All About Helping Musicians Podcast

Before you even announce the release date of your song, there’s a 4 step framework you can use to pre-promote to your fans. Even if you DONT KNOW your release date, you can build hype long before you need to promote the product. I used it for myself as a DJ to promote my mixtapes, for the launch campaign of my book and for my clients as a social media strategist. It's called The 4Ps. Let me br...

Some of you might have seen this meme floating around the Internet where Muni Long claims she spends $250,000 creating ONE SONG. Let's break it down...

In this episode, I’m sharing how the DNA of a song, can impact thousands of listeners. So rather than spending hours focusing on promoting the song, you just need to tap into the emotion makes fans WANT to listen to your music. ---- NEED A CONTENT PLAN FOR YOUR FIRST 100K SPOTIFY STREAMS? ----- Get instant access to the Your First 100K Streams Strategy here: https://www.allabouthelping.co.uk/your-...

In this episode of the All About Helping Podcast, I explain how my 7 income streams as a musician and show you how "full time artists" choose a path that keeps that broke. The road to developing the 2.0 version of your artist self will never be smooth.. You will have to make sacrifices, endure moments of pain and face your fears. If you’ve ever wanted to make money as a musician, singer...

Welcome to the grand finale of the All About Helping Podcast Season One! Today, we're diving deep into the world of content creation with the mysterious Anti Prophet, a masked content creator has been making polarising waves across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. In this episode, we'll pull back the curtain on Anti Prophet's creative process from the art of hashtag research and scriptw...

Get ready for a thrilling episode All About Music PR with a friend and true industry trailblazer... the one and only Cat Park, the genius behind Ten Letter PR. As a music publicist, Cat's insights around the world of publications and blogs are pure gold for artists wanting to learn more about music PR and hiring a music publicist. Her music PR strategies have paved the way for Ten Letter artis...

This episode was inspired by a conversation I had with a rapper about how artists know that we "SHOULD" be creating content, but we don't WANT to.

A recent, inspiring conversation with a new client sparked the idea for this topic and unpack a method to post about your gigs even if you feel self-conscious.

Let's dive deep into the idea of going on tour for the first time and gain insights from Free, the CEO of Elevation Theory. We discuss the fascinating world of musicians touring internationally, different types of local and national tours, and the shrinking the art of going on tour with a live band into Ableton Live or Logic software. Join us as Free shares his wealth of knowledge and experien...

---- INSIDE THIS VIDEO ----- In this enlightening episode, Ayaz sits down with Issac, a renowned music lawyer with a deep passion for all things related to song royalties. We delve deep into the crucial aspects of Performing Rights Organisations (PROs) and the various types of Publishers that play a pivotal role in collecting royalties for artists. Issac demystifies the concept of music publishers...

---- INSIDE THIS VIDEO ----- Today we're talking All About YOUTUBE. Ayaz had the pleasure of sitting down with Sunjay Kohli, a renowned YouTube marketing expert and focused on harnessing the power of YouTube's monetization features to effectively grow your artist career. Sunjay has worked with major players like BMG Records, Warner Music, and Ticketmaster plus is the founder of AAA Pass. O...

In this episode All About Managers , we sit down with Ross Wilson, a highly respected music manager with an impressive roster of artists, including Shae's Universe, Jamal Woon, Shadez The Misfit, and Sean Hamilton. Join us as we dive deep into Ross's insights on artist management, including the importance of coachability and communication in the artist-manager relationship. Ross also share...

Welcome to our latest podcast episode, All About Newsletters where we dive into the world of email marketing for musicians. Our special guest, Big Shot Beats, shares his insights and tips on how new artists can get started with their own newsletter and earn money through email marketing for musicians. In this conversation, we focus on the importance of building a community of superfans through ema...

---- INSIDE THIS VIDEO ----- Prepare to embark on a thrilling journey as we dive deep into the world of music label song release strategies with the incredible  @AmberHorsburgh1  . In this inspiring episode, Amber the former Senior Vice President of Strategy at Downtown Records, Atlantic Records, and MTV, uncovers the enigmatic secrets behind successful label release strategies in 2023. Brace your...

All About Ads

Welcome to this exciting debut episode to kick off the All About The Music Industry interview series. Each episode showcases Ayaz speaking with an expert in their field from Artist Managers, Music Lawyers and Record Label Owners. If you've ever YouTubed searched "music marketing" you'll know Brandman Sean as one of the OGs of the game who has worke with some of the biggest names...

Having a chance to get your song on Spotify playlists in 2023 can be a game-changer for your career. Spotify playlists have become the go-to place for music discovery, with millions of users worldwide tuning in to curated playlists every day. In this video, I'll go through some tips and strategies to use Playlist Supply to get on Spotify playlists in 2023 and increase your chances of getting n...

Releasing a song per month can be tricky without taking the time to plan your entire year at once! Focus on spending dedicated weeks building HYPE to Song A and TRAFFIC to Song A. Then wrap up the campaign and start the next cycle of build HYPE for Song B and so on...

To be honest with you, I've made ALL these mistakes before! But I've learnt the best way to release music is with CONTENT. 💚 Want To Build More Superfans in 2023?? Download my Ebook Two Two Types Of Fans 👉🏾 https://www.allabouthelping.co.uk/two-types-of-fans-ebook 📈 Struggle to run ads to push your song on Spotify or YouTube?  Get started with the Advertising Accelerator 👉🏾 https://www....

What happens after artists get to 100 thousand plays? If you're expecting booking agents, brand sponsorships and collab opportunities after you 💚 Want To Build More Superfans in 2023?? Download my Ebook Two Two Types Of Fans 👉🏾 https://www.allabouthelping.co.uk/two-types-of-fans-ebook 📈 Struggle to run ads to push your song on Spotify or YouTube?  Get started with the Advertising Accelera...

ChatGPT is a powerful language model that can help musicians with a variety of tasks such as songwriting, press release writing and more!    Here are 5 easy but powerful ways to use Chat GPT for music artists:  1) Write A Press Release  2) Write Song Lyrics  3) Write an Instagram Bio  4) Write an EPK Artist Bio  5) Find TikTok ideas that could get 1 million plays...

Out Now on Amazon: Two Types Of Fans by Ayaz Aftab Hussain https://amzn.eu/d/7c7oHM2  Do you need a music manager? Not all artists benefit from having an artist manager decide the direction of their career.   One of my biggest music manager tips before you hire somebody to take 15% of your music income is to stop and PRIORITISE your activities.   Focus on creating content that attra...

In this video, I'll break down the best time to release music in December 2022. I'll share the 6 WORST days to promote a single between now and the end of January 2023. 1. Boxing Day 2. New Year's Eve 3. ??? 4. ??? 5. ??? 6. ???  Have you ever released music on one of these days before?

If you've ever dreamt of performing on the stage of a venue or festival you used to attend in your childhood, this is my method for Headlining In Your Hometown. By focusing on creating a social media feed full of videos of you performing, you begin to improve your craft and manifest bigger venue opportunities who get used to seeing you play live. After building up the confidence, more and more hig...

Here are 4 truths that every successful artist learnt the hard way! If you want to know how to get 10,000 plays on Spotify, it all starts with the right mindset and work ethic. From running campaigns for rappers, producers and singers over the last 5 years, I learnt how to accelerate past 10,000 streams per song and chase bigger milestones of plays.   YOUR CAMPAIGN WILL NOT WORK UNLESS YOU DO...