Using TikTok to share music?

Congrats on all your hard work. Here's a possibility that came to mind. Put your music online, and charge a fair price for the work you've done. Give out coupons for your songs or albums personally, when you meet someone you want to share it with. You could even have some physical albums made if people are into that where you are. Mix the old school marketing with the new, you know?

Use social media to present your brand and have fun experimenting, but not to give all your stuff away for free. For two reasons:

  1. Using the social media frenzy to dilute your brand value, rather than to gain exposure on your terms, will make you feel like a sellout. No matter what other people think. How you feel about you will always matter.

  2. If you're using a tool like social media as a fun way to experiment, you'll take others' criticisms less seriously. If you put your hard work out there for free, you give anyone power to share an opinion on your work (no matter how much or little they have invested in your success). Some are willing to take that risk, others aren't, and many find a way to share a little within boundaries.

There's more than one way to be successful. Hope your journey to it is fun and feels authentic!

One idea: Make a soundtrack to a short story with clips from your album. Maybe your album is already story-like. Maybe it's more feeling-based. Use those ideas to think of a short story in scenes, clip your songs to provide the feeling you need for each scene, and then act it/draw it/stop-motion/animate/puppeteer lol or whatever. Put that short story with clips from your album on TikTok. Then, drop the link for the album so you get paid.

/r/WeAreTheMusicMakers Thread