Introducing the New Dashboard on Repost by SoundCloud
May 30, 2022
Online streaming has drastically changed how the music industry functions in today’s society. Naomi Wild, an LA-based singer and songwriter with Repost Network, gives us some insight on how music streaming has affected her as an artist.
“I wanted to prove to myself that I could do it on my own and share my art with the world without having to get ‘approval’ by someone else.”
“Streaming allows the opportunity to reinvest into my other projects and collaborate with artists that I’ve always wanted to work with.”
“Lately, I haven’t released many songs since I’m still focusing on my project, but I always distribute them through Repost Network.”
“It’s important to get on Spotify playlists if you want to get a ton of streams 一 it’s easier for people to discover you. If the song is trending because it’s a really good song, it’ll circulate on its own (like most things) and end up getting added to more playlists. Besides popularity, Repost expedites the process by getting my songs onto playlists that are a good fit.”
“Every collaboration varies depending on how much each artist has contributed to the song. Normally this process can be extremely time consuming, but to make it easier I use Repost’s new Split Pay feature to add each artist’s percentage of contribution to the song, paying them out directly.”
“I try not to pay so much attention to this stuff! I just want to make my art and share it with the world and if someone cares, amazing - I love you and thank you for caring. It’s just a screen and some numbers until there are people singing the words with you in person, or drive eight hours to see you perform a song. It doesn’t mean the song has to have millions of streams to have significant value for that one person.”
“Make honest music from your heart 一 that’s all it is.”