What is in YouTube for musicians?
There are many platforms to distribute music online, which offer a number of benefits that are more or less attractive depending on each musician's goals and profile. Maintaining an active account anywhere on the internet requires time and effort, so it's important to choose carefully and go one step at a time.
A great place to build your platform and get work as a musician, especially as a gigging musician, is YouTube. Potential clients don't only want to hear your music, but also assess your stage presence and see you in action, in order to decide whether you're a good fit for their event. What's better for that than a YouTube video? And that's just the start. You can improve your discoverability with shorts, make your music and podcasts accessible through YouTube Music, interact with your audience through text posts, and once you get enough followers, offer subscription perks and even organise donation campaigns!
As independent musicians, becoming...
Mastering YouTube has never been easier
Creating content for social media is a lot of work, but if you know your tools and platforms, it becomes way easier. To help with that, the course "Mastering YouTube for Musicians" teaches you exactly what is available in YouTube and how to use it.
Guided by Millicent Stephenson, who speaks from experience and in an accessible way, you'll learn:
- How to create your login.
- What is where in your YouTube channel.
- How to upload your videos.
- Security tips.
- What to type in the boxes of the form for your uploaded videos.
- Things to say at your performance or post for attracting subscribers.
- 3 tips for maintaining your channel.
- 9 tips for sharing your videos and getting views.
- 6 tips for growing your subscribers organically.
- 6 ways to get work through your YouTube channel.
- Why some videos are in the thousands and others not so.
- A challenge to help you set up your channel and gain views and subscribers.
Get your course following this link and see how you get a...
Musicians, it's time to master YouTube
As a musician, having a presence on YouTube can make all the difference. Every year, the platform adds new ways of interaction that benefit music creators, like the brand new "YouTube Recap", a customised summary where users can check the musicians and songs they listened to the most during the year and share them with their friends.
Managing online platforms and social media websites can look daunting, but don't let that stop you from sharing your music and build your career. Getting started with YouTube is easier than you think! To learn how to do it, you can get the course "Mastering YouTube for Musicians" right in this website and learn:
- How to create your login.
- What is where in your YouTube channel.
- How to upload your videos.
- Security tips.
- What to type in the boxes of the form for your uploaded videos.
- Things to say at your performance or post for attracting subscribers.
- 3 tips for maintaining your channel.
- 9 tips for sharing your videos and getting views.
- 6 tips...
Master YouTube To Boost Your Music Career
Are you interested in setting up your own YouTube channel to widen your music reach, but are not sure what to do? Do you worry about breaking it, and feel step-by-step instructions by a musician would help you to understand the screens and get it working?
On Wednesday 30th March, 7.30pm until 9pm on Zoom, Millicent Stephenson will be running a Zoom webinar called ‘Mastering YouTube for Musicians – Part 1’ to address all these concerns and answer your questions.
The content of the session will be:
- How to login
- Understanding your Channel layout
- Steps to upload your videos
- What to put in the boxes (fields) and what tags to use
- How to share your video to get views
- How to grow your subscribers organically
The course fee is £35 and you can book your place on this website.
See you on Wednesday!
Learn How To Use YouTube In Favour Of Your Music
On Wednesday 30th March, 7.30pm until 9pm on Zoom, Millicent Stephenson will be running a Zoom webinar called ‘Mastering YouTube for Musicians – Part 1’. The session is directed towards musicians who want to increase their reach online through YouTube, but aren't sure of how to navigate the platform and use its tools to their favour.
The content of the session will be:
- How to login
- Understanding your Channel layout
- Steps to upload your videos
- What to put in the boxes (fields) and what tags to use
- How to share your video to get views
- How to grow your subscribers organically
Interested? The course fee is £35 and you can book your place following this link.
Mastering YouTube For Musicians
Are you interested in setting up your own YouTube channel to widen your music reach, but are not sure what to do? Do you worry about breaking it, and feel step-by-step instructions by a musician would help you to understand the screens and get it working?
Perhaps you have put videos up but have had zero or one or two views. This may also be the case with your subscriber count. Would you like to know how to increase both things without paying for advertising?
On Wednesday 30th March, 7.30pm until 9pm on Zoom, Millicent Stephenson will be running a Zoom webinar called ‘Mastering YouTube for Musicians – Part 1’ to address all these concerns and answer your questions.
The content of the session will be:
- How to login
- Understanding your Channel layout
- Steps to upload your videos
- What to put in the boxes (fields) and what tags to use
- How to share your video to get views
- How to grow your subscribers organically
Millicent will talk from the experience she's got...
It's going public!
I’m pretty excited about this! Last July the women of my online membership group ‘Time For My Music’, put on a private online concert to close friends and family. This time it's going public! Next week Saturday, 29th January 6.30pm (UK), they will be performing again and you can be there too.
It will take place on my YouTube Channel It’s free to watch wherever you are but we are encouraging donations to help the homeless.
More will be said about the performers, the Charities, and of course the details about this great night over the next few days so stay tuned, share and see you there.
Credits:
Flyer graphic design by Angela Schuster my PR & Community Manager
Photographers:
Angela by Sharon Jones
Angie-Lee by Delano Lewis
Anouck by Andreea Tufescu www.andreeatufescu.com
Janice by Laurence Stephenson www.laurencestephenson.com
Joannie - Steve Spurgin https://stevespurgin.co.uk/
Melody by Peter Keay
Millicent by Keri J Hunt ...