We just started our meta campaign on Thursday afternoon. This feels like a really surreal save rate over 3 days. The cost per click view content is like .50 but I obviously should keep it going right? This is like our exact audience maybe?
When I say unique multifx unit, I am open to old rack gear, standalone units or even pedals. It just needs to have a unique character that VSTs can’t replicate easily.
Hello! My band is in the shoegaze/dreampop niche. We are brand new. We have an EP recorded and mastered, we are releasing our first single to platforms on October 8th and I would greatly appreciate the advice and suggestions of this community on our marketing strategy.
Current Social media presence pre release we have 280 IG followers and 39 YT subscribers built from our core community, family and friends. We post 1-2 times weekly with earnest and honest content that is reflective of our emerging “brand”. Behind the scenes, we are constantly testing trial reels and creatives to understand what fits our niche for both organic and (eventual) ad based creatives. Mainly favoring super niche hooks referencing bands we believe we sound like as a way to attract more valuable fans vs volume based hooks which we try some times. Both gain followers in steady amounts.
So here is our strategy
- we have favorited a large amount of IG tastemakers/influencers in our niche who do not charge for submissions so we are submitting them our single in advance of release
- we are submitting to Spotify editorial
- day of release we are putting $50 into submithub and $50 into Groover top playlist era in our niche. I have had great success with submithub in past projects and also have maintained some relationships over the years so I feel some placements are well in our favor.
- day of release we are beginning a $1300 meta ads campaign targeting tier 1-2 countries based on the primary andrew southworth 45min “how to” video with our best tested creatives. We aren’t exactly sure how much to spend each day. $30-$50/day I think seems like a sweet spot.
- after the primary meta campaign we are going to do a $100 playlist meta campaign. Not sure if this is enough $$$ for a campaign like this and if we should allocate more budget for it.
- playing our first show in November or December and continuing to play at least bi-monthly
- continuing to post regular content on socials of course
Any thoughts? Really appreciate yall and really appreciate this community.
Hello. I’m looking to build something simple and tactile for live use with a Digitakt. Is this a good beginners modular setup? I used to have a Morphagene, a Batumi and a clouds years ago as a little wonky sampling/effect situation so I’m not a total beginner but I feel like this might be a fun lil synth? Any suggestions?
I also have a shure sm7b id like to trade. I also have a Pedaltrain classic jr I could trade if needed but that’s a feeler.
Also willing to sell if anyone just wants to buy these things. Trading/shipping to CONUS only.
I wish I could attach photos here but I started a new band account and the first few posts I did in July all did well with reels of me playing guitar. Then I did a collab reel post with band members and that did really well. Then starting in like August, collab carousels did okay and eventually did poorly. Reels so far have TANKED. I was getting 1000 views minimum before even with 65% skip rate. So I improved hooks and video quality and now I’m down to 25% skip rate but reels are only being distributed to 15-30 people?! What is HAPPENING
Hey y’all. Idk a ton about the scene. Hopefully this isn’t against the rules. Can bands post their IG links in the comments? I would love to follow yall and get a better feel for the alternative scene in Austin!
Just started a new artist page and want to fill my entire feed with shoegaze bands, fans and tastemakers. I don’t have enough friends who are into shoegaze or dream pop and I want more people in my life who can challenge me and inspire to be a better musician within this genre. So please post ur ig link in the comments so I can follow u! I especially wanna know when bands big or small are touring or playing in the Austin area🫡
Newbie here. I’m attempting to understand how to properly do special interest targeting for meta ads. I have a shoegaze/dream pop style band that will be releasing music at some point so I have spent some spare time over the past month studying meta ads. When it comes to interest targeting, I can’t target fans of any bands in these genres. I can’t even target Shoegaze as a genre. Closest I can get is dream pop, alternative rock, rock and indie rock as genres. Does this mean I would test creatives in each one individually? Is there no way to go more niche? Maybe lean into age? Or should I just leave it as broad as possible and let optimization do its thing? Thank you all so much! This sub is so helpful.
Recorded so music could be heard. JJ Johnson is the drummer for Gary Clark Jr. but he played with John Meyer and Tedeschi Trucks back in the day as well. He started a new shoegaze/dreampop band called Lis.
https://www.instagram.com/love.is.struggle?igsh=MTZjNTJxYzBpNzV4bw==
Hello! I am looking for new dreampop and I recently discovered a couple Instagram tastemakers like The Yellow Button who show me new artists I’ve never heard of before. Looking for reviewers that focus on dreampop! Any suggestions?
Hello I am too close to this to comprehend what the genre is. I was attempting to marry midwest emo style guitar and drums with shoegaze and I think it just came out as dream pop. But I feel like the shoegaze is prevalent enough that I can’t tell if it leans more that way than dream pop. Y’all literally the pros plz help lol
Hey y’all! I’m looking for new gaze and dreampop to listen to. I know there are probably hundreds of Instagram personalities that specialize in posting new music. I just don’t know how to find them. I follow the yellow button and discountano and I love them. They always helping me find new music. Anyone else out there like that I should be following?
Korg Pitchblack - MAE Line Blur - modded Dunlop DVP4 - NHA Mocking Blur - Walrus Sloer - EAE Dagger - Strymon Dig - Digitech Jam Man Express
Really started getting into stereo between my Hiwatt and my Delta Blues. Haven’t found a more fun stereo delay than the DIG. 2 years with the major core players has left me in a very experimental place as I’m super happy with the signal path. May not look it but this board has chorus and all manner of modulations for days. Tried all kinds of stereo tremolos, reverbs and whatnot to see how I could get expand the stereo field, Everything ultimately took away from the glory of the DIG. Decided to try something earlier in the chain and got the Mocking Blur on a whim. The smeary delay modulation is cool but where it really shines imo is as an overdrive. I love high headroom drives that respond to pick attack. Slamming the Line Blur into the Mocking Blur is EPIC. Add in the Dagger and forget about it. Incredible dynamic gain staging in this dirt section. A 3rd gain stage was an ingredient I didn’t know I was missing after all these years. I feel like a bunch of y’all would be like “DUH”. But I’m glad it was the mocking blur as it makes my amps sing and the little delay modulation adds a lovely movement/pad. Really thought I had it all figured out. It’s good to experiment with pedals even when you think you got your sound dialed in.
There are so many pedal demoers out there on YT and socials. Is there anyone who explicitly shows how certain pedals work together? I personally love Collector//Emitter because he has the “Will it Shoegaze?” and “Ambient Ruminations” series where he will show how 2-3 pedals can be used together to lean into a specific genre. Noise Generator also posted that epic “shoegaze mini board” video a long time ago that is still just so informative and helpful. I personally would like to see more content like this as it helps inform building more pointed pedalboards and inspires creativity in my own music making.