This is the main item. It will contain the artwork of the release at the article top, an artist picture at
the bottom, all information, some selected order links for each format, Soundcloud streaming of premieres
(no matter on which platform they are published), embedded snippets (til all tracks in full are available
on SC; snippets can be on SC or any shop), a mix of the artist as special, links to artist and label pages.
The upload includes a short description w/ artist name, track name, release name and label plus the link to the feature.
Artist & label will get a SC tag.
Additionally, your bandcamp link will be in this description. The "buy link" will point to our feature using a short cut
and get the title "Info & Buy". The title of the upload itself has always the format "Artist - Track [cat# | Premiere]".
Similar to Soundcloud the upload will have a short description w/ artist name, track name, release name
and label plus feature link. Artist & label will get one link to their website/social media.
The Soundcloud upload will be mentioned and also your our bandcamp link.
The title of the track itself has always the format "Artist - Track [cat# | label | Premiere]".
When all tracks of the release are available on Soundcloud
(e.g. on other premiere platforms, artist or label profile), we will create a
playlist of them to embed it in our feature and make it public when it fits in our timeline.
This will give your release an extra push - and also support the other platforms (perhaps we are one of
the few who do this). The playlist will have a similar description like the SC track.
On the blog there will be an extra post presenting the premiere. Artwork and artist picture framing some
information and the streaming of the track. For sure we also link again to the websites of the artist and the label.
For sure we also have an instagram page (at least we have to ...). Premieres are presented asap.
That means we do a regular post there, not on the day of the premiere but later when it
fits. The post is based on the squared image we provide with our overview page and for sure
includes a link to our feature. We will tag the artist and the label (and also the remixer if there
is one).
Still one of our main thing is Facebook. Each premiere has his own posting there on time with all the other
assets - sometimes telling more about the release e.g. other involved artists (like on a compilation or
remixers). We will tag the artist and the label (and also the remixer if there is one).
From time to time we post tracks we like in our own Facebook group "NovaFuture Blog Tracks". The content here also
includes premieres from other platforms, official streams, videos etc. of releases that we didn't premiere.
But for sure the focus is to present stuff from our channels once more because the reach of pages is limited
so this is another chance to catch the attention of the people. The post text is simply the name of artist,
track and label accompanied by the feature link.
At the moment Twitter aka X is not in our focus but we want to be more active here. The tweets don't
have a fixed pattern yet but will contain a link to the release feature and some streaming (e.g. our
Soundcloud upload).
Beside the website with premieres we did, we also have a website with tracks we like similar to our
Facebook Group "NovaFuture Blog Tracks" (wherever they are uploaded). The tracks can be filtered by the
first letter of the artist name and provide Soundcloud & youtube player (more to come). This page is still
under improvement but check it out.
We just joined Meta's social network Threads (which is easy to register via the Instagram account).
We will post there similar stuff like we do on Facebook & Twitter.
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14. "Your Premiere" Link
For each premiere we provide a link that sums up all the stuff above. It will be updated as soon as a new
item is available (e.g. the Instagram link). So you can always check the several assets that we
have created for your premiere. At the moment we work on a subscription for your premieres so you will get
informed when there is a new link related to your release/this premiere is available.
no public links - this is for artist/label/agency only
What We Expect From You When We Run A Premiere
01. Correct Sharing
The premiere post on our blog (see menu item 05, *) should not be shared via facebook/twitter etc
because it is actually for website visitors & newsletter subscribers and has the least added value
(always mentioned for your information).
For Facebook we recommend that you share link 2 or 3. Directly sharing our facebook post is also a
nice option.
On Instagram it would be nice that you make a normal (fixed) post and not only a story which disappears
after 24h.
Please tag/mark us with the blog account e.g.
@NovaFutureBlog on Facebook
(https://facebook.com/NovaFutureBlog),
@NovaFuture.Blog on Instagram
(https://instagram.com/NovaFuture.Blog),
@NovaFuture.Blog on Mastodon
(https://mastodon.social/@NovaFutureBlog),
@NovaFutureBlog on Twitter
(https://twitter.com/NovaFutureBlog) and
@NovaFuture on Soundcloud
(https://soundcloud.com/NovaFuture).
Please don't forget to repost the track itself(!) on Soundcloud in the next few days. It is not
necessary to do it on the premiere day but should be done as soon as possible. The premiere date is
mostly calculated to get the best effort for all involved parties.
Creating a soundcloud playlist is always a nice thing you can do later. We actually suggest to wait with
creating a playlist after all your premieres / tracks are online to receive the most promotion effect.
So you have more great entries/notifications pushed into the feeds of your followers (the amount of
tracks plus 1 for the full playlist). Your visitors can like and share these items - a playlist with
only one, two tracks right after the first premieres won't be reposted, but it has all tracks there is
a good chance. We will also create a playlist when all tracks are available (sometimes it takes a while)
to give your release an extra promo push - this also supports all other channels which have a premiere
done for your release.
02. Exclusivity
The premiere track should be exclusive. The minimum is that it won't be available anywhere else until
the entire release is out (the premiere date was calculated with this assumption). So please don't
release the track eg. on Bandcamp (as a part of a pre-order for example) ahead the release date !!!
After the release it will be for sure on several digital platforms, but it would be great if it could be
also exclusive on Soundcloud afterwards (we know in same cases this is not possible e.g. when it is
delivered to SC via common distribution).
PS: this page is still under construction but already tells you the main stuff. Let's discuss your questions &
wishes.