YouTube’s Content ID is a digital fingerprinting system that content creators (like record labels and artists) can use to easily identify and manage their copyrighted content on YouTube. However, whether or not your music qualifies for YouTube’s ContentID is up…
Music Marketing
4 Social Trends to Watch in 2020
Social media is a constantly evolving world. It has given artists and labels endless opportunities to promote their brands, share music and engage with fans. But now, social media is more saturated than ever. In order to thrive on platforms,…
How to Prepare for Video Distribution
Before you send over anything, you need to make sure your video has certain details in place so we can deliver your music video in a timely manner. We’ve put together some video distribution tips for your next release to…
Advertising AMA with Andrew Faraone
Last year, we launched the Symphonic Fam Facebook group: a place where musicians, music industry professionals, and members of our ever-growing Symphonic community can share their industry knowledge, network with others, collaborate, and more. Since then, we decided it would…
YouTube Release Checklist
When creating a new release you’re extremely excited about, it’s easy to get wrapped up in the excitement and forget some major steps along the way. To keep you on track and help you produce the best results, we’ve created…
How Far Out Should You Plan Your Release?
The best way to ensure your release’s success is to plan for everything and do it way in advance. Sometimes unexpected things come up in the production process, so you’ll want to give yourself ample time to set everything up…
Checklist for a Kickass Year in 2020
We love to see independent artists striving for greatness, but a big part of that succeeding is having a good idea of exactly what needs to be done to get there efficiently and effectively. So, we created a checklist to…
How to Get Your Lyrics on Facebook and Instagram
Both Facebook and Instagram offer the ability for users to add Lyrics to their Facebook and Instagram Stories. For artists, having your song’s lyrics available on these platforms is essential if you want to optimize your music’s exposure on these…
The Best and Worst Months to Release Music
No matter what time of the year it is, getting major traction on your new releases can be difficult. However, certain months will give you a better shot than others. To make the most of your release, choosing when to…
New Feature Alert: Lyrics on Facebook Stories
Facebook users have had the ability to add music to their Facebook Stories posts since 2018. This feature effectively introduced a whole new musical experience to Facebook Stories. Users could tap the Music Sticker to browse through thousands of songs and choose…
