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How did a TikTok artist gain 1.9 million followers and 2.5 million monthly listeners on Spotify in just 2 years? Burstimo are joined by Chloe Adams who explains us how she grew her following on Facebook, YouTube and eventually TikTok. She gives her all her best TikTok tips, which any artist in any genre can take advantage of. Completely independently, Chloe Adams has built a name for herself in the music industry, securing over 30 million streams on her viral hit 'Dirty Thoughts'.Follow Chloe:https://www.tiktok.com/@chloeadamsmusichttps://www.instagram.com/chloeadamsmusic/
This episode is the story of Burstimo, starting a company in the Music Industry with zero reputation and with a budget of $10 per month.We cover what we have learned and advice we would give ourselves if we were to start again from scratch.
Today I am talking to musicologist and podcaster Annablle Lee. Annabelle's research focuses on the way social media has influenced the classical music scene and our talk today explores how recent developments in technology has influence the various facets of the classical music industry.Dr. Annabelle Lee graduated from Royal Holloway, University of London with a PhD in Musicology, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Her thesis investigated the effects of social media marketing on the music business, with a focus on the classical music sector. Prior to her doctoral studies, she graduated from Durham University with a first class honours degree in Music, and completed the MSt Music (Musicology) from Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. For over two years, she worked as a marketing coordinator and manager in London and Gloucester, specialising in social media strategy. She also worked as a freelance flautist and Visiting Tutor in Music at Royal Holloway University. Annabelle has published a number of articles based on her PhD research in publications such as Early Music Performer, Musicology Research, Classical Music Magazine and Burstimo, one of the country's most exciting pop music marketing agencies. Currently, she creates and hosts Talking Classical, a new classical music podcast focused on interviews with leading industry professionals, performers and musicologists (soundcloud.com/talkingclassicalpodcast). With over 10,000 hits across streaming platforms, the podcast reaches listeners in 50 countries and has featured collaborations with the Royal Opera House, Wigmore Hall and WildKat PR. SoundCloud: @talkingclassicalpodcastFacebook: @talkingclassicalpodcastTwitter: @tc_podcasts To read more about Annabelle's research, follow this link: http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/representingclassicalmusic/2019/08/12/are-social-networks-developing-new-audiences-for-classical-music-or-reinforcing-elitism
How do the biggest labels in the business find the artists they work with?Burstimo are joined by experienced A&R, Joe Kentish, who tells us how labels really work, where they scout their talent and how you can make yourself look more attractive as an artist.Now working as Head of A&R at Warner Music, Joe has built a name for himself by breaking a number of artists, including, most recently, global popstar Dua Lipa - helping her on her way to over 60 million monthly listeners in just five years.
The one question that all artists want answered: How do I find success?Experienced industry manager, Matthew Fletcher, joins Burstimo to chat about finding success in the modern world of music and why following your dream is still as important as marketing your product.Having worked alongside the likes of Busted and McFly, taking them from inception to worldwide acclaim, Fletch tells the inspiring story of their success and how creative ideas and quality of content can help you fulfill your potential as an artist.
Experienced music industry manager Chelsea Wood joins Burstimo to discuss modern marketing tactics for artists to break in 2020.Chelsea has managed major artists including Nina Nesbitt, Foxes and Duran Duran throughout her extensive time in the music industry.Nina Nesbitt has just hit 500m streams on her latest EP, an artist who started as independent and just uploading covers to her YouTube channel.We cover topics about how an artist can break without requiring a large budget or contacts and resources from a record label using techniques such as artist collaborations, TikTok, Social Media and live performances.
Your Music Industry Podcast | Your Guide to Navigating the Music Business
After years upon years of learning through being active on the ground of the industry, Maddy Raven found herself frustrated. This energy and perspective lead her to join Alex Jobling in founding Burstimo, a now world leader in music marketing content as well as an agency. In today’s podcast, we virtually sit down with Maddy to gain some perspective on her journey while also dipping into her wealth of knowledge on music marketing and how to effectively use platforms such as Spotify. While the podcast covers a whole lot, the three main points are around Artist Branding, Spotify Mistakes and turning Listeners into Fans. Tune in today to level-up your understanding of Spotify, Branding and Marking as an artist in the modern music business. Show notes: www.yourmusicindustry.com/post/maddy-raven [0:00] We gain some perspective on the lockdown life of Maddy and Burstimo [2:40] Maddy learned her craft through actively working in the industry instead of going to university. We dive into her thoughts on formal music education and why she decided to take this route. [11:04] So what actually is Burstimo? Is it just an industry leading podcast? A Youtube channel that offers insane value and insight? Maddy enlightens us to the world of Burstimo. [13:24] What is harder? Breaking an artist or charting? Maddy offers her understanding on which is tougher and the workflow of breaking an artist. [16:44] Alex (Burstimo) recently released a video on his biggest lessons on working in the music industry so we decided to explore Maddy’s own version of this with the biggest things she learnt about the music industry and business. [18:28] What actually is artist branding? Is it just a logo? Maddy offers her understanding of the reality of artist branding. [21:36] What are some mistakes or no-go’s that artists are making on Spotify? Maddy enlightens us all on how we can improve. [27:00] How can you get on Spotify playlists like ‘Discover Weekly’ and ‘Release Radar’? [28:16] Can 'Pre-Save’ help with gaining traction on new releases? Maddy introduces us to the reality of using Pre-Saves to leverage growth [30:01] Can you actually hack the industry and marketing your music? We explore if that is even possible. [34:51] We take the working example of what Maddy would recommend to an artist who has £100 budget to invest in their marketing campaign. [41:55] What change would Maddy Raven like to see in the music industry in the next 3-5 years? Keep in touch: Daniel@YourMusicIndustry www.YourMusicIndustry.com Your Music Industry podcast is brought to you by Daniel Fish from Liverpool, UK. Copyright © 2020 Daniel Fish, Liverpool, UK. All rights reserved. Credits: Host: Daniel Fish Producer: Daniel Fish Music: The Chop Shop by Fairlight (via SoundStripe)
The Daily Music Business Podcast brings you advice for achieving your independent music career every day. Whether you are a new artist or an experienced professional, TDMBP brings you music business tips, strategies, and detailed steps for advancing your career in music from a variety of music business professionals. Though far from exhaustive, topics such as Spotify and Apple Music music streaming and playlisting, marketing, how to get signed, how to make more money with music, music production, and music publishing are covered in 15 minutes or less episodes. RIYL: DIY Musician Podcast, And the Writer Is…, Song Exploder, The Third Story, Questlove Supreme, Don't Keep Your Day Job, Music Production Podcast, Damian Keyes, Punk Rock MBA, Brandman, Burstimo, Smart Rapper, Music Industry How To, Adam Ivy, Curtiss King. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, Maddy from London’s music marketing powerhouse Burstimo drops by to talk about the curling COVID-19 crisis and what (the hell!) we as musicians should do to keep our careers alive. A positive, reaffirming yet realistic view on the state of things. Don’t miss this episode! Follow Maddy: https://www.instagram.com/maddy_burstimo/ Follow Eduard: https://www.instagram.com/eduardkort/
If you're looking to jump start your music career and become an overnight success, TikTok is the only platform that will allow you to do this.This video covers a release we did which blew up an artist overnight, they were an unsigned artist, using the quality of the track, viral opportunities and TikTok we were able to generate 1.4m streams on Spotify and 1m views on YouTube.Read more details about Linneah's Burstimo campaign:https://www.burstimo.com/our-work/lin...Linneah's Official Music Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U5ab...All TikTok videos which used the track:https://vm.tiktok.com/p4nnqo/TikTok which went viral:https://vm.tiktok.com/p45s1C/In order to promote your music successfully on TikTok you need to have a strong story or a trend which people can jump on to, with a catchy track and the ability to create the content yourself to get the trend started. We recommend using two punchlines in a TikTok, one at 3 seconds and another at the end in order to get picked up by the TikTok algorithm.
ver wondered how Major Labels create content for you after you get signed?Rory Dewar and Mauro Fernandes Borges join Burstimo to tell us about how they create content for the likes of Lewis Capaldi, Loyle Carner, Florence and the Machine, Bastille and more.Follow the guys:https://www.instagram.com/rorydewar/https://www.instagram.com/mfbvisuals/Follow us:Instagram: @BurstimoTwitter: @BurstimoMusicFacebook: @BurstimoRead detailed music promotion tips:https://burstimo.com/unsigned-advice/
Do you have fantastic music but struggle to get it heard? You're not alone! In today's episode, the whole Burstimo team sit down and answer questions submitted by you! We discuss all of our marketing secrets from getting placed on major music blogs to the best content for social media advertising.
Spotify Playlists, TikTok, Branding and Content Creation for artists. That and much more is the topic of today's episode of the Damn Good Podcast with my friends Maddy & Alex from Burstimo. Burstimo is a UK music marketing agency that „guarantees exposure for artists through creative strategies that push the boundaries of music marketing.“ Listen now! Links: https://www.burstimo.com https://www.instagram.com/burstimo Alex: https://www.instagram.com/alex_burstimo Maddy: https://www.instagram.com/maddy_burstimo
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In this final episode of our series on PR, Promotion and Marketing, we continue gleaning some valuable advice from Maddy and Alex from PR and Marketing company, Burstimo. This week we cover whether it's still necessary to have a website, streaming platforms, blogs and online press, having a story, what to submit when approaching radio stations for radio play, working with a PR companies and how to find a good one.
This week we've enlisted the help and expertise of Maddy and Alex from Burstimo who regularly post great advice and tips for artists on social media but also run a PR and Marketing company for artists. In the first of this two part series we cover, social media, having an engaged and active audience and the end game.
This week we discuss how to build a creative team who believe in your music and why it's so important. Throughout season 1 we are joined by Maddy & Alex from Burstimo a music marketing agency. We focus conversation on how an independent artist can market their music and visual content in todays day and age.
This week we talk about the importance of building your live shows! In this show we explore the world of Film & Music by interviewing creators, artists and industry specialists. Throughout season 1 we are joined by Maddy & Alex from Burstimo a music marketing agency. We focus conversation on how an independent artist can market their music and visual content in todays day and age.
How do you make the most of streaming services? In this episode we talk about how modern music streaming services work and how best to use them! In this show we explore the world of Film & Music by interviewing creators, artists and industry specialists. Throughout season 1 we are joined by Maddy & Alex from Burstimo a music marketing agency. We focus conversation on how an independent artist can market their music and visual content in todays day and age.
This week we talk about how to go about creating a release strategy for your music that gives your content the greatest likelihood to be streamed. In this show we explore the world of Film & Music by interviewing creators, artists and industry specialists. Throughout season 1 we are joined by Maddy & Alex from Burstimo a music marketing agency. We focus conversation on how an independent artist can market their music and visual content in todays day and age.
This week we give an introduction to what modern music marketing is and how it has rapidly changed over the past 10 years. In this show we explore the world of Film & Music by interviewing creators, artists and industry specialists.Throughout season 1 we are joined by Maddy & Alex from Burstimo a music marketing agency. We focus conversation on how an independent artist can market their music and visual content in todays day and age.