If a curator has a submission policy, make sure that you follow it to the letter or chances are your submission won’t even be read. Be as specific as you can and avoid being long-winded. Make it brief and to the point and tell them why you think you song is perfect for their list. Send a personally crafted email to the playlist owner or curator. You’ll be taken much more seriously if you’re recognized as a supporter rather than someone just cold-calling. Make sure that the playlist owner is well aware of you before you begin your pitch. Also make sure to follow them on social media, and make comments where and when you can. In this game, everyone counts because the idea is to ultimately get on a number of smaller playlists first so you’ll be noticed by the Spotify team. Don’t limit yourself to Spotify’s in-house curators. Here’s where that all comes into play.įind some playlists that you love and begin to follow them with the idea of learning if your music is a fit. If a curator is interested in your music, he or she will probably check you out further by looking at your website, photos, social media, upcoming gigs and all the things that we’ve talking about on this blog.
Get the rest of your digital house in order They want to know that you have a buzz around you before they take a chance.ģ. You don’t need millions of followers or streams, but you don’t need enough to get a curator interested. Get as many of your fans as possible to follow you on the streaming platform Playlist curators, especially if they’re in-house, are reluctant to feature anything by artists who’ve not verified their profiles on the streaming platforms.Ģ. The first thing you have to do is make sure you have a presence on the service itself. Verify your profiles with Spotify and Apple Connect Here are a few tips that can land you a spot on a playlist from Spotify or any other playlist.ġ. That being said, Spotify and Apple Music playlists are getting harder and harder to crack, especially if you’re not on a major label. What’s more, hot playlists are now watched by radio programmers to see both what’s trending and what’s not. If a track is added to a popular playlist, its streams will spike and listeners will add it to their personal playlists, which sometimes adds a viral element that spreads to playlists on other networks as well.
Getting your music placed on playlists is now an important part of an artist’s release strategy. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0
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