Is TikTok Good For Music? 🧐

Unless you live under a rock, you've heard the countless remixes to famous songs that appear as sound options on TikTok. While it definitely gives artists a new form of exposure, is it good for music? Let's discuss 🔊 (2 min read)

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Dylan Forrester & Justin Schnell
February 28, 2023

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TikTok Remix

Some think it’s for the better while others think it’s for the worse, but whether you like it or not, TikTok is changing the music landscape. And I understand both sides of the argument. Now, songs are getting shorter and shorter and only recognized for the 7 seconds they appear in a TikTok video. Remember when the crowd couldn’t sing the second verse of Steve Lacy’s Bad Habit? 😅

Now that’s bad. But hey, at least he sold out the venue. However, there are some positive ways in which TikTok is changing the music world. TikTok is now the biggest and best discovery tool for aspiring artists and musicians. Your videos can be seen by anyone at any time - very similar to what MySpace, YouTube and Twitter was in the early 2010s 🙏

anees

Artist · 2.2M monthly listeners.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2HPqVfdPh9JkBSlFG5hK6h?si=vTin5d3pRvSqgFbNrw-3AQ

So let’s take a closer look at one of the coolest examples of this I just recently discovered. Anees (linked above) is an amazing artist out of the D.C. area I discovered on TikTok a while back. His voice is so powerful. Not too long ago, he released his single Leave Me and after its success, it went viral on TikTok for his “Open Verse Challenge” video where artists could duet the video and show off their own verse to the song. Among the thousands of submissions, this one by Michael Minelli stood out to Anees 👇

#duet with @anees - treated this one as if it was 2nd verse to my first challenge - what y’all think?

Michael Minelli (@mrminelli) has created a short video on TikTok

https://www.tiktok.com/@mrminelli/video/7139942506376203566

And just last week, Anees dropped the video to the official remix of the song and it’s absolutely AMAZING. Check it out 👏

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Sampling Is Just The Best

You ever wonder how a random progressive rock/pop song from 1974 can be transformed into one of the smoothest R&B songs of the 2010s? Check this out 🔊

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overtimesound (@overtimesound) has created a short video on TikTok

https://www.tiktok.com/@overtimesound/video/7196057819466960174

Short and sweet today - here’s 5 songs you need in your rotation right now 👇

Playlist here as always, enjoy your week fam 💜

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