I released a song every week for 1 year and this is what happened...

I did it, I released one song every week for a whole year! It's been a really good journey over the last year and in this video I'll be talking you through why I chose to release one song a week for a year as well as some of the experiences I had and also the results from the past year! 🙏💫
A massive thank you to everyone who has taken time out to listen and engage with my music over the course of the last year too, I appreciate it! 🙏
// Social Media:
• Twitter: Detonatorprod
• Instagram: detonatorproducer
// More music here:
• Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/1Sl4M...
• Apple Music: / detonator
*Other streaming platforms are catered for too
• Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/detonatorproducer
• Bandcamp: detonatorproducer.bandcamp.com/
// Enquiries: [e-mail]
Video Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:00 Why I did it
4:25 What am I doing next?
4:56 How I did it
6:26 Algorithms
7:28 Hurdles/Obstacles
9:32 Opportunities
10:49 Results
11:29 Numbers
12:56 Thank You
-
detonator,dtz,music marketing 2022,music marketing strategies,russ one song a week,one song a week,52 weeks 52 songs,releasing a song every week,releasing a single every week,the russ method,how to get more streams,how to get more streams on spotify,does releasing more music get you more streams,detonator one song a week,how to promote your music,algorithms,algorithms music producer,music algorithms,how to get more engagement musicians,social media engagement, trjnhrs
#Detonator

[@slezzyboyz8239]

Yeah bro I drop almost every week on all platforms and I went from 200-300 streams a month to like 3k a month in a year. It’s not much but it’s GROWTH

[@DetonatorProducer]

3k a month is sick Progression bro, big congrats to you 👊🏾

[@solargamingchannel]

congrats on your 3 dollar a month extra!

[@marblemolly2454]

That is brilliant, I've often wondered releasing every week would drive more traffic, so great to know that you did it.

[@slezzyboyz8239]

Yo my artist name Kartier Bands fwm lol

[@slezzyboyz8239]

@@marblemolly2454 yeah bro it def works being consistent

[@xxcelr8rs]

15,000 thousand new songs everyday into the abyss.

[@caysomusic]

tha'ts really impressive that you actually stuck to this for a year and thank you for taking the time to put this together and share what you learned with us.

[@iamhunterreece]

This sort of drive and intention always has positive results. The artistic and personal growth are undeniable. Congrats for sticking through it!

[@waynebo248]

I'm glad I came across this. My life is far too busy (work, family, etc.) to crank out a release every week, but this is a good reminder to find a rhythm and discipline myself to stick to it. I could probably release a track every 3 weeks.

[@DetonatorProducer]

Definitely man. Always put your health and well-being first. It’ll allow you to create at a higher quality 🙌🏾

[@idleworship444]

great, do what you CAN! good luck

[@waynebo248]

@@idleworship444 Thanks! 😁

[@ArchieNorrisMusic]

Great work man!! I hope 2024 is amazing for you

[@acewonda2812]

Appreciate you sharing. Transparency and vulnerability is everything. Keep going!

[@peterispzld]

Thank you for sharing and well done, mate! Respect 👊

[@anshulsinghchauhan1418]

Really admire what you did there.. you gave me a lot of Inspiration man.. Congratulations and Thankyou so much!!! 🎉❤

[@markorichardson5009]

A song a week is hardcore, well done, I say what you've learned from that process is invaluable, good work, respect from Birmingham

[@TimOnTheNet]

Great video! Appreciate you taking the time to share.

[@DavidAsh42]

Thanks for this video man. Respect your honest sharing and I am inspired to try doing this.

[@etooMee]

Awesome stuff man! It was really interesting for me to hear you out.

[@stevensims3342]

Man, I remember being in my early to mid 20s and just having all this incredible energy. I'm 38 now, never really got anywhere with my music and just take two to three hours to even wake up anymore. You don't realize how much energy you have when you are young.

[@GTMjo]

Have you tried trt? It could help you feel like you're 25 again

[@Alaniasty]

@@GTMjo j

[@DRAMABOYTVX]

Sort out your health / lifestyle man. Its not good to feel like this at 38.

[@TeetaWorld]

That’s scary

[@chaosevolution]

Dude hop on trt. I'm 28, and I'm gonna try it for 6 months then taper off. I struggle with my sleep as well. I lie in. And I feel somewhat depressed.

[@kerwinfernandes9583]

Great job bro. Thank you for the information. God bless you and your family abundantly always 🙂🙏❤

[@qwopyqwopy]

love the analysis bro been wanting to do something like this myself, much love

[@aaronblackett7441]

Love this ! inspirational brother!

[@honeyjalafofficial]

Great dedication bro! Keep it up!

[@ThreeSixFive]

I like this video man. Been wafflin around about doing this for years, I did a beat a day for a year 2019-2020 and it was good for growth, but I also have a ton of unreleased songs I really wanna crack down and start churning these out. It’s inspiring to hear about someone else’s experience and the steps they took and what they thought they coulda did better

[@DetonatorProducer]

Appreciate the comment man. I’d definitely say once you’ve completed the daily uploads once you should focus on refining and cracking down on a few specific releases 🙌🏾

[@user-xz1pp7hu2v]

I feel motivated by the title of this video...such a great idea to make a song every week❤

[@Lunefantome]

Nice to hear some honesty. Keep going.

[@JUSTNTIME.]

Thank you for taking the time to create this video. Sending you love from Kalamazoo Michigan! I look forward to my new Saturday at 9pm goal. I’ll check in with my results , 1 year from today . Todays date is Wednesday Jan 10 2024. So after my 52 week mission , we shall see the results! Have a great week and much love to everybody! JUSTNTIME

[@djluroc]

I just read this comment. I'm doing the same thing and want to see what this year brings. All the best to you fellow midwesterner 💯

[@lukas_wb]

thank you for sharing your experience!

[@manusscullin1157]

Fair play and well done!

[@AlexAmarMusic]

Props to you👏 this is quite the undertaking and I hope you know how inspiring it is. Thank you

[@DetonatorProducer]

Thank you, much appreciated! 🙏🏾🙌🏾

[@AlexAmarMusic]

@@DetonatorProducer of course ! 👍👍

[@TheEncouragementKid]

Nice work dude, keep it up! Nic D has some good info I'm trying to follow

[@FelixSunMusic]

Congrats!!

[@Maydaymusik]

Congrats on completing the target you set out bro

[@DetonatorProducer]

My guy 🙌🏾👊🏾

[@remigiuszfetzki7379]

respect for that man !

[@damiantaylor896]

Huge respect for doing this!

[@DetonatorProducer]

🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@ozariomusic]

Big respect !!

[@jayradbeats]

Congrats brother 🤍

[@flpgus]

I officially became your 700th subscriber

[@phliip7362]

Such a legendary work ethic👏👏 I joined a forum called “Weekly Beats” and created a track a week for two years and it completely changed my life. Loved to hear your take on a similar process. Also, u should get in front of the camera more often, it’s nice to hear an introvert speak. I found ur video in my recommended and I’m totally gonna check out ur music now. Best of luck for whatever u do next!! P

[@DetonatorProducer]

Love to hear it! And thank you haha. I still don’t really like being on camera but it’s something I’m gradually making myself do more :)

[@ii-xz5dx]

I am proud of yu beta .god bless yu

[@composermalte]

Respect! That's really an accomplishment! One Song every week, that's really disciplined! Wow! :O Respect man, doing music production every week is really alot of work. Respect again!

[@thorstennesch1]

I am happy 4 u - I am releasing 1 EP a month (4-5 songs) for over 2 years - not much happened. either it is the genre (experimental songwriter), not any good or the fact it is not weekly.

[@88.chosen1]

Huge respect from S. Korea bro... I'm just about to start your appraoch, dropping a song a week. Thank you for gems.

[@DetonatorProducer]

Thanks for listening man!

[@6moon18]

Appreciate you!

[@ArunKapur03]

You are the man 🔥

[@DetonatorProducer]

Appreciate the support my bro 👑👊🏾

[@caysomusic]

7:44 I relate to this part about finding inspiration. I have recently started trying to drop a song every 2 weeks, and you would think that having a bunch of pre-recorded songs would make it a piece of cake. But even though I have a ton of songs pre-recorded on my computer that I could choose to mix/master and drop in the coming week, sometimes I find that I may not be inspired to drop that particular song at this time. So I may find myself considering, "should I create a brand new song for this week, even though I have 5 songs sitting in a folder that I made 6 months ago?"

[@DetonatorProducer]

I overthink loads haha so I understand your predicament. Usually the pressure would get to me and I’d put my pride aside and just get something finished and released lol

[@caysomusic]

@@DetonatorProducer thanks, hah! Yeah and I think that's a good way to do it too, to at least drop something so that your fans can have a peek at what you've been up to and come along for the journey

[@KadinWhitney]

awesome job

[@nikovelikov]

keep the grind, bro. I publish a KZbin short every day for one year and my results are similar. I know it's a different niche and different effort but Ill keep on going!

[@DetonatorProducer]

Shorts are definitely something I need to look into more 👀

[@Chief]

I'm releasing a song and music video every week! Started a few months ago, I was also doing a cover as well every week but that ended up being way too much so now I just stick to the song and music video. I see a lot of growth on all my socials doing this and the discipline and habit for continually creating is what I love most, big hug!

[@PlatForumRadio]

I've been recording and making KZbin vids every week for the last 6 months. How are you distributing your songs? How are you going about getting your songs published? What strategies are you using for promotions?😅

[@Chief]

@PlatForumRadio I only just started releasing music on streaming, I did Tunecore at first but they were terrible and scammy so I switched to Landr. For now much happier, their user interface is better, much faster at delivering to stores, and have better tools for musicians. For promotion I just try to entertain people through short form videos, I have the mindset that people are not on social media to find new music, they want to swipe away, and they want to be entertained quickly and dont care about me lol. I try to use this mindset and then make a video attached to one of my songs. Also the biggest thing I've learned is to try and not have an emotional attachment to the outcome, it's inevitable that 99 percent of what you make online will not get pushed by the algorithm but in that 1 percent your life changes, so I just try to truly enjoy what I do and not be unhappy when the video doesn't perform well. I've gotten a lot better at this but it's a constant process. FRDi for Artists on youtube has great information around this topic. Big hug brother 😊🫂🫂

[@jetlag_beats]

The DISCIPLINE and the WORKFLOW. Those two things increase drastically when you do what you did: delivering an end product every single week again. And in my opinion (being a professional in both music production and muralism) THAT is what you need to become and stay on a HQ and professional level to 'compete' with all the others out there in the big brave world. You can't expect from a brick layer to built a beautiful house every single time again if he only does one wall every 2 months or so. See him go and become brick layer king when he works on his craftsmanship on a daily base! Keep it up 🥰

[@DetonatorProducer]

Thank you for your comment man, appreciate it big time 🙏🏾🙌🏾

[@ayzworld]

same energy. build catalog. glad to have found this video. good luck brother!

[@DetonatorProducer]

Glad to have given some substance. Appreciate you 🙌🏾

[@Reggi_Sample]

Trying to keep up 3 beats a week. It’s early but hopefully will pay off. If it doesn’t, ima do it anyway because it’s what I enjoy. Respect bro

[@DetonatorProducer]

That’s the best mindest to have. Best of luck 🫡

[@xanataph]

My band Beltane, did a similar thing, not a new song every week, but an EP every Season (or sometimes a full length album over two Seasons) for 10 years solid. Beginning on the December Solstice of 2004. This was actual physical releases on CD, doing everything ourselves. The idea was that it would create a series of releases and encourage people who were interested to collect them. For a while it worked extremely well, and looked like the interest was building up. Then it started falling off. This may have been because this ten years between 2004-2014 was the period where physical releases went away. Also during this period, Myspace faltered and there was only Facebook, and Myspace seemed to be a big driver to the interest in the project. It was a lot of work, but the inspiration wasn't a problem and soon I was finding it was coming from quite varied places, because it had to be done. Yes, once you "sign up" for this kind of commitment there is a motivation that drives you on. Not sure where the time came from though. By the end of that decade there was a bit of a burn-out feeling about it, and we then reduced our work to just recording on the Seasonal Days, one track on each day. Haven't made an album length release since, just the occasional track released on Bandcamp & Reverbnation.

[@DetonatorProducer]

Thank you for sharing your story. I’m glad to hear your dedication paid off as well 🙌🏾

[@OneNessWorldWide]

well done

[@djluroc]

I just started up on youtube after a long break and a rebranding. Today put up a video on my strategy for this year and I guess because of the Algorithm Gods, your video then popped up on my feed and I just watched the whole thing. Thank you for sharing this information. It was extremely valuable to me in what I'm trying to do under my new brand. I appreciate the transparency and honesty you shared here. It led me to check out your music and I love the fact that you not only make great music, but you are diverse. That said, I"m absolutely an open format artist, dj and producer and wanted to know your thoughts on the following: does it make sense to you to stay diverse in my content (music and videos), or is it more sensical to narrow it down to one thing from your view? I'm going to stay true to me and make what I love versus fighting over myself, but wanted to know your thoughts because of your experience as you shared here. Blessings to you brother and I'm subscribed so I can stay up to date on your journey. Thank you for this... and nice job with the outro edit.

[@nyrman]

i subbed bro. i also released 48 tracks from march, im tired man hahahah keep it up

[@DetonatorProducer]

It definitely gets to you haha 😅

[@chaqui_xcx]

I subbed to your channel

[@iTzMisTV]

You’re gorgeous

[@walter728]

How did you get the voices? Did you hire singers or Take them from some vocal library?

[@joshpxrez]

Great work man!! 💯 I do however wonder how you managed with work and all other stuff in life. Like if you have a day job, do you then work full time or part time?

[@DetonatorProducer]

Yeah I was working full time alongside it. But that was one of the reasons I wanted to do the challenges tbf just to see how I could adjust my workflow to fit in with my schedule

[@appar1tixn]

Sorry do you mind the question, do you also work full time at the same time?

[@Mr_Freduk]

great video. interested to know the schedule you had. like Monday get ideas together etc etc. subbed

[@DetonatorProducer]

I actually didn’t have a rigid schedule necessarily. Since all of the templates for my content/cover art were created already I could get away with leaving it until Friday or even Saturday before finishing a track.

[@renan_delon]

I kinda decided to do the same and youtube magically suggested this video, I'm thinking of putting together monthly packages and releasing them as EPs. Thanks for the testimonial and motivation

[@chaosevolution]

How did you go about getting placements with other artists? Are you signed to any labels?

[@monochromee]

Dropping every week as a beginner artist is the best. It’s been 4 months doing this and I just posted an album. My views went from 200 1st month, 5k 2nd, 2k 3rd, and 5k now. My trick was releasing 3 or 2 songs as an “ep” or whatever per week. Idk why yt liked that but it did. Spotify is very difficult but im currently at 106 listeners. (Keep grinding everyone

[@JakeyWakey]

I'm about to do this and seeing your results and others' in the comments is disheartening

[@DetonatorProducer]

I don’t think there should be anything disheartening about it tbf. It all depends on what you want out of it. I think the skills I acquired, the things I learnt and the opportunities that have come from doing the series has been invaluable. If you’re after big streams, loads of fans etc. it may work however, everyone’s circumstances are different. Going into it with an open mind and enthusiasm to learn is the best way, it’ll help to keep you motivated 🙌🏾👊🏾.

[@faviohotoff8200]

I'm trying to follow this strategy but I get obsessed with the quality and university time consume doesn't help at all.

[@seanrimada8571]

What about colabs? How were your results?

[@bumphaus]

would you mix the tracks youd put out? want to just release all my beats but theyre all unmixed

[@DetonatorProducer]

Yeah I’d mix and then master everything myself within the week :)

[@JaySheerda]

Did u ever have a mentor or nah?

[@KillzbeatzUZ]

Ok i check your music, sounds really good but is to much like a beats no fully songs, i thinkg you need continue the experiment but with more track like a songs, i think you harmony sounds dope try center your music on a reel & tiktok viraly stuff, i check a few days before a guy he make the same track release on 3 velocitys (normal, faster, slow) im surprised with this but other brotha showme some tracks from this guy is on a type content reel and the slow for sad content, you have good music, totally a new fan here ⚡

[@DetonatorProducer]

Thank you for the feedback, I’d definitely like to do more ‘full songs’ than instrumentals in the future

[@billymead2011]

When the study stock video is a bible 😅

[@richthisguy1215]

sort've

[@smokehashxuriahjahvid]

I dropped a song every week and a video every month this year. Someone sabotaged me though they purchased bot streams and got one of my songs flagged so I can't say how much real growth happened. Lol but looks like pretty much no growth just 100 ghost followers

[@normjones6916]

what distributor did u use?

[@DetonatorProducer]

I used Ditto

[@normjones6916]

@@DetonatorProducer I'll have to check them out, to gav the speed yo release so fast, how about releasing songs in short video format, who would cover that ?

[@alexianhall8307]

I actually really enjoyed "In tThe Night Time"....although at times it seemed either off beat or had a swing that didn't feel good. Either way. I think a dope visual to this song.....would keep it alive....and perhaps like a remix challenge to producers or something.....I think if you coupled your releases with stuff like this it would gain more traction...and/or....pay for promotion in terms of the actual service, and not like a 3rd party bot dude.. Night-time feels like it has potential; but your artwork and artist picture doesn't really match the artwork. To me clicking on your Spotify. It just seems like a guy who likes to make music sometimes. If you aren't serious about your own songs, why would I be? type of feeling.....hope that isn't rude...but as an artist myself....id rather have it straight...and thats my option.....I saved the song and sent it to some friends who like that type of music...so you don't think im hating or anyhting

[@DetonatorProducer]

I definitely don’t think you’re hating and completely understand what you mean. I think I’m still trying to strike that balance of having good music and good visuals. Coming from a background where I just produce music for artists/rappers, I didn’t typically have to worry about how things looks as much but yeah, it definitely needs work haha

[@popstarlo]

I don’t understand why people are still putting all their money into DSP’s learn how to sell your music upfront you have services like bank account and other services that let you sell your music for a dollar get back your power the dollar is powerful if you can get people to purchase your music for a dollar learn how to do email marketing learn how to implement a click final in your system to where you have a system that people can go through and buy stuff learn how to market and promote your music correctly. It’s a difference from knowing and not knowing I just gave you the game.

[@troytargetsofficial9143]

Once, I thought about trying to create one beat a day. The last project of the series was "8/356" :) Thanks for your interesting experience. It feels to me, that "quality over quantity" or vice versa needs to be clarified by every one doing music. I mean, what is "quality" in something as abstract as music. It may mean to put lots of money into production, gear, or work with best pros out there, or in may also mean getting your best results out of you, publishing only one or two gems out of hundreds. You, know, like photographers do - select "the" one photo out of the whole roll of 36 frames. Hope that makes sense. And I want to ask you: what does quality mean to you, especially after having made this series and after a year gone by after this video. Thanks! Love from Ukraine!

[@DetonatorProducer]

Really really good comment. For me, the quality is more so down to being selective about what I put out. For example, I will most likely make a song a week anyway (because I make music most of the days) but I don’t usually release all of them. So for my latest EP I took the favourite songs I’ve made over the last year and released them :)

[@troytargetsofficial9143]

Thanks for the reply! Good luck with your EP!

[@aleenasart.]

random but you are so handsome

[@Qmayb]

So, in terms of streams numbers, didn't work...

[@Child9Music]

It's all about promotion... you probably need to do the same amount of promotion as you do songwriting/recording etc. it's a common problem all music artists have, it's a long road. more promo = more ears = more followers = more ears = more $ I just follow certain Pro artists you aspire to be like and see the amount of promo (promo company) release weekly to keep people engaged and listen more. copy/get ideas from them, there's so much simple stuff like e.g. a certain song turns 2 years old, certain days of the year e.g. pizza day, remembrance day etc. birthdays/RIP of other artists your song is inspired by.

[@DetonatorProducer]

Definitely, promo is where I lack the most haha

[@smokehashxuriahjahvid]

Yeah I dropped actually more then 1 song for every week for a year and it really didn't do anything

[@Nate28TV]

This is a bit missleading. You relase beats. Most people think you actually realease fully recorded songs. I would call it beats peehaps. For somebody to produce, write and record and release a song every week is a lot. Quality has to be a goal somewhere down the line. It's still great output after all. Keep it the good work.

[@wildhorsemusic1111]

Did you upload these on YT? Crazy you dont have 1000 subs yet if so.....but one more from me;)

[@DaloMonnier]

If you’re music is as bad as the explanation of this vague experiment then I kinda understand why it didn’t work for you as it did for Russ

[@Fraend]

i think that strategy was all so much effort in creating so much music that...looking on your spotify none of the track doesn't even reached 1K streams...is all the effort have a sense? you could really getting so greater results with releasing 1 song 1 month, even 1 every 2 months..cause people are more into the content nowdays,not much on really listening all the stuff.I don't see the point on this if you don't get at least a target or growth in your carreer

[@DetonatorProducer]

I think it may be worth watching the video again. My aim wasn’t to get loads of streams it was to see if I could actually complete the challenge and see how much my music improved over the year

[@HeadbangersKitchen]

As someone who has been a musician for 23 years I can tell you that quality over quantity any day. People like Gary Vee glorify this hustle culture and keep posting nonsense. Yes there are some benefits to these things but largely they don't work, they burn you out and leave you deeply dissatisfied with the results after the grueling hard work. Remember to work smarter, not harder. You could 6 months for the next single and that 1 song can blow all 52 songs you previously released out the water when it comes to numbers. So for anyone reading. Work at quality not quantity. Decide if you want to be an artist or a content creator. Content creators churn out large volumes of content and they tailor it to suit the public but artists follow their emotions, their inspiration and make GREAT art from that.

[@itsJustJayMusic]

Okaaaaaaay. Good morning people, I feel like this is the right place to write this comment. The "Russ" or the "A Single Every Week" strategy, is kinda outdated today and many people who apply it miss out on a lot of things. Let me point out a few things about what I've just said. 1- A release each week: when you create a song each week and just throw it out there, you have to be versatile in your creations. Add to that the music quality should be up to the international standard. Those are the keys to making this release strategy work. When Russ/Rilès used it they created anything between hardcore rap stuff to completely pop music. And the music quality mixing and mastering wise was to the standard as I said. But why did I say that it's outdated? Well, because when you wanna compete in a marked you should look at the current successful model in it. While this strategy worked 2016 - 2019, today it's not the way to go for independent artists. Marketing music started revolving around adjusting the music to fit good entertainment content and the average listeners. Which is clear when you take a look at Armani White, Conor Price, Nic D, and anyone who made it after 2020/2021. In a podcast episode that Kyle Beats talked to Nic about his music on, Nic said that the shorts and the content around the song comes way before the song itself. 2- Adjusting the song to fit: How does that work? in exactly same way that labels does it. You tune into the market and create the song for the market. Are 80s music being listened to? Is Rap poppin' now? Whatever is played in people's cars is your next release. Create the release, milk 40 shorts out of it (for artists with no following and that are applying this for the first time), check the one that worked the best, create 40 variations of the same Idea, see the one that worked best and again until you filter everything that people doesn't like about your content. 3- But what about my art? : If you wanna take what you want from the people then give the people what they want from you first. People wants content, People wants the next "Golden Hour", People wants the next "Me or the PS5", People wants a rap song that can be meme-able and hard but at the same time pop-ish, figure it out. No way around it. Even Russ and Rilès back when they were dropping music they were on the hunt of musical trends. It was trap/50 Cent-ish hooks back then, now it may be drill or fast raps. 4- You can do "song a week" for your own progress as an artist and plan the releases with a content plan or not put them out at all. 5- Eventually it's all about music, you don't need to peer-pressure yourself into creating content if you don't love it. But I believe that anyone around the world can figure out the right type of content around his/her music that they like creating. With or Without all of what I mentioned you can succeed, it takes only one really special song. So go make it ^_^. 6- I may be wrong in 90% of what I said I'm not the know-it-all guy. it's just what I observed, and if there was a 17 year old guy, like me when I first started ,reading this then I would like to give him the right advice and to tell him to go collab as many better musicians/artists as possible.

[@caysomusic]