Classic question. Here’s my short answer: Probably. But also maybe not.

Here’s my longer answer: There are four factors that’ll determine if this will work for you.

1. Is your music actually good?
2. Will you be able to release more music consistently?
3. Will you have a few hours each month to engage with the community and work on promotion?
4. Will you be able to consistently spend a couple of hundred bucks each month on ads?

If you can answer yes to all of those questions, then this is almost certainly going to work for you. Three out of four, and you’re in good shape.

Two out of four, and it’ll be rough going.

Less than that… it’s probably not worth your time to join. Buy yourself a new pair of headphones or something instead.

24 days.

Just kidding.

Honestly, it’s kind of up to you. You could join the community, watch the courses, and start running an ad campaign today. You’d start seeing followers / streams come in tomorrow. Or you could pitch one curator, get on the playlist of your dreams, and blow up immediately. Or you could join and do nothing for three years. Idk.

But I recommend giving yourself at least three months.

Growth can be hard. Your first playlist pitch will probably be ignored. Your first ad campaign will probably be your worst.

But your 10th pitch might garner a placement. Your next ad campaign might get more followers at a lower cost.

Like anything else, you’ll get better at this the more you do it. Or, put another way, you’ve got to keep doing it to get better.

So, yeah, 24 days  

No, can’t do that, sorry.

Look, like I wrote above – I honestly believe that any artist who has good music and is willing to put in consistent time can get to 1M+ streams. But just like downloading the Duolingo doesn’t guarantee you’ll learn Italian, joining this membership doesn’t guarantee you’ll get a ton of streams. In both cases, you have to do the work over a sustained period of time.

Puoi farlo.

Fair question. There are a lot of marketing communities out there. I think two things make this one different.

First, as far as I know, it’s the only paid community focused specifically on Spotify growth.

Second, while pretty much every community offers group calls, pretty much nobody offers to spend 1:1 time with students each month. (At least that I’ve seen.)

Here’s what you should probably have to get the most out of this community:

• A song on Spotify
• A plan to put more songs on Spotify
• Video editing software (I teach Premiere Pro, but the concept is very basic and works with free software)
• A Facebook page for your music
• An Instagram account for your music
• A few hundred bucks. Ideally, you’ll plan to spend $300 per month on ads for as long as you want to run them. If you have less than that available, you probably should stick to playlist pitching.

I (Jon) set aside 10-20 half-hour slots every month to take 1:1 calls with students. Each member can book up to one half-hour slot per month, which are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

On the call, we’ll work through the specific problems you’re facing.

I thought you might… this is kind of complicated stuff.

Shoot it over to jon at twostorymedia dot com.