How To Get 1 Million TikTok Followers For Musicians (Grow Fast Before It's Too Late)

Growing on TikTok is never going to be as easy and fast as it is now.

There is a short window to get started, learn the algorithm and get to 1 million followers on TikTok.

In this video I take you through case studies of artists who are killing the TikTok game right now and how it works for you and your music.

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Serious? Let’s go.

THE INFO:
📲 Instagram: @damiankeyes1
📲 TikTok: @damiankeyes

ESSENTIAL VIDEOS TO RELEASE YOUR MUSIC:

📚 MY BOOKS:

👇 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 deeply 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 (dropped 6 months later) 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 I work directly with labels internationally alongside owning a live agency and management company.

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

[DamianKeyes]

Here's a question...

Do you prefer TikTok or Instagram?

[phobsdsr]

This video is genius. You really don’t need that expensive video anymore. Change the mindset and work the the micro content as hard as possible with a clear posting strategy.

[rubenlooschen]

A Norwegian artist called «Ramon» beat the Norwegian record for streaming within 24 hours, with his track «ok jeg lover». He did that with a tiktok trend that was absolutely out of this world.

[nentoke]

I'm in love with this format of reviewing the examples. Thank you, Damian!

[LeifCoffield]

I've got a mild following on TikTok of 27k, but from posting comedy sketches. Trying to find ways of implementing music and utilising the existing fan base is difficult!

[JordanLivinGood]

This video was very helpful I’ve been posting 5 days a week and been scared to bumped it up to 7 but I’m going to give it a try. One artist that killing it to do a case study on is Anees

[zackkotzias]

Magnolia Park is killing it for the same reason you outlined on the second artist!

[TheRealSandman]

I personally prefer Instagram and use it as my main platform to connect with fans, but I made a tiktok a few months back so I don't miss out on it. I'm now working it as one of my main areas to build up & now posting micro content across all platforms!

[BethMerillMusic]

So good, have been on TikTok for a year and feel like i've been stagnant despite posting all the time. I know I need to up my game. I now I feel inspired - cheers :D

[RaffertyMBTI]

I really think you are a hero with your videos. I haven't applied these rules yet but I really think the specificity is so generous and helpful. I can already see the appeal in the ideas you have and how people who are already successful use them.

[alexxartificial]

Berried Alive is killing it in a SUPER niche genre

[kira_flight]

I've watched two vids so far, thanks for your content!
I don't understand the steps to take to doing the four boxes. Is there a specific video that explains this in details for understanding?

[Rockstaratl]

Just stumbled upon this video and you randomly mention the legend, Rick Beato!! Great dude and has produced many of my bands albums, not to mention my fav producer/engineer when I’m in the vocal booth 🏆
Subscribed! Trying to learn to grow my TikTok as a musician/singer and your videos are very informative. Thank you! Looking forward to more! 👏😎

[justWIN]

Wow. I'm not putting in enough work. This was extremely valuable thank you

[Sahati]

I love that Damian uses actual examples of relevant artists and shows us how we could learn from those!

Thank u so much Damian, preparing for my EP release with this 😄

[RLDWEBER]

"Berried Alive" seems to use the second example you touched on. They have a theme/esthetic and full discography and reuse their media in a way that keeps it fresh.

[TanoshiSan]

As always, great video Damian! All of your content is packed full of valuable information that has helped me grow on spotify. Thank you!

[pizzamuzza]

Tbh I know these tips can work but videos with hooks and with the artist actually saying something outside of the song like an intro or something (like Nic D does) seems a lot better for me since by chatting a little you can actually connect viewer to artist instead of viewer to song which yeah it does work but we need fans of the artists not fans of the song

[JacksonMankowski]

This is a really great video man. Thank you. This is gold for acoustic singer/songwriters especially.

[ESKALIN]

Hey Damian! Just wanted to say thank you. We released our third song now and are focusing on micro content. We just got viral on insta reels (over 1, 3mio views, 2nd content is heavily growing) and tik tok (over 1mio views) - Both channels exploded and its only the first 2 microvideos we have planned. If we would encountered this channel we would not have done that. Lets see where this goes! <3