Getting your "placed "song on a Spotify playlist for free
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Getting your "placed "song on a Spotify playlist for free
I think I've posted this idea before but wanted to update.
If you have a song that gets placed in a tv show, movie (and I think this will work for games too) go to tunefind.com and open a free account. Find the show/movie/game from tunefind's list, locate the episode and add your song. Tunefind will ask for a scene description so just put in a small blurb about what's going on at the time your song is used. Once you do that your song has a strong chance of being added to playlists for the show/movie/game.
Here's my most recent Spotify playlist add from a placement on The CW's show "legacies". My song "Been Waiting" is song #171 (chronological order). My streaming is up 151% since that add, and frankly where else would I be able to get on a playlist with Billie Eilish, The Fixx, Amy Winehouse and Little Big Town !
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4t3Yc ... 7yqr5FNBiW
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If you have a song that gets placed in a tv show, movie (and I think this will work for games too) go to tunefind.com and open a free account. Find the show/movie/game from tunefind's list, locate the episode and add your song. Tunefind will ask for a scene description so just put in a small blurb about what's going on at the time your song is used. Once you do that your song has a strong chance of being added to playlists for the show/movie/game.
Here's my most recent Spotify playlist add from a placement on The CW's show "legacies". My song "Been Waiting" is song #171 (chronological order). My streaming is up 151% since that add, and frankly where else would I be able to get on a playlist with Billie Eilish, The Fixx, Amy Winehouse and Little Big Town !
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4t3Yc ... 7yqr5FNBiW
In these days of poor streaming royalties we need to take advantage of every dollar that's out there
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How many plays did you get and do the libraries mind if they are exclusive ?
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Hi Mark,
This was a non exclusive placement through a “critical” library so no worries about using. This current song was just added Friday so streams are low, only a few hundred. A song I had on the Netflix show “Outer Banks” has generated between $300-$500 per year since 2020.
This was a non exclusive placement through a “critical” library so no worries about using. This current song was just added Friday so streams are low, only a few hundred. A song I had on the Netflix show “Outer Banks” has generated between $300-$500 per year since 2020.
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Wow - I have some cues that were in KUWTK ..also Non-Ex...one of them has 900 plays on my Soundcloud Account ( which I don't promote )JohnnyP wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 3:08 pmHi Mark,
This was a non exclusive placement through a “critical” library so no worries about using. This current song was just added Friday so streams are low, only a few hundred. A song I had on the Netflix show “Outer Banks” has generated between $300-$500 per year since 2020.
So assuming one gets onto a playlist and generates a worthwhile number of streams...what's the mechanism to get paid ?
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So you have to have the song distributed through tunecore, distrokid or whatever service you prefer.
I do that as soon as I find out about a placement. When the song is active on Spotify, iTunes etc that’s when I add it to Tunefind. It takes a few months sometimes to get on playlists
I do that as soon as I find out about a placement. When the song is active on Spotify, iTunes etc that’s when I add it to Tunefind. It takes a few months sometimes to get on playlists
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Congrats John that's awesome and thanks a lot John for the Tunefind tip!
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Thanks Smudgie and no worries !
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Congrats John, great idea, but Tunefind's list of shows seems pretty limited, and they didn't have the young and the restless and many others outside the US. Shame.
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That's a really nice tip to keep in mind - thank you
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I noticed that too, Y&R is not on Tunefind. Still a great tip Johnny and I'll keep an eye out for other placements.
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