fwiw I keep a list of services and apps that allow artists to stream music, and sell downloads and merch, directly to their fans at https://totalsonic.net/direct.html This list includes artist run coops, FOSS, and Fediverse sites & apps, so I figure could be of interest to musicians on Lemmy.
post it a bunch of times. worked for lil nas x he posted old town road everywhere til it blew up
Lots of local shows looking for performers, you could literally travel the country booking shows and building your following, taking videos behind the scenes along the way. Building contacts in the industry will get you more bookings, which will get you more followers. If you’re lucky, itll snowball from there. I feel like this is half talent, half luck. You have to shine, and you have to be in the right place at the right time.
If you have recordings, put them on Bandcamp. You can also try a service like Distrokid or Tunecore, which distributes your music to streaming services.
TikTok
If there’s a local college or community radio station in your area, find a program that seems like it fits your style and reach out to them. Maybe they play your stuff, maybe you get to go in as a guest.
For one, you could post it here.
My listenership stabilized at about 50% of what it used to be after I stopped posting all the time, soooo, yep!
Also my band is called The Three Leonards and we’re not cool enough for the cool kids but we sure are entertaining.
Try the U2 thing where you talk to apple and get them to install it on everyone’s iphones and you can’t delete it.
