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Music Marketing and Band Promotion in 2026

Jan 19, 2026

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Thirty Seconds

in algorithm, Career Choices, gatekeeper, inspiration, music resources, playlists, Radio play, resources, spotify, streaming revenue, The creative life, viral cover song strategy

How Independent Bands Can Grow Spotify Streams in 2026 Using Short-Form Video (Without Burning Out) If you’re an independent band trying to grow streams on Spotify and other platforms, you’ve probably noticed one thing by now: the old playbook is dead. Playlist pitching alone isn’t enough. Social posts without strategy disappear. And spending hours editing…
Why your playlist isn’t getting followers

Mar 1, 2023

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Thirty Seconds

in The creative life

Music streaming platforms have complicated algorithms monitoring listener behavior, song performance and playlist engagement among many other streaming statistics. I have read that the Spotify algorithm also monitors blogs and other online media to gage off-platform performance of songs and playlists. There are so many things the algorithm is designed to determine and many of…