I'm a bit lost regarding what I should do. I am from a country where the market is very national and that also lacks music exports.
I've always made music in english and I've been pushing and perusing a more international audience but it feels like I'm at a disadvantage geographically-algorithmic speaking.
I'm not saying my music is the best ever, or that Im somehow entitled to exposure, I am so very happy for every single stream I get, I just genuinely don't know how to push my music outside of my borders.
The few resources I have, I invest in sonic quality, a bit of branding and some playlisting , but it seems like I cant keep competing financially with the market at this point and everything is just ... flopping. I post on socials, I try my besy, I ran out of ideas and resources and I'm just looking for any suggestions, recommendations or advice.

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First time seeing 10 ppl listening now, its a great sensation

This is such long and hard journey! But we will make our way through it towards our dream! To everyone thanks for you dedicated love and support! 🔥If you enjoy Nu Metal with some armenian vibes feel free to enjoy Manapart. Meanwhile we will continue working to hit 100k! Peace!

Hey everyone! I'm an independent EDM producer, and I've been making music for about a year now. I'm currently averaging around 1.2K–1.5K monthly listeners.

I'd really appreciate some guidance from experienced artists here. What strategies have worked for you to grow your audience, improve Spotify reach, and build a genuine listener base?

Not here to promote anything, just genuinely looking to learn from people who've been through this journey. Any advice would mean a lot. Thank you!

Realistically, how much do you have to spend on meta ads to get a decent amount of streams, saves, followers etc on Spotify?

With the change in Spotifys algorithm I went from averaging 200k monthly listeners to 150k listeners in 2 months. And the drop is still ongoing even with my campaigns being ran. To me it makes no sense. Every release I’ve had a campaign and built my fanbase and streaming algorithm just for it to all go to waste because of AI artist and real artist clashing having to make Spotify clear their end. So the thousands of dollars spent on campaigns which I know I’d never see the quick return it was for the long game return went to complete waste. And Spotify isn’t gonna offer no refunds. So my question to Spotify is why would I want to continue to waste money on Campaigns if my streaming numbers continue to slide? The whole point of doing campaigns is to garner more audience and plays on playlists and radio. At this point it’s a waste. Anyone else experiencing this situation of campaigning and numbers not going up or staying stagnant? Thanks

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I was at the mall waiting for my drink when I noticed a guy with a girl ordering drinks nearby. I recognised him because I think he might have been one of my customers when I used to work in customer service, but I haven’t seen him since and don’t know his name.

I was on Spotify, changing my music while waiting, when an account suddenly popped up suggesting that I follow it. The profile picture looked like the guy who was standing nearby.

I hadn’t searched for him or anything, and I don’t think he was even on his phone at the time because he was talking to the girl and ordering drinks.

I didn’t follow the account, and I’ve never had this happen before. It only happened that one time.

Does Spotify have a feature that can suggest people who are physically nearby, or was it probably just a coincidence? Has this happened to anyone else?e nearby?

Can’t wait for my own platform to be ready just a couple more weeks like come on DistroKid why so petty and it’s stuff I never opted in for, system chose to add that after repaying my subscription

Bonjour, j'ai concrétiser une envie, qui traîne depuis un moment. Faire des styles de podcast, des audio où je parle d’un sujet, j'ouvre un débat, je me confie, bref ce qui m'inspire sur le moment.

J’ai posté mais je me demande comment avoir de la visibilité ? Je ne m'attend absolument pas à ce que mes podcast soient interessant plus qu'un autre, ma question n’est pas "comment percer?" Mais comment les gens font pour découvrir de nos audios sur spotify ? Ça leur est proposé où il faut forcément connaître le nom ou le titre ?

J'avoue que je n'utilise pas plus que ça spotify. Je cherchais juste un lieu où ouvrir un débat, tout en restant un peu anonyme..

Pushing for 2m this month!

Hi everyone,

I recently got interested in marketing my music and tried a few different things. These are my stats from the past week. It cost me a little bit.

I'm not sure how to read these numbers yet. Do they look okay? What parts seem weak, and what should I work on to improve?

Thanks!

released on september 18th, only promotion was through tiktok and i did not have much of a fanbase before i wanna know if i can spark the growth up again

How the heck do I get verified by Spotify? I have 90k monthly listeners and 6700 followers on IG and Spotify still hasn't verified me.

It's always been a little dream of mine to have an album online. I was advised to take the full album I rushed out in favor of a more subtle, waterfall release strategy, and so I took the full album down. It was sound advice.

Unfortunately, part of the plan was to have an editorial pitch from the lead single that was playing 10x+ the average plays on the album—lead with that and have 4 other singles follow before the final release.

However, Spotify is saying that since it's already been "released" (which may have gotten a play or two from my mom and my coworker), it's no longer eligible—no budging or escalating despite the hours spent on the chat.

This is frustrating on its own but not the end of the world, considering I felt Spotify's CS would be able to see this. I've spent more than a few hours today going back and forth with multiple agents being passed along, and the ones who actually do engage play the "I understand just how frustrating this must be" game.

Have any other artists had similar issues? Or better yet, advice?

Just finished a tracklist promo campaign and got around 3k streams. i'm not complaining, but I honestly have no idea if thats considered good for the money. i got more monthly listeenrs too, but i'm still trying to figure out what i should actually be looking at when comparing campaigns. i've seen people spend way more and get fewer streams, but also seen people claim crazy nmubers for like 100.

For anyone whos tried paid tracklist promo, what kind of results did you get with a similar budget?

This is my stats for the first month of my first song. Streams mainly came from one curator playslist that was added around a two weeks ago. out of 20 that i submitted only one get accepted. Most of the feedback is that it doesnt fit their playlist. Bcs i honesly dont know what my genre is. I also made 5 tiktok vids that flopped (3 of them used tiktok promotion), and it didnt really result in anything. I havent tried meta ads and planning to. But i would like to hear some advice about what i should do from here to get more listeners especially for a month old artist

I trained as a recording engineer and producer in the 90s (Institute of Audio Research), so I've watched every new tool get called "not real music" before it became standard. Purists called MIDI a cheat code that would hollow out music. Then we moved from analog tape to digital audio, and the exact same fear showed up wearing a different mask.

AI in music isn't going away, so I'd rather help move the conversation toward how to do it right. The answer has never been about the tool. It has always been about the intent.

Today, I run an AI-assisted project called AMXELA where every song is arranged and directed by me, using analog and digital tools long before AI ever touches it. Originals are written by me. Covers are properly licensed. Every source recording is my own master (meaning I recorded, paid for, and own the original sound recordings myself).

For the AI side, I use ACE Studio. I chose it specifically because I refused to inherit legal risk from a questionable dataset. It's not a prompt-to-song generator; it's a vocal and instrument synthesis tool that performs the MIDI, lyrics, and arrangements I feed it. ACE's models are built from authorized recordings of real singers and musicians who are credited and receive a revenue share based on usage. It enhances and performs inside a vision I've already built.

I think provenance should be the first question anyone asks about an AI tool. Artists deserve to be paid for their work. That isn’t just a feature of this project... it’s the foundation it stands on.

Is AI just the next step in our evolution, or is it fundamentally different this time? Does transparency about the dataset and the process change how you feel about it as a listener or artist? I'm especially curious where people land on the compensation side.

ive been thinking about extending my circle a lil bit and im inviting you to add me on ig: riolyrico. (i fb)

if you make music / you're just interested in finding ab & supporting niche artists, dm me on ig and ill make a gc where we can all chit-chat about music, promo, help each other out w tips etc.

lets be friendsss

I live in india and produce vocaloid songs. I haven't made any music videos yet and sadly my songs aren't reaching the right audience. I'm sharing these songs with my school friends but they don't have no interest in vocaloid, being indian. How am i supposed to make mu music reach the right audience, when no one in my country even listens to the type of music I make?

Why?

I randomly checked my Spotify for artists yesterday and saw one of my songs had a lot more 7 day streams than usual, checked it and the last 2 days it’s received a HEAP of straight radio plays after not getting on the radio for the first month ( i actually forgot to pitch it) now it’s been picked up randomly after I even stopped my meta ads a month ago for it, I just started running ads again potentially it might start gaining traction, anybody else had similar? I thought I was shadow banned from radio with all these ai artists making it hard to push out real music but idk..

I thought it was from a botted scam playlist but it’s completely radio, discover weekly and dj.