r/MusicPromotionTricks

Spotify rolled out “Verified by Spotify” with real human review and it's supposed to show who is not AI.

Initially they published articles saying we need 10k monthly active listeners, but a few days ago they updated it and I got the verification on my music profile which only has 1.7k monthly listeners.

It could be because I'm a pre-AI artist (I released music before AI got good), but independent artists can still take steps to improve their chance of getting verification!

A quick checklist is:

- Increase social media posting and run meta ads to increase external traffic to Spotify

- Make sure profile images have your face!

- Avoid AI generated cover art

- Make a website if you can

- Use playlisting to drive listener volume (MusicMinutes, SubmitHub)

- Report any suspicious spikes you get where it's from a single playlist and looks like bots

- Add your social links to your Spotify for Artists (you can only do it on the web platform)

...and more

This is most of the info but to see how it meets their published guidance and extra checklist points, I posted a blog on our MusicMinutes site 😊

Good luck!!

Music video shot at a rage room!! Check it out!

I tried a lot of different things in this album!
Listen to my music 🙈 I’d love to listen to yours!!!

Apple- https://music.apple.com/in/album/breaks-you-apart/1893184673?i=1893184677

Looking for underground artists/producers who actually care about aesthetic, atmosphere and building something long term.

I run a large automotive/media platform with millions of monthly views and I’m starting to branch into more cinematic/music-driven content.

We’re also looking to start plugging artists’ music into our posts/reels for exposure across the platform.

Not looking for generic promo swaps or copy-paste Spotify links. More interested in people with a real identity/sound.

Dark pop, ambient, alt, lo-fi, dreamy stuff, experimental, cinematic — all welcome.

If you’re serious about your art, drop your work below or DM me.

Hey everyone, I’ve been a musician/dev for years, and the agency "slop chest" deductions on tour are getting ridiculous.I noticed a lot of us are still signing handshake deals or messy PDFs because we don't have Wi-Fi in the green room or ship lounge.

I spent the last few months building an iOS app called Legisign to fix this. It generates watertight NDAs and gig contracts (SOWs, payment terms) locally on your phone while you’re offline.

The "Local-First" approach:

No Wi-Fi needed: It works in a basement or in the middle of the ocean.

Privacy: Absolutely zero data leaves your phone. Signatures, photo IDs, and GPS data stay on your device—I have zero servers.

Dynamic Jurisdiction: It uses a local geo-database to suggest the right legal templates based on your current GPS coordinates (critical if you're crossing borders or catching a ship in a foreign port).

The Pivot: I’m planning to charge a one-time $29.99 fee starting next month to keep the project sustainable without ever selling user data. However, I want to make sure the actual gigging community gets it for free first. If you download it now, you’ll be grandfathered into the "own-it-forever" model.

I’d love to hear from anyone on tour or working ships: what specific clauses or templates (like rider requirements or travel per diems) should I add to make this more useful for you?

(App Store link in comments if you want to test it out!)