As a musician you must wear multiple hats. You must be your own manager, publicist, promoter, and more. While this may seem impossible to juggle, there’s some essentials websites and apps for music artists that are guaranteed to make your job easier.
Daily Playlists
Daily Playlists is a website that allows you to submit your music to thousands of user curated playlists on Spotify. The process is extremely simple and free. Just add your song link, choose playlists, then submit by following the playlist. There is also a feature that allows you to set up contests for your fans.
Splice
Splice is a sound library with millions of royalty-free samples, MIDI, and presets. By finding sounds through this platform, you don’t have to worry about getting in any legal trouble. Splice provides endless opportunities for inspiration for any kind of artists. Splice is available on mobile, web, and desktop.
Spot on Track
Spot on Track is necessary for any musician that takes their music career seriously. This website allows you to keep track of all your analytics for Spotify, Apple Music, and Radio. You’re able to track your position on charts and track which playlists you have been added to and removed from. For radio you are able to track every time your song is played. You are also able to see other artists’ analytics. To make things even easier, this data can be exported as a PDF that gets sent to you automatically at whatever rate you want it to.
Community
While emails can be effective, people check their texts more than anything. Use Community to communicate with your fans through text messaging. This is direct engagement that doesn’t go through any sort of algorithms. In fact, Community users have an average of a 95% open rate and a 59% click through rate.
Buffer / Later / HootSuite
As an artist, your least favorite thing to do is probably social media. It’s time consuming and takes energy away from creating what’s most important- music. Each of these apps help manage your social media accounts. They all do the same things like scheduling posts and tracking analytics, but each have their own unique features. I recommend checking out Buffer, Later, and HootSuite to compare features and see which fits your needs best. Buffer and Later have a free version while HootSuite charges for every plan. Though you may need the power of HootSuite so make sure to review what they have to offer.
Canva
Canva is a graphic design website and mobile application that allows designers of any skill level to create aesthetically appealing graphics. It is incredibly easy to use and comes loaded with templates and elements for any type of design. This platform is essential for all musicians because it can be used to create social media content, elevate images with text and elements, and can even be used to create cover art. You can even animate your designs and add music. Consider using this for your next pre-save or marketing campaign!
Fiverr
Starting your music career is expensive. I recommend any musician starting out utilizes Fiverr to make money to invest in their career. Fiverr is a freelance platform that has an abundance of ways musicians can make money. From production, mixing & mastering, and beat making to songwriting, jingles, and audio advertisements, there is room for any type of musician to make money on Fiverr.
Tip: start with lower prices while you are building up your reviews and credibility. Your reviews and credibility are important for growth on this platform, so make sure to stay on top of each project you take on.
OnlyFans
You’re probably thinking, “why the hell would I as a musician make an OnlyFans?” OnlyFans is for a lot more than what you may initially think of. This is a website and app that allows any type of person, especially music artists, to monetize their fanbase. You are able to offer exclusive content and messages in exchange for money. You are also able to receive tips.
Asana / Monday
Asana and Monday are project management platforms that allow you to keep track of the progress of your projects. As an artist it’s incredibly important to stay organized and keep track of your process. By utilizing these tools, your goals will be thoroughly mapped out and more attainable. If you have a manager or anyone on your team, you’re able to add them to your “organization.”
Spotify for Artists
Your music may be distributed to Spotify, but you must activate your Spotify for Artists account to unlock all of the features available to use as an artist. Spotify for Artists allows you to customize your profile and track analytics. Make sure to optimize your profile by uploading a header, images to the image gallery, a biography utilizing hyperlinks, linking social profiles, showcasing an artist pick, pinning a personally curated playlist, and even choosing a charity. You can track analytics such as where your audience is located, which playlists you are on, how many streams each song has, and more.
Being a musician doesn’t have to be stressful or incredibly time consuming. Utilize these apps and websites for music artists and you’ll see how much smoother your workflow becomes.
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