By Mitch Rice
Playlists, particularly those on Spotify, are a powerful tool for launching your musical career. They can influence the Spotify algorithm, which gives you the chance to be recommended to new listeners and be included on Spotify editorial mixes, in addition to increasing plays and monthly listeners. Since anyone with a membership can create them, playlists are also essential. You should concentrate on these separate playlists. Most curators don’t welcome proposals since they only feature tracks that they choose personally and that fit their personal tastes. There are numerous curators who do welcome contributions for every category and subcategory, so this is not an issue.
Finding Spotify curators to pitch your music to has proven to be a challenge for many upcoming artists. It is known that curators are the gatekeepers to the most valuable playlists, but where can artists find them and more importantly, where can they find their contact details? One team of musicians have created a platform that allows upcoming artists to search within databases of existing and verified playlist curators. Not only does this platform display lists of playlist curators in a database format utilising a search format, it also displays their contact information and a pre-written pitch that artists can use to contact them.
So, how do you find playlist curators?
Even more so if you don’t want to pay somebody to conduct the study for you, this method does require a lot of time and a focused mind. Having said that, the procedure is simple.
Start by opening Spotify on your computer and typing a keyword or phrase associated with your track into the search field. It would be appropriate to use terms like “new rap,” “underground,” or “cool beats.” After completing this, select a playlist by filtering the search results. Additionally, you may use your “Release Radar” and “Made for you” mixes; editorial playlists cannot be used.
So how can you, as an artist, craft the ultimate pitch to contact Spotify playlist curators and gain exposure to your music?
After creating a search, look through the list until you find an unknown artist, then select see artist. When viewing the account, look for the “Discovered on” part at the bottom. The playlists that this musician has been played on by numerous listeners are displayed in this area. Since they are most certain to be on playlists that allow contributions, the musician should preferably have 30,000 or fewer monthly followers. Locate a playlist that includes a contact name, then send them a text to contribute your music.
Data and information are provided for informational purposes only, and are not intended for investment or other purposes.
