How To Create Content For Your Music In JUST 5 Minutes

As an artist, when you're posting on your social media and you can't get past the dreaded 200 views mark, it can be completely disheartening and make you want to quit.
The key to getting more views on TikTok/Instagram (and therefore more streams on Spotify) is upping your view retention when editing your videos, which I'm going to show you in a hands on tutorial now.
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Hey! I’m Damian Keyes and I've worked with musicians every day of my life for the past 20 years. The internet is de ply untrusting understandably and here is my background so you can have the full picture.
When I was 18, I was signed to a major label and at 23 I co-founded a Music University in Europe called BIMM (valued at $300M). I’m also a bass player, I’ve played for a number of artists including Eric Clapton, Alanis Morrisette and Billy Cobham. I initially retired at 30, but realised that life gets boring if you’re not building!
I have always been in-between the music industry and education which is how I ended up building my KZbin channel - I’ve been teaching artists how to release music long before it was a ‘niche’! I now educate artists around the world with my Academy, KZbin channel and Social Agency.
It’s great to meet you and looking forward to working together on your music!

[@ariafenix]

Capcut changed my life! Literally, as a rising independent artist there's just no budget for a video editor and capcut was a total game changer! And the pro version is so worthy! You'll edit videos just like Damian did in no time, with a very pro color/look/aesthetic that will fit your style as an artist! So great to see this alliance, makes me feel i'm on the right track with both :) Thank you as always Damian, the tips for getting more attention were great and so easy to implement!

[@DamianKeyes]

It's great isn't it! Glad to hear things are going well 🙂

[@bloomawaymusic]

Your content and courses are the foundation of everything I know to make content, focus on the important things in releasing music and it's been unbelievably helpful!! Thanks for everything

[@DamianKeyes]

Ahhh bro you are a legend!

[@jamellnyt2167]

Beyond grateful for the value you provide through your videos and online community 🙏🏿 def taking notes

[@yungdynamic471]

Really needed to see this video. After procrastinating for months, I finally want to get off my butt and push my music. But I know I will have to make content. You make everything look easy and smooth!

[@Reetron9000]

This man has honestly built my rap career so far, consensually or not I WILL have him as my manager one day ‼️‼️

[@DamianKeyes]

Haha! So glad to have helped 🙌

[@drumscoresessions]

It's really useful seeing someone else's process, thanks for sharing!

[@connormorrisonmusic]

That little zoom trick is awesome, trying that on my next video!!

[@dionmartinez3745]

20 yrs in the making finally In a place in life to start my Musical journey ur content has been instrumental

[@Wicked33]

Your channel is such a gold mine for helping me figure out how to grow the brand of my band. I'm just starting to get content posted on all the socials for my band, and it's incredibly helpful to have tips like these on how to capture audience attention. It's such unfamiliar territory for me, and so I really appreciate the insight! 🙏

[@DamianKeyes]

Awesome!! Let’s smash it this year 💪💪

[@DanielBarrieandtheDropDs]

Thank you so much for all of your advice I joined the DK-MBA over a year ago and your insight into industry has been really eye opening I’ve recently released my 3rd single of the year called ‘Still Feels True’ and using your methods I’ve been able to do 9k streams in just 5 days! This is really massive for me considering I was cursed by the

[@DamianKeyes]

Hey bro! That’s awesome, 9k in 5 days is a brilliant achievement. Let’s gooooo

[@TomBretonOfficial]

I've been using the Auto lyrics and it saves me sooo much time! Thanks for showing us the audio sync and the copyright check! I didn't know about those!

[@DamianKeyes]

Awesome!!! So glad to help!!

[@SaikaIi97]

This is great! I was just looking for a video editor for the content I have lined up for my new single!

[@laikhel1388]

Thanks man I love your videos they are super awesome and inspiring, you and all this people that help us artists are like a light in the darkness.

[@onlywheel3r]

this video was ideal, thx man

[@DamianKeyes]

Thank you for watching!

[@LaMayMusicTV]

Great video Damian. People love anything familiar so I use famous music video clips from my genre mixed with my own perfromance videos. Createa a mental association with me and those largee artists.

[@wannarewind]

I love your vids Damian. They are so helpful.

[@lukeromito]

I appreciate all the work that you do to help musicians. I have learned so much about music promotion from your videos!

[@DamianKeyes]

Hey! Ahh that means a lot, thank you ❤️

[@harryjxye]

Hi Damo, Appreciate you and the value you provide. I notice few years ago you did an EP series on how to release. As times have changed a bit in terms of promotion, would you consider doing an updated series? or video etc? keep up the great work!

[@erickgerbermusic]

This ties in with what you’ve spoken about in your book “Stop Selling Music” and some Podcast interviews you’ve done. Making lots of quality content consistently, persistently and frequently - is the key. (That, and improving just a little bit every time you do it.) I can see how CapCut makes it super fast and easy to do this. Some of these features (like the retain skin tone) Are really awesome. There’s just one thing I wish you showed us, and that’s how the video turned out in the end. I would have liked to see, in action, how the video grabbed and held our attention. Also, how well the features you used actually works in motion (not just a preview still image) That being said, it was still a helpful video as always and a tool I never knew about before now, so thanks a mil!

[@DamianKeyes]

I’ll bear that in mind for next time for sure!! The retain skin tone is a really interesting feature as normally elsewhere you’d need to manually make sure it’s ok and this makes it a lot easier

[@pebblemusic7430]

Thanks for such a useful video once again! Best from Berlin

[@ImWesHarris]

Good stuff!

[@khaleelofficial1]

This was a great video; I learned how to keep viewers engaged while watching my content, not just for Tik Tok but Instagram reels as well. Being an independent artist I never heard of cap cut so this was very valuable for me! Thank you for showing me this program and demonstrating a basic tutorial on how to upload great content! Thank you!

[@DamianKeyes]

You're very welcome, glad to have helped!

[@bigbigteedoo4080]

This has help me so much

[@KingsBears]

I've been working hard on this at the moment, great timing! Would be interested to know what changes you make for posting on different platforms, if any

[@avaonalee]

Thanks for the walkthrough! I always find video editing a very daunting process, but I would love to be able to make cool things - the song with some explanation, and just generally exploring a visual world that pairs with the music. Love your content! Hope to be back at DKMBA (with my band The Archive Ravens) soon !!!

[@DamianKeyes]

Look forward to having you back!

[@lukekondak326]

Holly crap this app is so much more easy to use! I'm so bad I was struggling with iMovie! Thanks!

[@DamianKeyes]

It’s a great one!

[@jenmasala]

Super helpful as always Damian! I've been using capcut for a couple of months now but some of these tips were new and will definitely help. I'm always amazed how much the editing can bring the content alive. The incentive to win a 121 is great but this video itself is worth its weight in gold. Thank you!

[@DamianKeyes]

Hey! Ahh I’m so glad to help! The edit makes such a difference in that scroll!

[@adiyacobi9023]

Thank you 🌹

[@LIVING4FIGHTS]

you are a life saver

[@DamianKeyes]

🙏❤️

[@onejobmusic]

I really appreciate the video Damian! You always deliver, providing excellent advice for aspiring musicians and bands like myself. Excited to share these new insights with the rest of my band regarding CapCut and some methods on how to keep the viewers engaged and interested visually. Thank You!

[@DamianKeyes]

Ahh I’m honestly so glad to be able to help ❤️

[@treybruce9789]

brilliant.

[@BEACHMERCER]

Cheers great tips as always thanks Damian! Cheers Beach

[@7saturns]

thank u damo! personally i do use capcut but this taught me a lot of new tricks for my microcontent editing game. thank you so much

[@DamianKeyes]

Awesome!! Let’s do it!!

[@BethMerillMusic]

I like the video 😜 - nah just kidding. This is a really helpful & informative vid - I use Final Cut on my Mac for my videos & CapCut on my phone to do lyric shorts for TT. Definitely going to use this method more for future releases, but for me it’s just knowing what on earth to say that will grip people as I struggle with how to introduce them without the boring done to death ‘hi’ 🤣

[@MelindaOrtner]

As an artist with ADHD (I mean, what artist DOESN'T have ADHD 🤪), I know myself and I'll instantly scroll past content if there aren't captions. But even with captions these days, I'll STILL scroll past if it isn't catapulting my kitty brain into a dopamine haven with quick cuts, cool transitions, effects and filters. Thank you Damian for bringing this super cool tool to my attention, it will be my go-to! Thanks also for making it easy to understand with your clear and engaging explanations and tutorial style. You rock!

[@DamianKeyes]

Awesome!! So glad to help and let’s smash it this year!

[@youngfonz]

I shared your launch list with my partner and he was floored! Felt like the info had true monetary value.

[@DamianKeyes]

Ah that’s awesome!

[@thelostboymusic]

Thanks, I use Capcut and learn't some handy tips

[@Tauramehtar]

I got almost 1k on a TikTok because I tied the song into a popular anime series. Doing these kinds of things definitely helps. Still watching the video, enjoying it so far) Always appreciate your tips)

[@DamianKeyes]

That’s great! Thanks for watching 🙂

[@Videatur359]

This is very helpful. I've always wondered what your methods are. I really digg marketing & branding as a whole - I like the way you attack the whole concept, been watching your content for a while - I made an attempt at being an independent artist a couple years ago, that's where I messed up, "The marketing strategy 😅" The more I learn, the more I want to get back into it, but the marketing aspects is so much more interesting (I'm really keen on starting a business.)

[@DamianKeyes]

Glad to help! Best of luck 😊

[@suegaffney9769]

Cool for creating my country music videos with an outstanding up and coming country artist, whom ever he /she may be. I'm excited to write for other artists and this tool would be a fun and creative asset to link the music and the star performance together.🤗🤠

[@lisaleonne]

Thanks for this video, but I don't have the same features displayed on my computer screen when I open a new project on cap cut. Is this a special version of cap cut ?

[@witnessmallya5114]

Thank you, which program did you use??

[@A.Mofficial]

Jokes aside Damian’s videos are the only videos I can watch while fully understanding what he’s saying (and not getting bored)

[@DamianKeyes]

Appreciate this 🙂🙂

[@aidanbishopmusic8056]

The perfect video! Thank you so much for this. Hoping to get past 200 views now

[@DamianKeyes]

Awesome! Let me know how it goes 😊

[@Fedbo]

I'd love to see another video where you analyse some successful musicians's reels/tik tok to come up with other suggestions on how to increase retention time :)

[@DamianKeyes]

Good idea!! This would be a good thing for DK-MBA, I’ll look into doing it 💪💪

[@thetwochords]

💙⚡️❤

[@Junammusic]

❤

[@coreysmith-west3613]

downloading capcut now

[@enswert]

do U know why the "sync video and audio" feature is greyed out for me by chance?

[@elaineelenbaas4041]

dAmO i LiKe It LoL! Hahah no just joking🤪 I didn't knew about CapCut but already love it. Thanks for the tips! Next week I'm plannen to shoot some content myself and this will help so much in the edits. I've been watching your video's for some time now, always so helpful. Thank you for sharing your knowledge 🙏 hope to get to talk to you some day💪🤗 Keep up the good work❤️

[@DamianKeyes]

Haha I love it! That’s awesome, massive good luck for it and I’m always here to help!

[@elaineelenbaas4041]

@@DamianKeyes Yeah thanks! And happy birthday week by the way😉🥳

[@mwild3872]

🧢✂️ is great! So many pro features easily accessible, although I still struggle to get more views I kinda feel like it's just me that likes my songs, haven't found the right audience yet.

[@DamianKeyes]

There’s a lot you can do with SEO to help the video reach the right people, which helps more so if you’re in a specific niche. I’d look into the text you’re using both on screen and in the caption to try and put in those keywords

[@boristubeti6776]

How do you claim your artist account?

[@pickD4prez]

what version of capcut is this cause i tried it on the computer & it was *not* this lol. it was also super slow & buggy

[@fcochandia]

just saw your video about CV's and Im amazed by the progress you've made in the channel. Kudos to you brother Damian

[@BelliziaMusic]

This is amazing, and very valuable......but 5 minutes!?! I think that would take most of us more like 50 minutes

[@dereosroads]

Do you address how to do this and avoid copyright issues? I mean it's one thing when you create these videos on IG or TikTok where it uses the official track, but when you're doing it the "old fashioned" way where the music is playing on a separate device or you're loading say an Mp3 in a separate program, doesn't that trigger copyright infringement?

[@KittykoMusic]

I've asked this question on many videos, too--no one seems to have that answer. I've emailed two top distributors, including the one I use...same thing. No one knows. They all say to use the your track that's been added to the app's library from your distributor. Great--but all these how-to videos about "batching content" and singing your song live in snippets etc....that won't work if it gets a strike or gets muted.

[@marvinglover8748]

Damien, I was looking for more information on how to do this morning. I was looking at company and then your video came along. The timing was perfect. Do you do private consults. I would love request. a half half hour of so of your time. I'm more than happy to pay as I know it will be worth it.

[@DamianKeyes]

Hey Marvin, great to meet you! I do, the link to book is damiankeyes.com/consultation or drop an email to [e-mail] 😊😊

[@ChrisLincoln1]

Immm gonna try to use capcut

[@DamianKeyes]

Good luck!

[@ChrisLincoln1]

@@DamianKeyes Thanks

[@mightbefire]

Damian! How does one go about working with you directly? We need help with our next release.

[@DamianKeyes]

Hi there, if you check out www.damiankeyes.com there is a lot of information on there, I hope this helps. Also I am on IG so feel free to DM me there 😊

[@bearacuda3338]

So, the audio counts as a view? Im confused 😕

[@nolancrider]

I can’t get past 1.5k, which is obviously more, but still is the same thing and limiting

[@Chrissnat]

Hi Damian! I struggle getting more than 1000 views on tiktok. It seems that sometimes a video will blow up to 1000 views real quick and then suddenly STOP after about 30 minutes. I also am unsure if videos have to be very short or not. I suspect the main ingredient is the attention grabber either way. One last thing; my hardest struggle is coming up with content ideas. Although I’ve watched your 28 day courses and other videos, I am just stumped when it comes to content ideas. I would greatly appreciate your feedback! 🙏

[@freakuensea]

Our reels have the 100-200 view curse. Our shorts usually do great though, but July wasn't a great month.

[@DamianKeyes]

Try and work on your SEO and context when someone scrolls, the context tells someone what they’re gonna get and the keywords on screen and in the caption help tell the platform where to push it

[@freakuensea]

@@DamianKeyes we do hardcore SEO for our shorts like hashtags, tagging, description, etc. and we use sensationalised titles in all caps. The context is usually there in the title itself, do you think we should start doing it on camera as well. We've rarely tried that. For reels we just use 6-9 hashtags and a concise 1 line caption.

[@sielsounds]

Your content seems solid, so please please please don't throw out ADD just to mean "easily distracted". It's just not the same.

[@KittykoMusic]

Anyone know the answer to this question--I see all these videos on how to batch content based on an artist's song. They mention singing live snippets of the release...just 15 seconds or whatever in an interesting place. But you can't do that without getting a copyright strike! So are these videos about batching content featuring the artist doing live clips of the upcoming song/new release just clickbait? No one seems to address this on videos, so I'm beginning to wonder.

[@LoveGuruDoddi]

How can I use my music without beying flaged? Every time I try to do before release promo Tic toc mute my music.

[@DamianKeyes]

Try and use under a minute, this tends to be what it is!

[@theoriginal-djdemmerneck]

He said get bored after 2 seconds. 😂

[@kidkrazee]

Wonder if I’ll win

[@blkibeats]

I listened to one Dua Lipa song for 12 hours straight, I guess I lost most viewers at 2 seconds

[@chickenmuffin]

225

[@brok3boy]

Thank you for your vids! You've got me on a next lvl in music promo. Big thanks & Greetings from Russia!

[@A.Mofficial]

dAmO i LiKe It LoL

[@DamianKeyes]

Hahahaha

[@LegPuppy]

Hello, we are the Stone Roses, we've written a 10 minute epic called 'I am the Resurrection' which includes a massive 6 minute guitar and drum psychedelic freak out at the end. Dear Stone Roses, we listened to the first 2 seconds and it's not for us. Good luck in your quest

[@DamianKeyes]

That is the story of 2023!!!

[@LegPuppy]

@@DamianKeyes unfortunately it most certainly is. Which is why this Friday we are releasing a very special album called ‘Songs not for radio or Spotify playlists’ 9 tracks all over 6 mins 50. Fuck the police. I do enjoy your channel though 🎹🎹

[@TashTheArtist]

me rn wtf

[@mystikrebel1089]

yep the curse I suffer from and it aint the mummy

[@djplastix]

If someone gets over 100 views jail for real please leave the comment here how

[@m4ntra272]

200? hahah can't get over 11 listeners a month

[@steffenbrix]

I find all that editing really annoying...I much prefer to watch realtime recorded videos without editing.....

[@treybruce9789]

What a great app and simple, to-the-point presentation. Thanks Damian! Cap Cut is really intuitive and it takes a lot of the guesswork out of what would seem, to be a difficult process. Thanks AI! There are so many tasks with multiple steps, for new artists to deal with from creation, distribution, marketing, metadata etc etc that, it's nice to have one tool that basically tells you how to do it. FUN stuff! trey

[@lovemeroommate]

From all the comments, we are all going to be giving you a shoutout when we talk about building our careers🫡

[@Klksksgf]

There are many youtuber decided to solo camping horror in haunted jungles to get views Sceror Jupri Karim Jely. Official