Music Marketing

You Are LOSING MONEY If You Are Not Using SONGTRUST

By / Music Industry, Music Marketing

If you are using a PRO (Performance Rights Organization) such as ASCAP or BMI, you are losing out on money without recruiting Songtrust to collect your due royalties. To be clear, PRO’s are absolutely necessary for an artist’s career, but pairing them with Songtrust is crucial in ensuring you receive 100% of the royalties you’ve earned. Songtrust does not replace PRO’s, but rather supplements them and fills in the gaps in PROs’ royalty collection. Allow …

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3 Steps To Use Spotify Curator Contacts To Get Playlist Placement

By / Music Marketing, Spotify Marketing

Do you have a list of Spotify curators, and don’t know what to do with it? I am going to show you how you can get your singles placed on thousands of popular Spotify playlists through Spotify playlist curators contacts. This article is NOT just for rappers, by the way. Whether your genre is hip hop, trap, pop, EDM, r&b, soul, alternative rock, metal, country, jazz, or Swedish-Norwegian party music (not even kidding), this article …

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Labels Buy SoundCloud Plays

Major Record Labels BUY SOUNDCLOUD PLAYS For Their Artists

By / Music Industry, Music Marketing, Music Production And Beats

I know a lot of people think if they buy SoundCloud plays they’ll look like they’re cheating they system. But the truth is, major record labels spike the numbers of all of their artists this exact way. Justin Bieber was caught buying two followers for every one REAL fan he was gaining when he was initially gaining stardom. His label wanted for him to look like he blowing up quicker than he really was. More …

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MAJOR Label Money With No Deal

By / How To Be A Successful Rapper Guide, How To Rap, Image And Brand, Lyric and Song Writing, Music Industry, Music Marketing, Shooting Video, YouTube Marketing

What up, Smart Rapper Gang? In this article, we are going to talk about how to get major record label funding without signing a record deal. The secret: remixing popular songs. I’m going to help you think outside the box. You’re going to learn: 1) How I’ve gotten over 10 million streams and views on my music from this trick. I have over 40 million total, but THIS strategy has gotten me over 10 million. …

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3 Proven Ways To Sell More Albums And Gain Fans

By / Blog Posts, Music Marketing

3 Proven Ways To Sell More Albums And Gain Fans What up, Smart Rapper? I’m Rob Level, and this is the Smart Rapper Marketing Series. Today we’re going to be talking about 3 tricks to sell way more albums when you drop a project.  I’m always out here trying to help share anything I think will help you guys, and I definitely didn’t want to leave this off the list.  I charted iTunes Top 100 …

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How I Made $15,000 As A Rapper in 1 Month (Music Marketing)

By / Blog Posts, Music Marketing

How I Made $15,000 As A Rapper in 1 Month (Music Marketing) In this video I want to show you Smart Rappers how YOU can still make money from CDs and how and why there are still over 5 BILLION DOLLARS in CD sales a year even with streaming.  This video is going to especially matter to independent artists like you who are going to be able to make money from this video and what …

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Get Radio Play

By / Music Marketing

THIS IS INSANE! Do you want to know how it feels to get your music played on the radio? Do you want to know how your mom and sister would react if you started playing while driving somewhere? If you want to know hot it feels to have your mom and sister proud and excited for you at the same time just ask @TreAdams. Look at this post he made when he came on the …

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How To Trick Everyone Into Following You On Spotify | Distrokid HyperFollow

By / Beginner's Section, Music Marketing

DistroKid HyperFollow seems like a really interesting idea for people who are trying to grow their Spotify Numbers. It’s weird to ask someone to ‘Follow You On Spotify’… I mean… even coming out of my mouth that sentence sounds weird, doesn’t it?Say it out loud with me “Hey, follow me on Spotify” …. Yuck. But luckily if they are even fan enough to click your Distrokid Hyperfollow link they will automatically POSSIBLY become a fan, if not from that first song, then in future releases since they are now following you. 

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