When releasing singles, many self releasing artists are short on content, especially in the all important video department. Let’s have a look at the use of video for Avicii’s latest single Waiting for Love which isn’t released until 10th July 2015.
May 22nd – Animated video Lyric video
28th May – 360 Degree Video
26th June – Official video
The record company have chosen a long lead time before release and are using lots of video content to build awareness, generate streams and obtain pre-orders. Are you in a position to do the same for your music? Here’s what you should be thinking about for each of your commercial releases:
- Cover art video
- Lyric video
- The full video promo
- Video of live/acoustic performance of the song
You could even ask your fans to see if they can create a unique video for you. If you created an instrumental version of the single, you could reuse the lyric video to create a ‘karaoke’ singalong video.
Takeaway tip: Obviously, video is only one part of your marketing mix but it is an important one and you should make more effort to create and release more videos for each release.
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