell-Hardt

Blog Posts for Artists

How to Get Your Concerts Listed on Spotify's Live Events Feed and Maximize Your Ticket Sales

As an independent artist, getting fans to come to your live shows is one of the most vital, and often toughest, parts of building your career. Selling tickets requires more than just good music. It takes strategic promotion that reaches the right audience at the right time. That’s where Spotify’s Live Events features come in. Spotify has steadily improved its live event marketing tools over the past few years. By tapping into their ever-expanding concert discovery ecosystem, you can put your s

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Music Marketing

5 Steps to Creating The Best TikTok Account for Artists & Musicians

We often get questions from artists about what to do with their TikTok account. Is it worth growing your TikTok channel? What type of videos should you post? This article is for any artist who is interested in building out your own TikTok account. Let’s dive in. The benefits of building your own TikTok channel: * You can build a new following and a free promotion channel * You’ll become a TikTok expert by learning the app from the inside out * When your songs go viral viewers can find you

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Blog Posts for Artists

What is Music Metadata and Why Is It Important?

Metadata in music may sound like a boring topic, but it's fundamental to your success and bank account. In our years working with thousands of independent artists at Playlist Push, we've seen firsthand how the accuracy of your digital music metadata can make or break careers. This article will break down music metadata best practices in simple terms. What Is Metadata for Music? Think of music metadata tags as your music's digital ID card. It is all the information attached to your audio fi

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Blog Posts for Artists

How to Share a Song from Spotify to TikTok

TikTok’s latest feature allows users to share songs directly from Spotify to TikTok, streamlining the connection between your music and TikTok's 1.5 billion users. While this is exciting for fans, it’s even more valuable for artists and musicians looking to grow their presence and engage their listeners. Below is a step-by-step guide for using the feature and tips for you to maximize its potential to grow your fanbase. Why This Feature Matters for Artists TikTok has become a launchpad for mu

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Blog Posts for Artists

Best Microphones for Singing and Recording Vocals 2025

With an overwhelming array of options available, we've compiled a list of the top 18 best microphones for recording artists, musicians, and studio professionals of all types and levels. Whether you're a singer, rapper, producer, or any other recording artist you'll find a mic below that fits your needs. The list is ordered in price from lowest to highest so you can peruse based on your budget. Top Home Studio Mics for Music Professionals By Price: Lowest Price to Most Expensive Best Mic

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Blog Posts for Artists

How to Save Songs from Instagram to Spotify

Instagram recently launched a new feature that allows users to add a song from an Instagram Reels or IG Post directly to their Spotify library with one tap. This is huge news for artists and music lovers. The news comes just weeks after adding the ability to Add a Song to Your Instagram Profile. Why is this new feature so important? Converting people from Instagram into listeners on Spotify has been one of the primary missions artists, managers, and music marketers have embarked on for year

· 4 min read

Blog Posts for Artists

How to add a song to your Instagram profile: guide for artists and musicians

Instagram’s new feature is huge for artists. You can now feature a song on your IG profile. This means anyone who visits your profile can play a 30-second snippet of your choosing. Similar to optimizing your Spotify Artist Profile, dialing in your IG page is crucial. This is an amazing opportunity to introduce people to your music and create an instant connection with new followers. Whether you’re an up-and-coming musician or an established artist, this feature can be a game changer. Imagine t

· 4 min read

Blog Posts for Artists

How to write a song: songwriting tips & process from top artists

When it comes to crafting hit songs, some advice from those who have already made it to the top can be invaluable. In this post, we'll share videos from 8 world-famous artists, each with their unique tips on songwriting. These artists have all figured out how to get on the Billboard charts within the past decade, and their insights can guide you in creating your song. In addition, we've included the top 10 tips for songwriting to help you with your music making process. Eight music industry

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Blog Posts for Artists

How to Get More Spotify Streams: Guide to Organic Growth

As an independent artist, getting more Spotify streams is the most effective way to grow your audience and propel your music career.  How do you get more Spotify streams organically and safely? In this guide we’ll give you actionable strategies that reliably feed the Spotify algorithm and will get your music heard by an ever increasing number of listeners. 1. Optimize Your Spotify Artist Profile Your Spotify profile is the foundation of your streaming presence. This is the first thing you m

· 7 min read

Music Marketing

How to Save Songs from TikTok to Spotify

You can now add songs from TikTok to Spotify with one tap! The feature every artist and listener has always wanted has arrived. Simply tap the +Spotify button to add the song to your Spotify library. Getting Started: Set Your Preferred Music App The first time you add a song, TikTok will ask you to select your preferred music app (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music.) 1) Tap Add Song in your TikTok Feed 2) Select Spotify, Apple Music, or Amazon Music. How to Add a Song from TikTok t

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Blog Posts for Artists

How to Get Your Song Trending on TikTok’s #NewMusic Hub: The Secret to Blowing Up

TikTok’s #NewMusic feature recently launched as the official hub for music discovery on the platform. This is huge for independent artists as TikTok has become the most influential tool in the industry for promoting your music. Since going live, The #NewMusic hub has amassed over 25 Billion Views. And this is not just from big pop stars. Anyone can get featured on the #NewMusic page, making this one of the most important marketing features on TikTok for you to embrace. In this post, I’ll expla

· 4 min read

Music Marketing

5 Ways to use ChatGPT for artists and musicians

Scared by how fast everything with AI is moving? Welcome to the club…but if you can push past this initial state of overwhelm, you’ll find some glorious opportunities for artificial intelligence to support your music career. Using AI chatbots like Chat GPT as your on-call writing buddy or business assistant can help unlock your creativity rather than replace it. In this post, we’ll focus on how you can use ChatGPT to help you as an artist or musician. First, some general Chat GPT Tips: 1)

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Music Marketing

How to use AI to create Spotify cover art for artists and musicians

In this post, we’ll explain how to use two of the top artificial intelligence artwork generators - Midjourney and DALLE to help you make album art for your music. In our recent post how to use Chat GPT for artists and musicians, we shared how AI helped brainstorm song titles, lyrics, and melodies for a hypothetical song about “finding yourself through traveling the world”. In this post, we’ll continue to use the same hypothetical song for the cover art examples. Making Cover Art with Midjour

· 4 min read

Music Marketing

5 Reasons You Should Promote Your Older Songs & How to Do It

Why are the most successful artists and managers investing so much time and money into promoting their previous releases instead of just new singles? In this article, we’ll answer this question by looking at the data behind this shift and how promoting your older music is one of the most intelligent strategies for streaming success. Part 1: The Reasons to Promote Your Older Songs 1) Older releases are more popular than ever and starting to dominate the streaming charts Older releases now

· 3 min read

Music Marketing

Independent Artists Signing Record Deals after TikTok Success in 2022

It's no secret that TikTok has become the most popular place for A&Rs to discover new talent. These days, if you find your name on the TikTok Emerging Artists Chart you can rest assured every label is now aware of you. A recent Vox report found that of the 125 emerging artists they tracked, over 45% of them signed a major label record deal after going viral on TikTok. In this post, we'll share 5 emerging artists that have broken through in 2022 and landed one of those coveted deals. 1) Kati

· 3 min read

Music Marketing

How TikTok videos launch music careers on Spotify: 5 Steps

Vox recently conducted a "data investigation into how TikTok is shaping the music industry" and shared their findings in this insight-filled video: During the project, the researchers uncovered “The TikTok-to-Spotify Pipeline", perhaps the most impactful phenomenon in the modern music industry. 1) What is the TikTok-To-Spotify Pipeline? The 'TikTok-to-Spotify Pipeline' is the connection between a song going viral on TikTok and its impact on that artist's Spotify streaming success. According

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