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Music Marketing
How to Pitch Your Music to Playlists for Free
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What is pitching, why is it important, and how do I pitch to Spotify and other popular playlists?
Learn more: https://routenote.com/blog/playlist-pitching-in-2026-what-artists-need-to-know/
0:00 Intro
0:38 What is playlist pitching?
1:13 Why it matters for your promotion
1:51 Before you pitch your music
2:21 How to pitching to Spotify playlists
3:41 Other playlist pitching options
4:22 Free pitching with RouteNote
5:05 Outro
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At RouteNote, it is our mission to empower creators of all kinds with what they need to fulfil their dreams. We work closely with over one million musicians around the world to get their music on the biggest music streaming platforms, download services, video apps, and more!
We make music distribution FREE so that there are no barriers for artists of any size, wherever they are in the world. Reaching artists in every country in the world on the biggest music platforms is a reality with RouteNote.
Find out more and signup at https://www.routenote.com/rn/signup_page/design
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