GuideJun 30, 2020YouTube Growth —What’s Most Important?In this episode I talk about the most important metrics and features on YouTube to grow your channel. Believe it or not, it's not all about keywords (it hasn't been since like 2012). The most important thing is the thumbnail, followed by the title. You want...
GuideOct 31, 2020How To Grow Your Music YouTube Channel feat. Adriel RiveraIn this podcast episode I talk to Adriel Rivera (Show Your Genius) about how to grow your music YouTube channel, since he's grown his to about 13,000 subscribers! We talk about content type, how long it takes, and how to stand out. We also talk about music...
GuideOct 8, 2020How To Be A Musician On YouTube feat. Courtney HawkinsIn this episode I talk to Courtney Hawkins about how to be a musician on YouTube. Courtney has an AWESOME YouTube channel doing music production and making beats, and has been featured by Native Instruments several times over the years. We talk about her path...
GuideAug 20, 2023Being A Music YouTuber with Noir Et Blanc VieIn this episode I chat with Noir Et Blanc Vie about being a music YouTuber, how to play the YouTube game, how sponsored videos can work, and how to diversify your music income. We also talk about synthesizers and other fun stuff along the way! If you aren't...
GuideJun 16, 2023Growing to 237,000 YouTube Subscribers feat. Trey XavierTrey Xavier started as a writer at the blog Gear Gods, grew their YouTube channel to 237k subscribers and then purchased the brand from his employer. In this video we talk about that journey, what its like owning a music blog and other music industry secrets....
GuideApr 1, 2022Becoming a Full Time Music & YouTube Creator feat. MMXVII In this episode I talk to MMXVII on how he's built his music and YouTube career to pursue it full-time. Right now he has over 30,000 monthly listeners on Spotify and about 7,000 subscribers on YouTube. We cover his music marketing strategies, his music and...
GuideJul 15, 2021YouTuber to Touring Artist feat. Anup Sastry from Intervals, Jeff Loomis, SkyharborAnup Sastry started doing drum videos on YouTube which got him a gig with Jeff Loomis on tour. Since then he's released music / recorded with Intervals, Skyharbor, Marty Friedman, Monuments and many more. He used his YouTube channel like a resume to attract...
GuideMay 31, 2025Meta Ads For Music: Spotify Growth (Step by Step Tutorial)Using Meta Ads for music marketing to platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music and more is one of the most effective ways to grow your fanbase. Everything in this post is going to focus on Spotify because it's currently the largest DSP for music with...
GuideSep 20, 2024YouTube Ads For Music Marketing 2024 (10k Views for $17?!)Imagine you need 100,000 real human views on a music video for as fast or as cheap as possible. What would you do? The answer is what I call a ‘YouTube ads fluff campaign'. It's very similar to how I would normally run ads on YouTube to promote a music video,...
GuideFeb 28, 2022How Music Artists Can Grow on YouTubeYouTube is the best place to grow an audience online, especially for musicians, music artists, producers and bands. But how do you grow an audience there? I've grown my YouTube to 43,000 subscribers, so let me tell you what i've learned. Before we get too deep...
GuideDec 11, 2023How To Make It In Music feat. Ben PattersonIn this episode Ben Patterson, president of Downtown Artist & Label Services, and I talk about music marketing, the industry, Spotify's changes and more! Listen on your favorite Podcast platform Important Points: Andrew and Ben talk about Spotify's Discovery...
GuideMar 21, 2023Drip Review: The Best Email Marketing Platform for CreatorsIn this Drip review we cover the best features of Drip and how it's an amazing email marketing platform for music artists. Whether you're a music artist, YouTuber or social media influencer connecting with your fans and building a loyal audience is more...
GuideFeb 1, 2022How To Build a Music Career from Scratch feat. LlynksIn this episode of Modern Music Marketing I talk to Llynks, a music artist in the trenches building a music career from scratch. Currently she has 40,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, 2,300 subscribers on YouTube, 3,500 on TikTok and more on other platforms. A...
GuideJun 1, 2021How To Make A Living with Music feat. Benn Jordan (The Flashbulb)A lot of artists and producers want to know how to make a living with music, and Benn Jordan (AKA The Flashbulb) has done exactly that. He has 145,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, 70,000 subscribers on YouTube, has been signed, toured, made music for TV &...
GuideApr 7, 2021How To Make A Living From Music feat. Tommy ZeeIn this video I talk to Tommy Zee about how to make a living from music by making music for brands in advertisements. Tommy runs a company called Tommy Zee & Co where he's made music for brands like Nike, Google, Visa and more. He also teaches musicians how to...
GuideJul 14, 2020Studying The GMM Brand (Good Mythical Morning Brand Case Study)In this episode we'll study the Good Mythical Morning brand, and draw some parallels to things you could implement in your music brand. GMM has an INCREDIBLY powerful brand, and I consider them to be geniuses at branding and content creation, which is why I...
GuideJun 26, 2020How To Make A Living With Music – Feat. BigJerrA lot of artists want to know how to make a living with music, so in this episode I talked with BigJerr (Scarlit), who makes a full time living teaching music production. He's an Ableton Certified Trainer, teaches at Icon Collective, has courses with Evenant,...
GuideJun 18, 2020How To Make A Living With Music – Feat. Tom DuPree IIIA lot of artists and producers want to know how to make a living with music, and Tom Dupree III has done exactly that. Tom has been signed to a label, played live arena's to over 30,000 people, but found his niche making a living playing drums on SoundBetter....
GuideNov 14, 2025How to get 1 million streams in 2026Build momentum by releasing 9 songs in a year, supported by consistent social media posts and multiple YouTube videos per track. Invest around $500 per song in targeted Meta ads to maximize streaming growth efficiently.
GuideMay 2, 2025How to Run Meta Ads For Music Promotion On Spotify (2025)Did you know you can use Meta Ads for music marketing? I've driven over 300+ million streams on Spotify alone using Facebook ads (Meta ads), here's how to do it yourself. Step-by-Step Guide From Video The guide below is auto-generated using the transcript and...
GuideSep 11, 2023YouGrow Promo Spotify Review: Real ResultsYouGrow Promo is a digital music marketing agency providing Spotify playlist services, YouTube ad services and TikTok / Instagram influencer services. In this post i'll be reviewing their Spotify playlisting service specifically and showing you my results....
