New Podcast. Two topics this week. Let's get into it. @AskMikeWarner

TIDAL is rolling out a new artist dashboard, TIDAL Artist Home, and their TIDAL for Artists website. This new feature allows artists to easily manage and update their profile, including their biography, social media links, and account details.

Read the full article on my blog:

https://medium.com/work-hard-playlist-hard/tidals-new-artist-dashboard-tidal-artist-home-cd5e1911de24

Work Hard Playlist Hard:

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Mike Warner:

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In this episode I share a recent conversation recorded for The Moliner Podcast. If you like we you hear please check out their Podcast on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/66hdWsCAyru8YF2X6oZamn. 

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Listen to my music here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2F7xJmFCNxt6qUmfyvl4uU?si=401ba0f1c1554da7

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YouTube: https://youtu.be/O4PnLiSA6K8 Find everything Mak here: https://linkpop.com/mikewarner 

It felt incredible to get back on stage at the DIY Musician Conference in Austin. Trust me, this was worth the three year wait! There were so many takeaways from this years conference!

🎵 The amount of new artists was huge. Love seeing so many new artists and those starting fresh with new projects.

🎵 Many artists feel overwhelmed by all of the data and tools now available to them.

🎵 Time management is a huge challenge for many artists today.

🎵 Artists now talk about finding and building their team whereas in previous years many felt a team would find them.

🎵 Surveying the room there was a number of music streaming platforms artists were not aware of, despite the fact their music is on them. All links mentioned can be found here - https://www.linkpop.com/mikewarner

I've got another special long-form conversation to share with you. This comes courtesy of Adam Meckler and the GigBoss Podcast. Thanks to Adam for giving me permission to upload this episode and share it with all of you. If you like what you hear please consider subscribing to the GigBoss Podcast! In this episode Adam Meckler talks with Mike about strategy for pitching songs via Spotify for Artists, why emails are better than socials when building fan-artist relationships, how to get your music in retail stores, and a bunch more

Gig Boss is a podcast with the goal of helping musicians learn how to navigate the new music economy. Hear directly from artists on how they built their careers, and from Industry pros on how to navigate streaming, social media, sync licensing, booking gigs, routing tours and more.

Links to Adam, GigBoss and Mike:

https://www.adammeckler.com

https://linktr.ee/GigBoss

https://linkpop.com/mikewarner

Things we talked about:

Chartmetric: https://chartmetric.com/

Spotify for Artists: https://artists.spotify.com/

Soundiiz: https://soundiiz.com/

I'm doing something different for this episode. Thanks to my good friend Forbs West for giving me permission to share this with all of you. Recently I was a guest on his Media Industry Guru Podcast and we had an awesome chat. I wanted to share this with you and if you enjoy the conversation please check out the Media Industry Guru podcast with Forbs West, subscribe and show him some love. Also! My debut course as a LinkedIn Learning instructor is now live. If you want to learn about music release strategies and earn a certificate you can display on your resume and LinkedIn profile please check it out here - learning.pxf.io/MWCourse1">https://linkedin-learning.pxf.io/MWCourse1 

The Audiobook is now available!

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Streaming music has proven it is here to stay. Artists and their teams now find themselves with many new challenges in the digital landscape.

With more options than ever for music distribution, standing out in a crowd, deciding where to focus your energy and finding ways to reach your audience become critical choices you and your team will have to make.

Now updated to include the latest in digital music, this second edition of Work Hard Playlist Hard covers everything from growth hacks for TikTok and Twitch plus many more.

With a focus on playlists and beyond, Work Hard Playlist Hard breaks down the streaming platforms and provides tools that can help artists find and grow their audience.

Work Hard Playlist Hard (Second Edition) includes contributions from artists and music-industry experts and is written and narrated by Mike Warner.

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Do not buy streams! Repeat after me. Do not buy streams!

This is something I will not stop talking about. I don't want to see artists risk their music being taken down, their distributor or label breaking up with them, or even worse, giving up on music all together.  It is not a fast track to success, it will actually harm you long term.

There's so much more I could say but I needed to get this off my chest. Please, do not buy streams!  Thanks for hearing me out and please spread the word, protect your fellow artists and friends.

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Are Pre-Saves still worth it? What about Pre-Adds? How do I set up a pre-add without paying for it?

I’ve had so many questions and seen lots of debates about pre-saves and pre-adds. In this video I weigh in on the debate and share some examples of how to collect pre-saves in Spotify in the day leading up to an album release, I also cover instant gratification tracks in Apple Music and iTunes.

If you have the Spotify app on your phone, computer or TV you can watch the video version of this podcast. For anyone else I would like to see the video version you can find it on my YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/askmikewarner