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Not everybody is born with a perfect singing voice, some have to work really hard on it. But don't worry as we have got you covered. This article is all about enhancing your singing voice by following some simple and amazing tips.

In this digital era, it’s really important for musicians to brand themselves to stand in the crowd. Artists work really hard to make their music stand out but they also need to work on their online presence to attract eyeballs. Below is the guideline to help you promote your work worldwide.

Who needs a website until they are famous enough that hundreds and thousands of fans are googling their name? That’s a common misconception among musicians. You as a musician must have an impressive website. Especially, at the beginning of your career.

As a creator, creating, protecting, and monetizing copyright is the essence of what musicians do. It’s the most basic and fundamental concept upon which this whole industry is standing. So what is copyright anyway? Copyright is a kind of property, but an intellectual one! Its intangible means it doesn’t exist in physical form but still your property. Your music is your brand child and it has a certain value. To claim ownership of your music it needs to be original and fixed. By original I mean, unique and yours. You can’t take someone else’s work and add a few notes or lyrics here and there to make it sound new it has to be 100% new. Plus it has to be fixed meaning is somewhat physical form may it be just on paper or a full flashed studio recording.

Musicians tend to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on musical instruments, equipment, software and other tools that help them in creating music but when there is a time to market or promote their music they do not see the need to spend on it. They still believe in old thinking that people will automatically hook to their music if it is great, so there is no need to spend money in promotions. But the reality is around 40,000 songs were uploaded in 2019 to Spotify each day and it is growing rapidly since then. This has created a strong competition to get the attention of people in the pool of songs. Musicians need to promote their songs carefully to stand out in the crowd and one such way is to promote via social media.

As a guitarist purchasing the guitar will probably be the highest invested item but there are numerous gears from being important to not-so important.. Let’s dive into the most essential gears all the guitarist should own. Picks Until you intend to go on 100% freestyle, select a few picks. The best is to shop them in packs, saving a few bucks plus you are going to lose some so it is better to have them in packs. Keep a generous supply of picks from prominent manufacturer such as Fender, Dunlop etc. along with few alternatives based on the genre of music.

Are you on Tiktok? Tiktok has grown massively catering over 689 monthly users worldwide and is still in the phase of rapid growth. Being an artist, you must know the use of Tiktok to catch maximum eye balls. Among all the platforms, Tiktok is considered to be the best medium to showcase your musical talent as it was initially launched with the name “musical.ly” where short videos (basically lip-synced) were shared by users. The app was created for music and dance related content which is now famous for creating content from any genre and giving users a wide platform to showcase their talent. Read: Tips for Staying Motivated Through Your Artistic Journey Renowned artists credit their success to Tiktok just like Lil Nas X who’s one song “Old Town Road” got on everyone’s tongue just because he shared a clip of it on Tiktok and it got viral globally. Such stories are not very common but still this platform is giving people recognition in their fields by making anything viral within no time. Tiktok should be in your marketing plan in order to get eyes on your content. This article will cover few steps of getting on Tiktok along with few strategies. Getting on Tiktok! You can get your music on Tiktok either via a) a Distributor or b) Uploading a video. Using a Distributor This is the best and recommended way of getting music on Tiktok because if you have officially released a song, there are high chances that your song will be available on Tiktok library (you need to take confirmation from your distributor about this). In this way, Tiktok will have a right and you’ll be credited every time your song is being played either by you or other users. Read: How to Grow on Social Media as an Artist Uploading a Video This method comes in handy when you have not officially released a song, make a small video with your song being played at the background and use artist and sing name in title (you can only edit once) . Tiktok will charge you for copyright infringement if you use it with an already released song on Tiktok. No one will be able to search the song and no credits will be given to you. Getting exposure on Tiktok! The two main strategies to get exposure on your music is to either become Content Creator or Collaborate with other users on Tiktok. Becoming a Content Creator This option is best for people who are not camera shy and want to run things as per their will as this option gives you a liberty of being a boss of your own and share your music directly with your followers. This will help you in generating a real active fan following sharing same taste in music. This sounds really simple but it’s time and energy consuming hence I am sharing a list of tips that might be helpful for you. Stick to a niche: Your niche is music so you should post content related to music only and don’t confuse audience by sharing other random videos. Use hashtags: Use relevant hashtags as it helps Tiktok algorithm to sort your content and place in front of right targeted audience. Short videos: Keep your content to 10 seconds videos as it will help algorithm to get good number of eyes on your video by repeatedly playing it. Post consistently: In any field, consistency is the key so it is really important to be consistent with your content and post at least twice or thrice a day. Creat unique and eye-catching content: You must create engaging content that helps people in knowing your talent and journey in polishing your skills along with the instruments you use to create your content. Read: The Ultimate Guide To Electric Piano Taking other users on board This option is for the people who know that they will not be consistent in creating content so they should hire other renowned users on Tiktok having huge fan following. You need to contact them via DM or Email but there is no asperity of hearing a Yes from every user. The key is to be gentle and patient when contacting the users and showing them an attractive part of your music that they cannot resist to say Yes.

MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface which is basically a tool to convey commands from humans to devices used by producers in different environments i.e. MIDI controllers, messages, files, and channels. It is considered to be an indispensable element of the digital music maker’s collection. This article focuses on five interesting facts that you may not be familiar with instead of listing down every single term that deals with MIDI.

The Vision of Art Many stories are told that life is all about the journey, not the destination. Many of us realize that the journey at times becomes unrewarding. The journey of an artist could be a long one and occasionally their vision gets blur. Many articles give an insight into how writing down tangible goals can help to achieve them. Writing down goals is not enough because one has subconscious biases towards themselves and what one plan can realistically achieve.

If you understand and comprehend the concepts of algorithms that are used across various social media platforms, then it can be used as an advantage and you can reach a broader audience. After realizing this fact, the most important thing is that where and how do we start? To make sure you end up with some practical implementation, we have conveyed some of the most helpful tips and methods that must be kept in mind while you post your content on social media when particularly be looking at the platforms like Instagram and its unique algorithm, most of the social media platforms utilize a lot of identical practices.