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#182: 60 ideas in 60 minutes

Recorded live at the 2016 DIY Musician Conference with Tony van Veen, Karen Marie Mason, Bob Baker, Martin Atkins, Chris Robley and Mark Hornsby. A solid hour of 60 quick tips on marketing, social media, songwriting, recording, distribution, PR, and artist management, jammed into a single, high-impact hour, presented by experts with decades of experience. Better get a pen and paper ready, these tips fly by fast!

Get tickets and book your hotel for the 2017 DIY Musician Conference HERE.

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#181: How to get your music on Spotify playlists, Pt 2

The first step in establishing a playlisting presence on Spotify is to create your own playlists, seed them with your own music, and attract followers. But what works? What’s a waste of time? How do you get Spotify to take notice? In this episode, Kevin and Chris talk about their own recent playlisting experiences and share some best-practices and common mistakes.

Hear Pt 1 of this podcast HERE.

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#180: How to get your music on Spotify playlists, Pt 1

Getting your music onto a popular Spotify playlist is the modern-day equivalent of having a hit song in a local radio market. It’s an important step in reaching a larger following, and it can drive significant revenue. But you don’t just GET a song placed in a curated Spotify playlist. You need to work your way towards that goal. In this episode, digital promotion expert Charles Alexander lays out a clear strategy with achievable steps that will help you get the attention of prominent playlist curators.

Part 2 of How to get your music on Spotfy playlists is found HERE.

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