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DON’T BUY SPOTIFY FOLLOWERS – FIND REAL ORGANIC FANS FOR FREE: LISTD MUSIC IS A PLAYLIST NETWORK THAT ALLOWS USERS TO BE DISCOVERED.

Don’t buy Spotify followers – Find real organic fans for FREE: Listd Music is a playlist network that allows users to be discovered.

Look, before you go and buy Spotify followers to increase your music promotion game, just please take a few moments to read what we are doing.

 

First off, we get it. Being an artist in this day and age is tough. Both physical and digital music sales have declined rapidly and no one is buying music. Online streaming, on the other hand, is on the rise!  Artists across the world are now gaining income through online streaming yet how do they do it? The secret is Spotify playlists.

Spotify playlists are the new currency in the digital music promotion world. Being added to a playlist with high engagement can be just what your music needs to sky rocket your followers and increase your monthly streams.

In saying this, we are proud to announce the Listd Music Network. An in-house music curation network compiling of hundreds of custom-made playlists made with love and attracting REAL and organic fans. Currently the fastest growing online curation network within the music promotion world with no plan on stopping.

We make real playlists with real fans for REAL artists. Our platform is designed to be a place of discovery for artists and future curators so that we can keep the online ecosystem of enjoying music alive.

…Best part. IT’S FREE. Simply follow one of your playlists below, you will then be redirected to a submission form. Fill out the form and we will check out your music. If the music suits the playlist, then we will be sure to add you. We add new artists every Friday on a weekly basis.

Thanks for taking the time to stop over and we look forward to helping you in your quest for music promotion. Here is some Fleetwood Mac to send you off..

 

 

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HOW FREE PLAYLIST PROMOTION CHANGED THIS ARTISTS CAREER

How Free Playlist Promotion Changed This Artists Career

Free Playlist Promotion: How an Independent Artist gained 150k Listeners Organically in 3 Months.

We are excited to share one of the many case studies of how playlist promotion and the right targeting can break a record.  This is an artist we came across by a simple submission called Tim Gent.

When we first were introduced to Tim Gent by a submission in July of this year, he had already seen previous success in 2016 with his first official single landing on Fresh Finds, United States Viral 50 and Spotify’s Patriotic Passion playlist. However, despite his early success, Tim was sitting at only 1,200 monthly listeners when we started working with him. Keep in mind, this was with no help from any playlist promotion companies or paid services – Tim had some great music, and it was time to take it up a notch.

Looking at Tim’s recent accolades, we knew this artist had already had what the fans were looking for, and his recent stats on playlist showed that people were enjoying the track, however just not taking that extra step and becoming a fan. For this reason, our music marketing strategy would be focused on fan acquisition AND fan retention (gaining monthly listeners). Tim was the perfect candidate to showcase the raw power behind playlist promotion, so we hit him up and asked if he would like some free playlist promotion….he said yes.

Over the next 3 months, we began working 4 singles focusing on pitching to playlists and curators within our network, who think would be the perfect advocate for the artist.

Let’s Let the Music and the Stats Do the Talking

We knew going in with the reach and tools we have to offer, along with Tim Gent’s obvious talent, we knew that we would see a good bump in his streaming numbers from the 1,200 monthly listeners he started with, and the results we have seen are staggering. Below are statistics on Tim Gent’s current streaming numbers, playlist placement/reach, along with Discover Weekly and Release Radar numbers from the last 28 days, as a result of the heavy playlist placement.

Tim Gent
All statistics below are current as of 10/24/17

Monthly Listeners: 147,340 (currently increasing between 2,000-8,000 per day)

Most Recent Singles:

Mosaic (released 7/26/17): 208,235 streams
1619 (released 9/26/17): 110,015 streams
History Repeats (released 8/22/17): 68,225 streams
Saturation (released 7/17/17): 41,115 streams

As you can see from the release dates, each track has been growing at a rate faster than the previous. This is a result of an effect on the Discover Weeklys and Release Radar placement. The more songs he has thrown into Spotify’s algorithm, the better results we see on each new track. How do you get thrown into Spotify’s algorithms? Get on more playlists…

Current Playlist Placement & Reach

As you can see in the chart above, Tim Gent is currently on 64 playlists, with a total reach of 1,313,962 followers. We have seen this steadily rise throughout the entire campaign. The longer Tim remains on our playlists, the more playlists outside of our network begin picking him up as well. However, the most important benefit of being added to more playlists is increasing the amount of Discover Weekly and Release Radars the specific track is thrown into by Spotify’s algorithm. Tim’s current statistics on those are below.

Discover Weekly has brought in 58,900 listeners and 92,500 streams, while Release Radar has brought in 39,000 listeners and 52,100 streams. Keep in mind that the vast majority of these listeners are BRAND NEW fans who had never previously heard Tim’s music.

To recap, thanks largely to Listd Music‘s extensive network and connections with outside curators, Tim Gent has gone from 1,200 monthly listeners to 147,000 monthly listeners in a matter of three months, and he is showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon. We fully expect Tim to pass the 500,000 monthly listener mark in the first quarter of 2018 – maybe sooner.

Update: While writing this we have just been informed that Tim has had numerous record deal offers on the table – will keep everyone updated of this in our next post! 

Nothing makes us happier than seeing how with the right marketing strategies and targeting across engaged fans – you really can break a record in a costly (this was free) and timely way.

If you are looking to take your music to the next level through by finding engaged listeners that love your music… Simply head over to our submit page or alternatively, hit the big button below.

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BRENT FAIYAZ RELEASES OFFICIAL “SONDER SON” CURATED PLAYLIST VIA LISTD

Brent Faiyaz Releases Official “Sonder Son” Curated Playlist via Listd

Following the release of his debut full-length album Sonder Son, vocalist and R&B vanguard Brent Faiyaz has released an exclusive playlist as part of his partnership with Listd. The brainchild of a team of independent playlist curators, Listd is an engaging music platform that gives artists the opportunity to be discovered by millions of followers. Ranking in the Top 20 across the world for independent playlists, Listd serves as a hub for movers and shakers to connect with artists and hear what’s next in music.
Listd x Faiyaz’s “Sonder Son” playlist consists of songs from the album as well as songs that inspired Brent in the making of Sonder Son. Fans can stream Listd x Faiyaz’s Sonder Son playlist here: http://spoti.fi/2zahCn4
 

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Free Spotify Promotion Case Study – Gain 150k Listeners Organically

How Free Playlist Promotion Changed This Artists Career

Free Playlist Promotion: How an Independent Artist gained 150k Listeners Organically in 3 Months.

We are excited to share one of the many case studies of how playlist promotion and the right targeting can break a record.  This is an artist we came across by a simple submission called Tim Gent.

When we first were introduced to Tim Gent by a submission in July of this year, he had already seen previous success in 2016 with his first official single landing on Fresh Finds, United States Viral 50 and Spotify’s Patriotic Passion playlist. However, despite his early success, Tim was sitting at only 1,200 monthly listeners when we started working with him. Keep in mind, this was with no help from any playlist promotion companies or paid services – Tim had some great music, and it was time to take it up a notch.

Looking at Tim’s recent accolades, we knew this artist had already had what the fans were looking for, and his recent stats on playlist showed that people were enjoying the track, however just not taking that extra step and becoming a fan. For this reason, our music marketing strategy would be focused on fan acquisition AND fan retention (gaining monthly listeners). Tim was the perfect candidate to showcase the raw power behind playlist promotion, so we hit him up and asked if he would like some free playlist promotion….he said yes.

Over the next 3 months, we began working 4 singles focusing on pitching to playlists and curators within our network, who think would be the perfect advocate for the artist.

Let’s Let the Music and the Stats Do the Talking

We knew going in with the reach and tools we have to offer, along with Tim Gent’s obvious talent, we knew that we would see a good bump in his streaming numbers from the 1,200 monthly listeners he started with, and the results we have seen are staggering. Below are statistics on Tim Gent’s current streaming numbers, playlist placement/reach, along with Discover Weekly and Release Radar numbers from the last 28 days, as a result of the heavy playlist placement.

Tim Gent
All statistics below are current as of 10/24/17

Monthly Listeners: 147,340 (currently increasing between 2,000-8,000 per day)

Most Recent Singles:

Mosaic (released 7/26/17): 208,235 streams
1619 (released 9/26/17): 110,015 streams
History Repeats (released 8/22/17): 68,225 streams
Saturation (released 7/17/17): 41,115 streams

As you can see from the release dates, each track has been growing at a rate faster than the previous. This is a result of an effect on the Discover Weeklys and Release Radar placement. The more songs he has thrown into Spotify’s algorithm, the better results we see on each new track. How do you get thrown into Spotify’s algorithms? Get on more playlists…

Current Playlist Placement & Reach

As you can see in the chart above, Tim Gent is currently on 64 playlists, with a total reach of 1,313,962 followers. We have seen this steadily rise throughout the entire campaign. The longer Tim remains on our playlists, the more playlists outside of our network begin picking him up as well. However, the most important benefit of being added to more playlists is increasing the amount of Discover Weekly and Release Radars the specific track is thrown into by Spotify’s algorithm. Tim’s current statistics on those are below.

Discover Weekly has brought in 58,900 listeners and 92,500 streams, while Release Radar has brought in 39,000 listeners and 52,100 streams. Keep in mind that the vast majority of these listeners are BRAND NEW fans who had never previously heard Tim’s music.

To recap, thanks largely to Listd Music‘s extensive network and connections with outside curators, Tim Gent has gone from 1,200 monthly listeners to 147,000 monthly listeners in a matter of three months, and he is showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon. We fully expect Tim to pass the 500,000 monthly listener mark in the first quarter of 2018 – maybe sooner.

Update: While writing this we have just been informed that Tim has had numerous record deal offers on the table – will keep everyone updated of this in our next post! 

Nothing makes us happier than seeing how with the right marketing strategies and targeting across engaged fans – you really can break a record in a costly (this was free) and timely way.

If you are looking to take your music to the next level through by finding engaged listeners that love your music… Simply head over to our submit page or alternatively, hit the big button below.

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The Largest Independent Spotify Network

Our Playlists

Featured

These are the top trending tracks right now. Often featuring new artists and up and coming.

Genre

What is your favourite genre? We like them all. We have playlists in pop, R&B, dance, rap, trap, indie and everything else. If you feel like we have left something out or a sub genre, then please let us know in the form below.

Mood

How are you feeling? We got you covered. Whether you are feeling happy, sad or between. Our range of hand crafted playlists will suit any mood

Soundtrack 

Probably our favourite category of playlist. Ever watch a movie and hear an absolutely amazing song? We do. That is why we dedicate so much time finding these sound tracks and creating hand made sound tracks featuring some of your favourite songs.

Events

Tomorrowland, Coachella and what ever else. We got you, featuring playlists from some of the best events in the world. Turn up with our amazing festival sessions.

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Spotify Playlists Really Are the Best Form Of Music Promotion – Period

Listd Music , although still new to the game is growing quickly to become one of the largest Spotify playlist networks around. We owe this to a savvy digital team, an amazing network of curators and most importantly the engaged fans and listeners who are passionate about music – they are the ones that are keeping this industry alive.

We hope that this page right here will be the number one destination for all things curation. Which is why we are working hard to make sure our playlists are easy to find, engaging to listen to and benefit both the artist and the curator. Here you will find curated playlists around soundtracks, genre, popular and trending events, and even mood.

Here at Listd, our passion is playlists, however not so much for the reason. People think that playlists are just a great form of promotion as it makes music more accessible and easier to find for online listeners and we agree.. to a certain extent. To us, playlists are the new way for artists to be discovered not only that, but playlists are a way for artists to be listened to in a new context.

We find the context then we create the playlist

Our research team monitors search engines, magazines, online trends online and offline to find what people are talking out. They look for what is called a Community of Interest or (COI) for the digital media nerds out there who understand what that is. For anyone that doesn’t know, a COI is quite simply an online topic of discussion, like maybe the Mannequin Challenge, The ASL Ice Bucket challenge or anything that is online and people are talking about. We often find these COI’s on popular sites like Reddit or simply look through Google trends and watch the news to see what is happening around the world.

Simply put, we find where there is conversation online and then create a way for artists to use their music in that context. That is the best form of music promotion you can get – period. That is why movie soundtracks literally launch careers of artists, as people associate that song with that feeling and that beautiful synergy is why playlists are so effective, and that is why we spend so much time finding them, creating and managing

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Brent Faiyaz Releases Official "Sonder Son" Curated Playlist via Listd – LISTD

Brent Faiyaz Releases Official “Sonder Son” Curated Playlist via Listd

Following the release of his debut full-length album Sonder Son, vocalist and R&B vanguard Brent Faiyaz has released an exclusive playlist as part of his partnership with Listd. The brainchild of a team of independent playlist curators, Listd is an engaging music platform that gives artists the opportunity to be discovered by millions of followers. Ranking in the Top 20 across the world for independent playlists, Listd serves as a hub for movers and shakers to connect with artists and hear what’s next in music.

Listd x Faiyaz’s “Sonder Son” playlist consists of songs from the album as well as songs that inspired Brent in the making of Sonder Son. Fans can stream Listd x Faiyaz’s Sonder Son playlist here: http://spoti.fi/2zahCn4
 

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Brent Faiyaz Releases Official "Sonder Son" Curated Playlist via Listd – LISTD

Brent Faiyaz Releases Official “Sonder Son” Curated Playlist via Listd

Following the release of his debut full-length album Sonder Son, vocalist and R&B vanguard Brent Faiyaz has released an exclusive playlist as part of his partnership with Listd. The brainchild of a team of independent playlist curators, Listd is an engaging music platform that gives artists the opportunity to be discovered by millions of followers. Ranking in the Top 20 across the world for independent playlists, Listd serves as a hub for movers and shakers to connect with artists and hear what’s next in music.

Listd x Faiyaz’s “Sonder Son” playlist consists of songs from the album as well as songs that inspired Brent in the making of Sonder Son. Fans can stream Listd x Faiyaz’s Sonder Son playlist here: http://spoti.fi/2zahCn4
 

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The Worlds Largest Spotify Promotion Network and it's FREE

Introducing the Worlds First Free Music Promotion Platform.

Welcome to Listd, the largest online Spotify network for 2017….which is free?
Since launching, we have accumulated over 100 playlists, growing by thousands each week. Our network is continually expanding as we are gaining more and more playlists and likewise curation teams join our online family.
Now, we know there are a few different music networks, playlist groups and MCN’s, so makes us different?
Short answer. It’s f***in free!
You heard that right. Free. This is a free music promotion platform and we want to invite you and everyone you know to join. We have invested so much time and energy into building and developing these playlists to give artists the opportunity to increase their streams, gain that much-needed exposure and be discovered, as in the end that is what it’s really about.

The Music Industry is Like the Wild West Baby

With the rise of online streaming, things are like the wild west out here. It’s every man for himself and even those who have been in this industry for years are now left clueless – what’s next? How do we break this record? Now here is the thing, in this crazy array of events and digital media trends, you as an artist and/or manager can choose to be in two categories, and that is:

Category 1: Complain and miss the good ole days:  

“I miss those days when you could buy music at your local record store, actually feel it and touch it. Not this digital crap” or maybe it’s more “Spotify is ripping off the industry, there are no more sales in music”.

Whichever quote you choose this category is about living in the past and focusing all efforts in complaining and blaming digital media. In other words, it’s quite unproductive.

Category 2: Embrace the Opportunity 

Did you know that the music industry is at its fruitful state since 1995? In fact friends in online streaming like Spotify have actually injected an extra 64m into this industry alone. The music industry is now a 15 billion dollar business, with around 50% of this due to digital media technologies such as online streaming.

In other words, THESE are the good days! Right here, right now. There has never been more opportunity for an artist to be discovered and also make a career from their music.

We don’t want to rant, but long story short:

We are beyond excited to unlock the opportunities that the digital music industry has for all of you. We hope that our platform can be a key milestone in you reaching your goals.

Listd Team.