Getting the word out about your music is so freaking hard these days. It's funny that @troisnyx.bsky.social and I didn't even manage to get ONE SINGLE follower on our @twomeeps.bsky.social TikTok after a month of regular posting. It's similarly low on YouTube, Instagram etc What are we doing wrong - ThreadSky

disomikron.bsky.social • 55 days ago

Getting the word out about your music is so freaking hard these days.

It's funny that @troisnyx.bsky.social and I didn't even manage to get ONE SINGLE follower on our @twomeeps.bsky.social TikTok after a month of regular posting. It's similarly low on YouTube, Instagram etc

What are we doing wrong

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rubykingstudios.bsky.social•55 days ago

BlueSky is still growing. I feel you. But I noticed starting and sharing Starter Packs get you a good amount of followers. I feel like surrounding yourself with more artists in your field that are like minded and supportive will help you reach farther. BlueSky has that. Do you make video game music?

disomikron.bsky.social•55 days ago

I'm not too worried about Bluesky, and yeah I've been writing game music for many years. I'm not talking about my personal account with this post, I am doing fine.

But Trois and I have a band and we've been working on non game music for 12+ months. There's this fear that no one really cares

rubykingstudios.bsky.social•55 days ago

Hmmmm. I don't know if no one cares. I'll definitely check your art out. Have a specific piece of work/link to share?

disomikron.bsky.social•55 days ago

... when in reality it's just insanely difficult to get the word out with original music, especially when it is NOT tied to something like a game.

barryjneely.bsky.social•55 days ago

First, just followed you.

I learned a few things about TikTok, one being you really have to have to talk to the camera. Just posting music or one video clip doesn't get a ton of traction.

I'm not at much, but once I started doing personal intros to my videos, engagement went "way" up.

disomikron.bsky.social•55 days ago

Noted, thanks! 🙏

tylermire.bsky.social•55 days ago

The good thing about anything you produce is that it’s evergreen, so in theory anyone can find it at any time later. People find my stuff years after it’s done.

But yea, I feel ya

ludoloonstudio.bsky.social•55 days ago

In my experience the best connections are the deeper direct ones with people. It has more impact.

There's tons of people out there, but for folks I've met through the local vgm scene I pay more attn to them.

I'm not financially successful tbf, but those are the people I'm emotionally invested in

ludoloonstudio.bsky.social•55 days ago

Like the main reason I'm even responding is that I know you through the beats discord server for example.

I agree that's frustrating though, and as far as reaching a "mass" audience I just assume it's taking the time to meet people in that way until it grows, or hitting the algorithm lottery lol

disomikron.bsky.social•55 days ago

Oh dang, I stopped being active in there many years ago lmao

ludoloonstudio.bsky.social•55 days ago

Yeah same, life has gotten busy lmao

But those are the types of spaces that connect you with people on a more intimate level that you can actually form those types of relationships and will get people pumped about your stuff imo

disomikron.bsky.social•55 days ago

I should have clarified that I'm not talking about vgm, that's working alright on my end. It's about the music I'm writing with @troisnyx.bsky.social for our band - we have not many connections and no real band budget, so we're doing everything ourselves. Getting the word out is super difficult tho

lucialarezza.bsky.social•55 days ago

Have a look at what other musicians are doing on TikTok: are they posting horizontal or vertical videos? Do they start with specific hooks? What times are they posting? Do they have text/logos? What are their video lights/formats?

It takes a good dose of trial and error to grow an audience and…

lucialarezza.bsky.social•55 days ago

…starting off is just the first little step. It takes years to understand a platform and make it work for your project.

I’m very proud of you guys, putting yourself out there on the “young people” platform.

Try reading online and researching, you can do this! ☺️

disomikron.bsky.social•55 days ago

I assume that once we release more songs, more people might check out our music.

But let's be real, whether you get heard or not is only 1% about hard work, 99% of it is just dumb luck if you lack connections

hugimugi.bsky.social•55 days ago

That sounds horrendous.. 🙃

troisnyx.bsky.social•55 days ago

I feel sorrowful in a way

And I don't know if I can safely express my struggles in music thus far

But I've lost hope of getting solo gigs because of the painful songs I write

And I write what I know, that's what I express best

robtunstall.bsky.social•55 days ago

TikTok audiences in particular seem to like being directly asked questions. So posting a music clip and asking in text overlay “what does this make you imagine?” or something of the sort might be good? Ask, don’t tell.

(But I’m also the king of not getting anyone to care so don’t listen to me)

cutaia.net•55 days ago

Doing nothing wrong. It's just the way of the industry. Online is a terribly hard way to get listeners. If you can put the work in within your local scene, that's usually a little more reliable. Online takes a lot of luck because there's millions of us.

disomikron.bsky.social•55 days ago

I've been in the games industry for 8 years and now also write non-game music with Trois, and funnily enough I still have 0 IRL connections. Everything has always been online and I don't know what to do about it

tylermire.bsky.social•55 days ago

You need to join an irl band or ensemble of some sort. Music is social by nature, to divorce it from that is not great. Whatever you gotta do, meet someone you can sit next to and jam with

disomikron.bsky.social•55 days ago

I've never done that in my entire life, and I'm not even sure if I want that 🤔 No clue, my offline life is like its own separate thing, almost like I'm in a different world lmao

tylermire.bsky.social•55 days ago

I won’t tell you how to live your life but I truly feel music exists to be social and community building. And a whole generation who never engages with that side is not ideal to me

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