The Helping Hand/Fan Guide for Friends of Musicians
Some close family & friends have asked us, “What can we do to help get your music out there?”
It turns out there’s some easy things!
Read On…
As you may or may not know, Tom Eaton and Noah Wilding, a.k.a. Susan Whittle, have been “secretly” creating our first album over the past couple of years. Our little band is called Platform8. What’s it like? We like to call it Interesting Music and John Diliberto calls it Ambient New Age Dream Pop. We hope you like it, but here’s the thing, even if you don’t 😂 you can still help, because you like us.
In a nutshell:
THE FACTS
We are virtually unknown as a musical entity and need to build notice.
Computer algorithms rule musicians’ worlds nowadays.
Competition is fierce, numbers vary, but something near 100 THOUSAND tracks are released EACH DAY. Gulp. 🤯
So what can you do, you ask, to appease/excite the algorithmic Gods that rule musicians and help lil’ ol’ Platform8 off the ground?
HERE’S THE THING:
Each and every single click/like/listen/follow/save potentially builds a following, because the more interest is shown in something, the more people the algorithms then show it to- It builds!
SCROLL DOWN TO PICK YOUR INDIVIDUAL SOCIALS &/OR LISTENING PLATFORMS
CLICKING THE BUTTONS TAKES YOU WHERE YOU NEED TO GO!
WHAT TO DO
-Visit our page and click the LIKE & FOLLOW Buttons. If the FOLLOW Button does not show, It may be hiding under the “3 dots” menu, click the ••• to open it, then click FOLLOW.)
-LIKE our POSTS & COMMENT on them!
Extra Credit & L❤️VE: CLICK on POSTS with links & follow the links to their destinations! SHARE the POSTS! THANK YOU!!!🙏🙏🙏
WHAT TO DO
-Visit our page and click the FOLLOW Button.
-Click on our POSTS and LIKE or COMMENT.
Extra Credit & L❤️VE: Go to our LINK IN BIO and search out clickable links and follow them where ever they may go!
SHARE the POSTS ! THANK YOU!!!🙏🙏🙏
-Go to the song/songs & play ALL THE WAY through. Spotify counts incomplete plays AGAINST the track. 😱
-Hit the HEART button, which puts it in your Library and then click on the Platform8 name to go our profile and FOLLOW us- (SUPER IMPORTANT)
Extra Credit & L❤️VE: Play the song/songs once a day for awhile, save it to a playlist, share link with friends/family & random strangers! (just kidding…sort of 😆) THANK YOU!!!🙏🙏🙏
WHAT TO DO
WHAT TO DO
-Visit our artist page and click the STAR button
-On the track/tracks, ALSO click the other STAR/S
-Go to the song/songs and play ALL THE WAY through, ‘cuz that tells the algo you like it and are not skipping over it, which the algo reads as “bad”, (these people hate it.😑)
Extra Credit & L❤️VE: Play the song/songs once a day for awhile, save it to a playlist, share link with friends/family & random strangers! (sorta kinda kidding 😆)
Extra, EXTRA Credit (you Rock): Under the song credits, you will see this link:
Also available in the Itunes Store ➚:
Click it and buy the tune! Woot Woot!
THANK YOU!!!🙏🙏🙏 THANK YOU!!!🙏🙏🙏
WHAT TO DO
OR, “WHAT THE HECK IS SHAZAM?”
SHAZAM, for those who do not know it, is a very cool app that you use to identify songs that you hear playing! Get it!
-Play our track on another device/system and use the Shazam app to identify it!
Extra Credit & L❤️VE: Click the link to Apple Music on the Shazam app and play it there!
THANK YOU!!!🙏🙏🙏
WHAT TO DO
-Go to song and play ALL THE WAY through, ‘cuz that tells the algorithm you actually dig it enough to listen to the whole song! Points to us!
-Click the PLUS button, adds to your library
-Click the THUMBS UP button, says you like it
-Click the “three dot” ••• menu and “Add To My Music”
-Now go to “View Artist” or Click on the Platform8 name to go to our profile and hit the HEART /FOLLOW button
-Play the song/songs once a day for a while or when you think of it, save it to a playlist or share it with someone! (giving them all these instructions) 😂
WHEW!! And there’s even More!
Extra Credit & L❤️VE: Buy the MP3! Also when you scroll down on the song page, it says, Customer Reviews, give it a 5 stars! AND if you are feeling like it a comment!! Or, you can even add a review!! (YOU FRIKKEN ROCK! 🙏 🙏🙏 🙏)
And last but not least, don’t forget to: “ASK ALEXA FOR PLATFORM8”
WHAT TO DO
-Go to song/songs and play ALL THE WAY through, ‘cuz that tells the algo you like it and are not just “meh”, which is bad, and we wouldn’t want that…right?
-Hit the COLLECT (plus sign) button. This puts it in your collections.
-There is a way to do a “Thumbs Up” on a song, but God Knows if I can figure out how!
Extra Credit & L❤️VE: Play the song once a day for a while or when you think of it, save it to a playlist or share it with someone! (giving them all these instructions) 😂 Pretty please?
WHAT TO DO
-Go to our Channel and hit the SUBSCRIBE button.
-Watch video ALL THE WAY through and click the THUMBS UP button.
Extra Credit & L❤️VE: Comment on the video! Play the song once a day for a while or when you think of it, save it to a playlist or share it with someone! (giving them all these instructions) 😂 If we ask real nice?
WHAT TO DO
-Listen to the song/songs ALL THE WAY through, so we don’t get points against it.
-Click the THUMBS UP button.
-Find the “three vertical dots” Menu and ADD TO LIBRARY
Extra Credit & L❤️VE: Play the song once a day for a while or when you think of it, save it to a playlist or share it with someone! (giving them all these instructions) 😂 Maybe 🙏?
WHAT TO DO
-Listen to song/songs ALL THE WAY through , because (see above re: algorithms & their wily ways)
-Click HEART icon on song
-Click HEART icon on Platform8 profile page
Extra Credit & L❤️VE: Play the song once a day for a while or when you think of it, save it to a playlist or share it with someone! (giving them all these instructions) 😂 If you dare?
WHAT TO DO
-Listen to the song/songs ALL THE WAY through or the algo will think you did not dig it, man-
-Click the PLUS sign “FOLLOW” button
Extra Credit & L❤️VE: Play the song once a day for a while or when you think of it, save it to a playlist or share it with someone! (giving them all these instructions) 😂 Because you love us?
WHAT TO DO
-Normally, we’d say play the song, BUT Bandcamp is the exception here. We make no royalties from streaming on this platform.
-If you can spare a buck, BUY the track here or PRE-ORDER the digital album or the physical cd, when it becomes available.
-FOLLOW us
