10 Predictions For The Music Industry In 2025

Welcome to 2025!

The world of music is changing faster than ever, and as an artist, staying at the forefront of new developments, audience behaviors, and promotion strategies is more crucial than ever.

Here are my 10 predictions (and tips) for the music industry in 2025.

What do you think the next 12 months will look like? 👇

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00:00 - Intro
00:45 - TikTok
02:45 - Streaming 2.0
05:43 - Platforms
07:16 - Releases
09:22 - Touring
12:09 - Merch
13:03 - Live Sessions
14:07 - Community
17:26 - Music Videos
19:31 - AI
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👇 ABOUT ME:
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 YouTube 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, YouTube channel and Social Agency.

It’s great to meet you and looking forward to working together on your music!

[MattLeFaitMusic]

Great vid! I think 2025 will see a need of “realness” from artists because of some much AI and deep fakes over the last couple years.
It’s time for artists personalities to shine I think.

[TheRoseCityRockers]

We're a Canadian blue collar BluesRock band. Our fan building model so far is playing live shows and building our fan base one person at a time. Unfortunately, today your lucky to get 50 people out on a Saturday night and most go home before midnight. So, our approach is to talk to EVERYONE during band breaks and thank them for coming to the show. We give away tshirts in exchange for their email to build out list. Yeah, it's expensive, but people are now showing up to our shows wearing them which is inspiring other people to actually buy them. Plus, taking time to talk to the people that show up makes them feel like their part of something special, and we're starting to notice them coming back. #BluesRockRules

[mcdouian]

I believe that the artists that will come out on top are the ones looking to serve people not just profit off them

[Relmon]

as a small musician, my hope is we all succeed. i believe in you

[ian_gotts]

2025 should be a time for each artist to review/rethink their music business model. You can't be everything - streaming, touring, songwriting sync, intimate fan management. So what is the primary focus and what are the supporting revenue streams. And is that enough to live?

[mattsanders]

Didn't even have to get a notification to know I could trust that you'd make a video about this! I was curious about these platforms and what it means going forward and you're the first person I thought of who would know to talk about it so thank you.

[hnrywllmprc]

Really great video as always. Can’t wait for the 2025 release plan!! I need it asap!

[StephenOshea]

its a battle now between independent artist and the labels

[sqlbrn]

It's such a pain in the ass adding hundreds of individual singles to a playlist on Spotify. Just make that shit an album.

[BenjaminDepasqualiMusic]

I'll love to see DVD's come back 😎

[mystikrebel]

Good to see you back 'Guru' Damian as I thought you might come back after a few weeks

[WayneW.Hacker]

lol, the 999th like 😃. I think your predictions are spot on. The area others might find fan growth is to actively participate in the growth of public playlists that your music is on. People seem to loose sight of the helping it grow part for it to become more visible for fans to discover.😃

[don_yanapaqui]

My prediction is that people will get sick of AI content and will prefer to assist to a live concert instead. AI will take away trust from internet.

[speedcrawlmusic]

Interesting stuff here, thanks Damian! 🙌

[mehdamopala]

That's a lot of good impulses, thank Damian! I especially like the tip "shoot a Music video on additionally while you are shooting micro content"... always great to watch!

[davidjoshua]

Great video! Thank you for sharing! Been sensing a similar shift in the winds.

[Razamusiconline]

Music creators will continue to get ripped off.

[kendallsanford]

I completely agree with you—2025 is going to be an exciting year.

[mcdouian]

After your last video about quitting YouTube and your new approach to releasing content, I’m more excited than ever to hear what you have to say on these things and this video is a fantastic example. Thank you my friend🙏

[JackTheRabbitMusic]

YouTube is the only social platform I’ve ever uploaded my music to.
My tools are timeless; my voice and an acoustic guitar. I don’t need ANY electronics to do my thing, and I can do it ANYWHERE at ANY TIME.
Shop locally and support local folks.

This video was entertaining, and made me laugh a lot! Thanks!