How To Become More Popular On Youtube

Many artists upload their music videos to Youtube in hopes of the millions of people that visit the site would view theirs.

The thing is that out of the thousands of music videos that are uploaded to Youtube by indie artists, not many of them get any views. A lot of the videos get drowned out by major artists on Vevo.

If you can’t get any views for your video then no one will know who you are. And if no one knows who you are you can’t sell any records.

But is there a solution to this problem? is there a way that you can upload a video and have it get thousands of views, likes, comments?

The answer is yes! Below is the key to getting more recognition on YouTube and have more people spread the word about your music.

The Ultimate Method To Becoming More Popular On YouTube

What’s the solution to your low video views and likes? Well it’s simple. You first have to raise your status as an artist in order for more people to seek out your music.

Right now no one knows who you are or anything about your music. First garner people’s attention, then lead them to your catalogue of music.

2 Powerful ways to catch people’s attention as an artist on YouTube is to do a remix of a popular song, or do a cover of a popular song. Both have produced amazing results for indie rap artists.

Doing A Remix To A Popular Song

Remixes to songs have been very popular in the music industry for decades now.

If a popular song comes out and someone remixes it within a few weeks or months, that remix will indeed take off.

It has been happening over and over again since its advent in the late 60’s, Early 70’s with Reggae music. Remix songs are not only played in clubs, but also get heavy rotation on radio. Many careers have been launched off of remixed songs.

As a new artist your mission will be to take a fairly new popular song and add your own twist to it. You can have your producer re-create the beat adding new elements to give the track a new vibe.

This is what P. Diddy did in the 90’s and he was such a master at it that it helped launched the careers of Notorious B.I.G. and Mase.

In a remix you can also leave on or two of the versus of the artist on the song and add one of yours. or write three of your own verses on the remixed track. It’s entirely up to you.

The main thing that will capture people’s attention is the title. What you want to do is upload your remix video to YouTube and title your video the same name as the original song, and place in parentheses (Remix).

People will click on it because it has the original title of the song on it and end up listening to your new remix of the song.

People will share your video if they like it and think it’s of good quality. They will even give you positive feedback in the comment section.

But if your remix is not good be prepared to receive negative comments and a thumbs down. That’s just the nature of the game.

Doing A Cover Of A Popular Song

You have seen it all over Youtube where indie artists have taken a smash hit and cover it live.

Many of these artists end up getting signed, or at least approached by record companies.

Doing a cover song can indeed help you gain the recognition you need to become a popular artist.

If you search YouTube and see the dozens of cover song done by indie artists, you will notice the thousands of views and positive comments. This is what you need to become popular.

As a rap artist you can hit the studio and do a cover of the most popular song out right now, or an older popular rap song, then upload it to Youtube.

Or you can go out and perform a rendition of your favorite rap song, and post the performance on Youtube. There are many ways to do this be as creative and free as you want.

Once you do a few of these remixes and cover songs you will notice your fan base growing.

That’s when you lead them to your Soundcloud page or website to listen to your original music! And send them links to Itunes to purchase your own original singles and albums!

This is how you use YouTube to get more popular, increase your fan base, and sell more music.