Many musicians get discouraged in their musical journey due to challenges they face in the industry. It is very true that musical journey is full of ups and downs. However, this is not a good reason for you to quit your new venture at a very early stage. Winners are not quitters. You need to find out what works for you and what does not. There is nothing like a bad song. Artistes who claim that there songs are not doing well in the market possibly because of poor composition techniques are right, at the same time they are wrong. There are songs whose composition may appear very poor but in the market, they receive overwhelming reception. The number of downloads and streams in platforms like Spotify and boom play are very high. At the same time, an artiste can take his time to compose a good song with a view of reaching many people. On contrary, the song receives a poor reception. This implies that beyond song composition, there are so many factors that contribute to the success of songs in the market. As an artiste, you need to know your targeted audience and package yourself on how to meet their demands musically. Here, we are going to learn scientific ways of making your song a masterpiece in the market.
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As an upcoming artiste, you need to identify your genre. Decide whether you are going to be a rapper or a singer. When you decide to be a rapper, you need to come up with your trademark that will act as your unique identifier in the market. The trademark should be chosen in such a way it outlines and expresses your values in a unique way. It is supposed to represent you in absentia leaving a landmark impact to all. You can have a unique rapping style to push your songs out there. This will make people know your songs without necessarily looking for the composer. The lyrics, rapping style and the voice are enough to tell your fans that the song is yours. You can have a unique way of introducing your songs lyrically. Some upcoming artistes think that composing an extremely vulgar song will earn them airplay, streams and downloads in the market. This is a backward thought. It is retrogressive indeed. A well composed song should be morally upright. An artiste is like an influencer in the society. Your songs can maintain morality in the community or completely lead your listeners astray. Therefore, it is advisable to choose your words carefully when composing a song.
All songs are good provided they are lyrical, promotes morality and add values to the society. This notion of bad songs should be completely scrapped. After composing your song, before releasing it to the market you need to scientifically analyze the market and preempt possible responses. You need to know how many artistes are in your genre and the number of songs resembling yours in the market. Analyze how various people responded to their songs. This analysis will help you in improving your song. Through this analysis, you have a chance of using their mistakes to your advantage. It will also help you in making your song very unique. Single out a song resembling yours that performed incredibly well in the market and try out all possible means to deduce all the strategies that were used to make it so.
Upon uploading your song in the YouTube and other platforms such boom play and Spotify, you can devise good strategies that can promote it to achieve maximum views and downloads. For instance, if you want your song to have 2.4 million views in You Tube in a day, you can scientifically plan yourself as follows:
1. Firstly, calculate the number of views you need to achieve in an hour as follows:
2400000 ÷ 24 = 100, 000. You need to have 100, 000 views in an hour to achieve your target.
2. Secondly, determine how many people you are capable of reaching-out to, in your social media handles. If you have 4 million followers in your Facebook handle, you can use this platform to promote your song. You can also seek help from other socialites with many followers. They can share your song in their social media handles.
Application of statistics and probability concepts can also guide you in promoting your songs. If you are in a genre consisting of 10, 000 million rappers just within your locality, probability p(S) of becoming the top rapper there is:
1. p(S) = 1\10,000 = 0.0001
Expressed as a percentage = 0.0001 × 100 = 0.01%
This indicates that your chances of shinning in that genre are very limited as it is already saturated. If your genre has around 100 artistes, then
2. p(S) = 1\100 = 0.01
Expressed as a percentage = 0.01 × 100 = 1%
The probability of succeeding in a genre of 100 artistes is higher than the one with 10,000 artistes.
As an artiste, do not get worried that your song will meet hostile reception in the market. Ensure that your song has a good flow that is memorable and upholds the societal morals. Use mathematical analysis to help you in pushing your song across all the necessary social media platforms. Probability and statistics concepts can help you in achieving this.
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