{"id":84589,"date":"2022-02-09T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=84589"},"modified":"2022-08-16T11:36:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T10:36:41","slug":"10-ways-to-be-successful-as-a-musician-on-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/10-ways-to-be-successful-as-a-musician-on-tiktok\/","title":{"rendered":"10 ways to be successful as a musician on TikTok in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Learn about promoting music on TikTok, how to build an audience, and beat that relentless algorithm, with our guide to using TikTok as a musician.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Whether you love it, loathe it, or are simply utterly confused by it, if you’re a music artist it\u2019s time to throw yourself into the TikTok mindset. The short-video app exploded in popularity<\/a> over the past two years, spurred on by the captive audience of the pandemic, and that growth shows no sign of slowing in 2022<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps you’re wondering how to put your own music on TikTok<\/a>? That’s a smart move. It\u2019s always a good idea as an artist to seize on any opportunity to promote yourself and your music, and social media like TikTok offers a vibrant and valuable way to do just that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For one thing, music is already the backbone of the platform, with users choosing from the millions of tracks in the library <\/a>to use as a soundtrack for their creations, which makes musicians using TikTok a natural fit. For another, you might hit the big time and have a video using your music go viral overnight.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you first sign up, TikTok<\/a> is an instant assault on your eyes and ears, a brightly coloured mess of noisy videos. You scroll through trying to make sense of it, and somehow an hour has gone by. It\u2019s overwhelming but mesmerising. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can your particular brand of music possibly get noticed on the feed? Here are 10 tips for getting the most out of TikTok, with strategies to best promote your music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let the TikTok algorithm learn about the real you<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Get to know the app with no promotional motive for the first couple of days, engaging with content that you genuinely like and following other musicians.<\/a> Don\u2019t go too leftfield with posts at first, as TikTok is learning from your uploads to work out who to show your videos to. There\u2019ll be plenty of time for random videos of your pet gerbil later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use the time to be a detective, learn from musicians who’ve been successful on the app, and work out what form you want your own videos to take. You might find you’re forming a “TikTok persona” without realising, which is great, as TikTok is all about big personalities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about how the TikTok algorithm works here<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Music #hashtagging<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

TikTok uses your chosen hashtags to categorise what type of content you\u2019re posting, so it\u2019s a chance to start finding the niche your content is going to fit into on the app. The better your videos perform within a hashtag, the faster your videos get picked up in the same hashtag in the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hashtag your song, your artist name, any contests you\u2019re running, as well as more general music-based hashtags. But don\u2019t spam hashtags \u2013 up to four is a good start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How to put your music on TikTok<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Add your own music to TikTok! And when you make videos using your own music, pick the catchiest or most dramatic part of your song that you think will inspire others to get creative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RouteNote distributes your music for free<\/a> to be used as a soundtrack to your own and other user\u2019s videos on TikTok. The best bit is, you’ll earn money every time your track is used in a new video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n