Is This the BEST Spotify Release Strategy?

In this video I go over my spotify analytics after trying the waterfall release strategy for a few months.
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Chapters:
00:00 Introducing the Waterfall Release Strategy
00:51 Case Study: Lil Yachty's Waterfall Success
01:50 Diving Deep into My Waterfall Release Stats
03:15 Analyzing the Impact of Each Release
05:52 The Power of Playlists and Promotion
06:52 Exploring the Challenges and Costs of the Waterfall Strategy
08:18 Innovating with Vinyl Releases and Future Plans
10:35 Final Thoughts and Resources

[@Kimiuk.mp4]

Waterfall is a valid strategy, never fails tbh, i see too many people asking me what to do and I recommend waterfall, then they just release the whole project and do not receive what they could have by drip feeding ;-;

[@LDreTheGiant]

Gotta get that drip!!

[@mikebrun.mp3]

really appreciate your transparency with your numbers/ graphs!!

[@Prodby.1takeonthetrack]

My Spotify grew from 20 monthly listeners to 333🎉

[@LDreTheGiant]

Congrats!!!

[@darkus_prod]

I’ve been listening to these singles and been waiting for a breakdown 🙌🏿 appreciate these gems fam🙏🏿

[@LDreTheGiant]

Much love G!

[@ronnieolivermusic]

Word, perfect timing for this!

[@Russ_B_Alan]

Thanks man for your valuable info. I just released my first single yesterday. Looks like I’ve got a lot to learn. 😎🎶

[@jm-6186]

l dre, you've motivated me to start music production as a hustle. i don't really know what lies ahead for me but i'll hope for the best. i hope everyone else can also become successful music producers.

[@MusicByDiZZY_]

Currently rolling my first debut album out with this strategy! I’ve released 2 songs on it so far, can’t wait to keep dropping the rest!

[@akalui007]

waterfall method is okay but keep in mind if you are releasing in a + timezone, spotify will say that your new music has been released before it has (the single art and "new release" will come up) when people click on the new release they will only see the already released songs in the waterfall until the new song is out in their timezone! Had this happen to me on my previous release and found it very annoying, almost a big enough reason to not go ahead with the waterfall strategy.

[@LuigiBeatz]

I’m glad I watched this before I upload my whole project all at once. 🙏🏽

[@Prodby.1takeonthetrack]

That was my downfall 😢

[@suicideheaven7]

It’s better to release all at once

[@LuigiBeatz]

@@Prodby.1takeonthetrack not a downfall just a mistake, next time you can try it. 💯🙏🏽

[@LuigiBeatz]

@@suicideheaven7 you think so?

[@piccell244]

Great Video once again, love how transparent you broke down your real stats. I noticed how many playlists you've got, i would love to know how you manage these many Spotify playlists, is there a tool for something ?

[@LDreTheGiant]

I mispoke a little there, those werent all my playlists. I only have like 3 playists and I dont do anything special with them. The rest of the playlists shown where mostly my fans personal playlists that they add me in

[@ORIGINAL_MEDIA]

Keep going 🎉

[@LDreTheGiant]

Always!!

[@KisnouMusic]

The reality is that the music industry is doing much worse lately. With Spotify giving us these fake tools like Discovery Mode (their algorythm became much worse since they implemented that, so that we are technically forced to use it and give them 30% from our royalties), things keep goind downhill. It's getting hard for us to release music. For me personally, It's even hard to reach my own audience. My LP will wait for better times to be released.

[@LDreTheGiant]

You are 100% right tbh

[@akalui007]

spotify really been struggle street for me lately too

[@alexzehnmusik]

Thank you L.Dre

[@LDreTheGiant]

Thanks for watching 🙏🏾

[@alexzehnmusik]

@@LDreTheGiant always welcome 😇

[@blkd.u]

I was going to get table merch awhile ago but when I went to the website it was gone 😂 You should add more to the design too!

[@LDreTheGiant]

I gotta bring it back!!

[@unicorn279]

When I upload the second or third single to the DSP do I just include the same project file as before? Does the System read it as the same tune?

[@FeistySavage1]

What about promotion Do you play for playlisting sometimes

[@iAmShakka]

CHAMPLOOOOOOOO

[@Crazysteve0017]

How do I get my music made in vinyl form ?

[@uevo]

There is a major problem with stacking up the tracks with every release. Spotify categorizes 1-3 tracks as a single, 4-6 tracks as an EP, and 7+ tracks will be an album. If you want to do this strategy with 7 tracks you'll drop an album, if you want to add another track next week, you're dropping another album. If you do this for a 12 track project in total this means you've just dropped 5 albums in a row, and each time only 1 track is different. I'd suggest the strategy of just doing separate singles and then bringing it together in your EP or album. :)

[@officialmlemusic]

The link to download your strategy guide isnt working :( it says "sent an invalid response."

[@_rashidisaiah]

I use canva pro for cover art, I know it’s not photoshop but it’s really easy to use

[@ghostam0re]

I’m seeing that After Laughter in the thumbnail hold up

[@nnekavanessa3005]

🔥

[@kotadiyachaitanya7957]

Hii sir do you need Video Editor? I can help you to save your Crucial time throughout my editing skills

[@ldre_tv]

Legend

[@LDreTheGiant]

😘

[@laurashoop9909]

Do you take down your previous single release as you upload a new one? Makes me nervous.

[@LDreTheGiant]

Nope you you can do that after the new one is up

[@yurmomsboifrend]

Still waiting on that shot to rap on one of your beats G, i won't disappoint 😢 ❤

[@dionnecc]

When you release the singles, do you have to put them all together every time? Or can you just add them all together once you drop the EP?

[@LDreTheGiant]

All together everytime

[@dionnecc]

@@LDreTheGiant can I ask why? asking bc I released a single and have another one uploaded to distrokid to release on april 11 for which I did not include the previous one haha. but want to make sure I can still add them to the same EP later on.

[@LDreTheGiant]

@@dionnecc a simple explanation is so that the previous singles can basically get streamed by accident since they are together. If you do each single separate they might listen to it and carry on.

[@LuigiBeatz]

Do I upload one track a day or one track a week for this method?

[@LDreTheGiant]

Once a week would be better

[@LuigiBeatz]

Thank you man, keep it up. Big inspiration. 💯🙏🏽

[@CED.Dweller]

Thank you for pronouncing Nujabe's name correctly.

[@prodbyhajime]

That beard is getting there bro

[@LDreTheGiant]

Thank you 🥲🙏🏾

[@prodbyhajime]

@@LDreTheGiant Keep it up! Thanks for being such an amazing inspiration to me and many other beatmakers out there too!

[@taiopain5699]

I'm so really bored. I'm pitched more than 38 songs to editorial Playlist consideration during two years but they've not accepted any of them yet. 😔😔😔😞

[@LDreTheGiant]

I started releasing Music early 2018 I didn’t get into an editorial till like 2020 and it was only because my song went viral on TikTok lol but there’s also stories of people that got into them on there 2nd or 3rd release 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@souljunglemusic]

I got on several big lo-fi editorial playlists in 2022, just 4 months after releasing my first beat on spotify. My monthly listeners went from 100 to 150 000 in a few months. But since 2023, my beats were removed from those editorial playlists and my monthly listeners dropped to like 4000. I’m still releasing and pitching music but didn’t get any beats on an editorial since 2023… I really have no idea why.

[@taiopain5699]

@@souljunglemusic it's not certain what's their qualifications for acceptance. 😞😞😞

[@adelaoye5144]

​@souljunglemusic Editorial playlist pitch can be weird some times. I got 3 of my songs pitched 2022 to some lofi playlist. The funny thing is 2 of my songs are still on the playlist since 2022

[@92kris]

I got the sauce with the AI art bro👀 ill cook up one for you

[@CyrusZerbe]

It’s the way

[@wilmoremusic]

i am a table bby

[@realflowmusic]

Thank you for all the tips!

[@suicideheaven7]

Imma leave my argument - do not waterfall. Here’s why, if your song does well, people will want to hear more. No one cares if you release one or ten, so why not release ten, and have people who like it listen to everything else. Then Promote each song like a single, while at the same time snagging multi track plays from fans. If u release one track, you’ll get one play. This advice is for those building a catalog. Don’t sell yourself short because of trends that are dead already. Nothing wrong with releasing singles. But the waterfall technique implies you have a full deck of songs ready to go. Release them, make an impact.

[@LDreTheGiant]

I’ll leave my counter argument - when you release 10 tracks it’s a lot less likely that people will make it to track 10. I can say from experience almost every album I’ve released the last few tracks usually have way less streams than the first ones. That’s just how it is. While I’m not sure if I will continue water-falling a full album worth or not, I cannot deny the benefits of giving every single track its on shine and release date.

[@suicideheaven7]

@@LDreTheGiant respect 🫡

[@ttsparklesmusic]

it’s smart but i just hate it 😭 want my songs to be where my songs should be

[@LDreTheGiant]

Understandable lol

[@Mateo-el6nf]

Promo>SM 😎

[@millionsofpower]

WATERFALL RELEASING IS NOT A STRATEGY! PLEASE STOP LYING TO PEOPLE!

[@LDreTheGiant]

Huuuuhh???