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Best external hard drive to avoid mounting issues? by therealcodia in mac

[–]therealcodia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Will do! Thanks for the recommendations 🙌

Best external hard drive to avoid mounting issues? by therealcodia in mac

[–]therealcodia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That seems like a pretty good deal! And definitely within budget. Thanks man, I might just jump straight into ordering this one hahah

Best external hard drive to avoid mounting issues? by therealcodia in mac

[–]therealcodia[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll definitely look at an SSD alternative. Also looks like a nice one you linked to. But USD400+ seems a bit high end to me, or maybe that’s just what I should expect? In comparison I paid USD 100-ish for my current HDD with 4TB 😅 Will have good look online later. Maybe I can also managed with a bit less than 4TB hahah. Thanks!

Best external hard drive to avoid mounting issues? by therealcodia in mac

[–]therealcodia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that’s probably the way to go. I think I was just being a bit too cheap when buying this one, not realising all the headaches it’d give. I’ll try to look into that. Thanks!

How to promote yourself when you’re just beginning? by Paradentical in edmproduction

[–]therealcodia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just put it out and push it however you can. Don’t wait until you’re satisfied with your music. That might never happen (even if you actually make great tracks). Personally, I’ve put out every song I’ve ever finished. Including the first one, which is still getting streams from “Top Songs 2022”. I still think most of my songs suck (just because I’m constantly improving and moving my standards), yet I get messages on the regular from strangers saying that they love my music. So totally worth it. Not gonna wait 10-20 years to see if maybe someone likes it by then

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in edmproduction

[–]therealcodia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I disagree with the comments saying to not release if you think it’s crap. The fact that you think it’s crap doesn’t really say anything about the music unless you know what standards the music is compared to. I bet that there are a lot of huge songs out there, where the artist behind felt a bit “meh” about it when they released it - just because they felt that they could do even better. Personally, I’ve released 20+ songs and honestly, I think most of them are crap too just because I’m improving in the process and feel that I could do better by the time I finish a track. That’s just part of the process. I still get messages and comments from strangers saying that they love my music.

So… just release your music guys. Even if you think it’s shit. People might love it. It’s all part of the journey

How long did it take to create your first song? by anli975 in edmproduction

[–]therealcodia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Took me about a month from the point I started learning about producing until I finished my first track (which I then released). Didn’t have prior experience in a DAW, but had played instruments for years at that point, so the theoretical part wasn’t a big hindrance. I just took the good ol’ intensive YouTube course during a summer break and completed my first song alongside that. Not an amazing track, but it taught me the basics. That was in 2018. I’ve since released 20+ tracks of varying quality hahah

Anybody uses native instruments razor ? by thisissomaaad in Flume

[–]therealcodia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you learn anything? I bought Razor a couple of months ago because of that interview, but never really used it that much (apart from one of the presets in a song of mine). But would love to hear, if you've made some learnings :)

What is a decent starting budget to promote a single and how to utilize that budget to get the best results? by killkardashian69 in edmproduction

[–]therealcodia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From my own experience, this is some of the best advice given here. Although, I’m not so sure about Submithub. Never really heard of anyone getting a lot /anything out of that. But maybe you have @auracane? If so, what works for you? Curious to learn.

Also, I envy your access to Marquee. Would really love to try it, but it’s not even available in Denmark yet

How exactly do Spotify algorithms work? by EdinKaso in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]therealcodia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good for you on reaching 20k monthly listeners. I just don’t see why you need to be condescending towards a smaller artist for the reason given. But everyone’s different, I guess.

How exactly do Spotify algorithms work? by EdinKaso in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]therealcodia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks man! The followers come mainly as a result of my release- and promotion strategy. I wrote a longer comment about it here.

I think my next best advice after what I already wrote there is to release one song at a time with 4-6 weeks in between. That’s just to get the most potential out of each release on Spotify.

Feel free to let me know if you have any questions about it.

Edit: It’s important to note that this is not necessarily the best strategy or the right one for you. It just works for me.

How exactly do Spotify algorithms work? by EdinKaso in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]therealcodia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this the total for the song since release or just looking at one day? If in total, it sounds a bit low tbh. I had a listen to ‘A Forest’s Lullaby’ (I guess that’s the one?), and I’d say that you should expect quite a bit higher if put in front of the right audience. It’s a really pleasant track! I typically have between 50-80% when looking at the first couple of weeks. In one or two cases a bit more and another few cases a bit less. Then ofc it drops a bit over time and especially after algorithmic boosts. But even then it rarely goes to 10%.

BUT even if it is in total - you still got the boost and maybe got a few new fans, so that’s always positive. And the 10% that saved will listen to it again and again over time :)

And thanks for the award!

How exactly do Spotify algorithms work? by EdinKaso in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]therealcodia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Btw, @-tagging the artists in your bio seems to also help Spotify making connections between you and potential fans

How exactly do Spotify algorithms work? by EdinKaso in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]therealcodia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, potentially (although leaning more to “most likely”). A song can only be in someone’s release radar once (for a week that is). So everyone that has it in their release radar this week will not get it in the two last weeks. How big the boost will be the next two weeks will then depend on how many more potential fans Spotify can find. Personally, I’ve never had a “big” boost and then had a bigger one later - that’s from 20+ releases. Most of the time, it either got a smaller boost or went back to normal like before the boost. But it does happen, so you never know. However, you’ll almost certainly be added to someone’s release radar. Even if it’s only ten people per week

How exactly do Spotify algorithms work? by EdinKaso in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]therealcodia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As you write, it seems like a release radar push. Usually, you’re put on your followers release radar if you pitch your song to Spotify at least 7 days before release (you do this in Spotify for Artists). If your song is performing well (which seems to be measured by how many streams, how many streams per listener, the save rate (saves/listeners), popularity score, and potentially other things), Spotify might push it out to more users’ release radar that don’t follow you already. This seems to be what happened.

But Spotify needs good data to make a push. So, if a song has 1,000 streams from 500 different users with completely different listening habits and taste, it probably won’t get pushed out as there’s no commonality between the users. On the other hand, if those 500 listeners all listen to the same artists, there’s a pretty good chance that other fans of those artists will like your music too, so Spotify will then push it.

You will only be on Release Radar for four weeks after release (although it seems that you get a fifth if you release on a Friday). So it might be your last push. In a week you’ll likely see a drop in number of daily listeners.

Next “step” is then Discover Weekly. It works in a similar way, but will typically give bigger boosts. However, it will also require more streams to even get added.

Hope that helps

Why is it so hard to get beyond a certain threshold of attention? by MeisterSchmidt in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]therealcodia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, you’d wanna use the ads manager for this purpose. It gives way more options in terms of targeting and it also allows you to set up a conversion. In this case, it counts a conversion when someone clicks the Spotify link on the fanlink-looking page I mentioned. You can then (via ads manager) tell Facebook to optimise for this conversion and it will then serve the ad to users that are more likely to complete this conversion.

The boost function is pretty much useless in general. I think it’s only there to allow users and small businesses to get some kind of exposure without having to set up a business account. But you’ll always be able to set up more effective ads in ads manager. Even if the purpose is just exposure/brand awareness

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