SoundCloud 101
How to optimize your Soundcloud Profile for independent artist in Dublin!
Today’s blogpost is about how to optimize your SoundCloud Profile for independent artist in Dublin.
In order to maximise your reach and get discovered quicker. SoundCloud is a platform that is focused on allowing users to discover new music, bands in trend and content of people you are connected to. The app is focused on creating a community and provides a brilliant platform for new acts to get discovered and for music lovers to discover new acts. SoundCloud allows you to share your uploaded tracks with your followers or send to a direct email address. You can embed Dropbox in SoundCloud and receive music from other apps, which makes it easy to move music across different platforms.
And hold your horses….. there is no limit to file-sizes!
You have full control over what is published and you get great insights too. It provides you with stats that show you who has accessed, played, downloaded or commented on your track, as well as the location of your followers. It allows you to engage directly with your fans through comments to promote your work. Another great feature is that you can customize your player to fit the design of your website for example.
So if you haven’t created your SoundCloud Page as an artist yet, maybe you should do it today!
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SoundCloud plays are increasing year on year and achieved close to 5 billion plays on the service in May 2015. SoundCloud provides a valuable niche service where it is still optimised for content such as mix tapes & Dj Sets. Numerous known Dj’s or Radio artists use it on a daily basis to publish playlists for their listeners through social media.
Here is a link on how to set up a SoundCloud Page as an artist or as they call it “creator”:
https://on.soundcloud.com/creator-guide/profile
What to look out for when you create and manage your SoundCloud Page:
- Create a great description with a call to action
- Don’t oversell yourself
- Include your genre or what users can expect from your music
- Include contact information or your booking agency
- Profile Photo
- Professional & compelling pics that represent you and that attract your audience
- People like to see who is behind the music so it’s nice to show a face from time to time
- Social Media & Weblinks
- Link back to your social network profiles and also include the links in your Song & Playlist description
- Titles
- Always include your band name in the title with the name of your song (“Artist name- Song Title”) because when someone adds you to a playlist your band name doesn’t appear in the playlist widget if you have the song title alone
- Always mention guest artists if you collaborated with one
5. Tags - Tag your tracks with as many search options as possible, including
- Moods
- Band location
- Band name
- Genre
- Theme
- Producer
- Studio
- if you tag more than one word, place quotes around the name so it appears in one tag rather than being separated and losing its validity – for example Eagles of Death Metal -> “Eagles of Death Metal” – if you don’t use quotes, then each word would be separated as “Eagles” “of” “death" "Metal”.
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Single or album art
- If you are releasing a single – have a art cover to make you and your song more memorable - You can check freelancing art designers on
Society6. One of our members has already uploaded some amazing poster designs – have a look !!!
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Stream or Download
It's always about give and get – if you give your audience a goodie for free you will probably get greater fan loyalty and a bigger fan base in return. - no need to do it with all of your songs – but choose a single or a song and offer it as a free download for your fans.
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Song or album playlist description
Description of your sound, contact links to website + Social networks, Links where your fans can buy your music e.g. iTunes, Google or Amazon People go to your
SoundCloud profile to listen to your music. When they land on your page, they’ll either listen to the first track on top of your feed, or to the one with the most plays and comments. Make sure you are on top of those tracks and have everything we mentioned above included. We hope this helps! If you have questions or feedback you can contact us directly!
