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5 Ways Upcoming Artists Consistently Make Money with Boomplay Playlist

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December 19, 2021

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Awesome Ways Upcoming Artists Can Make Big and Consistent Money with Boomplay Playlist

There is no doubt about making money on digital music services. As the physical sales are dwindling down, the digital is taking over the music market, the digital downloads and streaming is going up. Boomplay Music App is the current number one music app in Africa. I will show you how to make money on boomplay

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The trend that is taking over the music consumption now is the trend of play listing. People want to listen to playlist. This gives the music consumer a whole new experience and a sweeter listening time. The number answer to making money from your music this day is to get on playlist, either the industry ones or the fans curated playlists.

In the yesterday industry, the big tracks usually breakout from the album and mix tapes or on radio. The new music hits are breaking out from industry curated playlists by the big music streaming platforms. Take spotify for example, the top 5 playlists curated by the spotify team have the capability to put a radar on an upcoming artist or even put a track into a limelight. It had happened over and over again.

For most of African Countries, spotify is not available. That means as an artist, you can really build a good following on the platform; talk less of getting people to stream your songs. The number African equivalent of spotify is Boomplay. With more than 53 million users and millions of daily users, the app has the capability to make you big bucks. The question is how can you make money on Boomplay? Through Playlist; simple as abc.

If you upload your music on Boomplay as an up and coming artist, there is a probability that you will get only few streams and downloads that will leads you nowhere? Most of the time, your earning had to reach a hundred dollars threshold before you can make a withdrawal. In this digital music economy that sells music for free, reaching a hundreds dollar threshold is lot of work. This means you have to get at least 2000 downloads or more to reach that threshold.

So, without a big fan base that is directly connected to you that can buy your music. The other option you have is playlists. It’s even the best option you have. If your best track get on one of Boomplay playlist that is curated by their insider team? You will have thousands of streams and this can leads to a lot of downloads, especially if this song resonate with your potential fans. This is making money and fans at the same time. Investing in playlists is worth it at the long run.

How then can you get your music on Boomplay playlists? This is a very good question. I will briefly write and shed light on how you can get your music on Boomplay playlist. Keep this in mind that Boomplay is an equivalent of Spotify, Apple Music/ ITunes and so on. While Spotify is a standalone streaming app, Apple Music and ITunes are now joined as both streaming and download apps Boomplay is used to both stream and download music.

To create playlists, these are the 5 awesome things you need to do.To learn how to make money on Boomplay? Learn and do these 5 playlist creation efforts below.

1. Make Your Own Playlist: As you are starting out, this is one of the best options available to you. You need to create an account on Boomplay to do this. You will need to download the mobile app and sign up with your phone number. After signing in into the app, you can click on create Playlist icon and start adding your playlist. Name your playlist and add your music. When you are done, share your playlist with your connection on social media platforms. At the beginning, you don’t need to make the playlist a very long one, in fact, make it brief and short. Invite your listeners into your music curation process. When your listerners stream the list and they enjoy it, some might leave a comment that it’s too short. Not making it long also gives you the opportunity to retain users on your playlist. When a user landed on your playlist on Boomplay, the first thing he/she will do is to see how long the playlist is, if the list is long, theuser might want to procrastinate of listening later which may never get done. The number one rule in the music playlist creation as an upcoming artist is to make it short. Max should be 10 to 15 songs.
2. Include one of your songs: Don’t ever be tempted to add many of your songs to the playlist. Remember that you are showcasing your music taste to Boomplay users, team and your own fans. Preferably, add just one of your hottest tunes, maximum should be two. Stuffing the playlist with your song will alert the users that the playlist is meant for you. One thing you want the playlist to do is to get more viral and shared on social media. If your curation is superb, you have the opportunity to get a lot of listeners because people tends to share an awe-inspiring contents. This will leads us to the point poing.
3. Create an Awe Inspiring Playlist: Make a sweet experience out of the playlist for your listeners. Let people listen to it and say wow. The benefit is numerous for you; one, you will have a lot of people following you on Boomplay. No one ignores what is good and awe inspiring. Any content that create awe inspiring feelings is the content that get most shared online. Don’t just create playlist for creation sake. Make memorable and loveable. Make people enjoy the experience. Your playlist might even be picked up by the Boomplay team if they see in their algorithm that it’s getting a lot of plays and attention.
4. Collaborate with Other Musician: This is a step in the right direction. Remember I told you your song inside the playlist should not be more than one. You can actually locate artist like you online and collaborate with them to make awesome playlist. Make sure the artist you are connecting to is a good artists that make great and inspiring music. Don’t pack your playlist with wacky and annoying musicians in the name of playlist collaboration. Another thing you should always take note is the popular effect. You should not create a playlist full of unknown rising and promising stars, your listeners might not find it interesting. Always make sure that the playlist have at least 65 to 70 per cent of known artist’s songs. This is what your listeners listen to on a daily basis, give it to them. Just mix your own song and other musicians you are collaborating with in the playlist.
5. Reach out to Playlist Curators: There are celebrity bloggers, entertainers and other online personality you can reach out to. These people already have large audience on the platform. All you need to do is to reach out to them to add your song to their playlist. Majority might not reply your message, but it’s worth trying. Also, make sure you don’t spam people. If you do, Boomplay will send you a warning message and might actually block your boomplay account. You can also reach out to other users on the boomplay platform. Especially those with good number of followers and playlist listens. Playlist is an on-going music creation, it needs update time to time, whenever anyone update his/her music playlist on the platform, his/her followers get notified. When 20 users get your music on their playlists, your streams should go up and downloads should also add up quickly.

In conclusion, let’s look at the benefits you will get as an artist if you start using this playlist creation strategy to make money on boomplay.

Benefits of Getting on Boomplay Playlists

1. You stop spamming your fans : You don’t need to continue to tell your fans to buy your music all the time. Give them something valuable and priceless.
2. Give them Value: When you create an awe inspiring playlist for your fans, they will appreciate your for it and in turns rewards the value you are giving them.
3. Becomes a content creator: Playlist is one of strong content in the music industry right now. If you can master the art of creating playlists. You are an already a content creator. You might get picked up by Music Company to create playlist for them.
4. More shares and Click: Your playlists get share if it’s good enough. You also get enough clicks and download to songs on the playlists, including your own songs.
5. Make big and consistent money: This is the end goal of this strategy for you as an up and coming musician. You want to make money from your music.

Start implementing this strategy now. You will be glad you did in the years to come. Also, do not stop if you are not seeing result yet. Consistency and courage will drive your fears away.

I wish you success in your music marketing and distribution journey.

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