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🔎 Correctly choosing your music’s metadata, including genre and subgenre, is essential to effectively promoting and categorizing your music project. Here are a few tips on how to properly select your metadata.
1. Understand your music
Analyze your music in depth. Identify the main elements that define your sound, such as tempo, instrumentation and overall mood. Think about the emotions your music evokes and the message you want to convey, as well as the moments when your music could be really appreciated.
2. Research genres
Familiarize yourself with existing musical genres and sub-genres. Pay attention to their characteristics and the artists associated with them.
3. Think about your audience
Think about the audience you want to reach. Research audience preferences on streaming and other music platforms.
4. Use descriptive terms
Be specific when choosing a genre and sub-genre. Once you’ve decided on the main genre, avoid overly general terms that may not accurately represent your music.
5. Search for similar artists
Identify artists whose music is similar to yours. Check out how they classify their music and what genres they are associated with. You can use tools such as Chartmetric or Soundcharts to identify how similar artists are classified.
6. Stay true to your sound
While taking market trends and audience preferences into account, prioritize authenticity. Don’t choose a genre purely for commercial reasons if it doesn’t match your artistic vision.
7. Seek advice
Ask your peers, your distributor or people with experience in the music industry.
8. Check streaming services
Examine the genre categories on the most popular streaming platforms. This will give you an idea of how your music will be presented to listeners.
9. Test and learn
Launch your music and observe its performance. Track metrics such as engagement, playlist placements and listener feedback. Use this data to refine your understanding of your audience and adjust your metadata accordingly.
Don’t forget that the choice of metadata is not a one-off decision; it can be modified as your musical style evolves and you learn more about your audience.