Turn Your Audio Into Visuals With This New Social Media Tool (updated)

Wavve Makes It Easy For Indie Artists To Share Their Music By Turning Songs Into Social Videos for Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, & More.

Video: It’s No Longer Just “Nice to Have”...

As an Indie band or musician, promoting yourself and your music on social media can feel like an uphill battle. Social media is becoming an ever increasing noisy place and it takes great content to stand out.

One of the best ways to connect with your fans on social media is with video. All of the major social media platforms are turning their algorithms to promote video content because that’s what your fans are watching. In fact, Facebook alone generates 8 billion video views on average per day (Social Media Today) and native videos on the platform have 10 times higher reach compared to YouTube links (SocialBakers.com). 

Unfortunately, most indie bands are on a budget which means things like professional music videos and promo videos seem too far out of reach. But having videos as part of your music marketing is no longer something that’s just “nice to have”, it’s a must.

Even if you’re an iMovie pro, uploading video files, overlaying your music, and editing it all together can be a time-consuming task. That’s why our team here at Indie Band Coach is always looking for innovative ways to help you promote & share your music online.

And the good news? We came across an awesome online platform called Wavve which will help you quickly ‘up’ your video content game.

Social media graphics, video, and promotional content just got easier. If you are an indie musician trying to grow your fanbase and promote your music, this tool can help you make it look like a million bucks.

What’s Wavve?

Wavve is web application that helps you easily combine a clip of your favorite track with an image to create animated videos formatted for social media. Wavve offers a library of waveform animations to choose from when designing your video that “move” with the audio so fans will know it’s a video that has sound.

Check out how DTOWN used his album artwork and new single to create an Instagram video with Wavve.

Are you not on Instagram yet? No worries, your Wavve account comes with options designed for all social media.

Within Wavve you’ll upload your content into “card templates” which determine exactly what your video will look like. You can save these templates to your account and update/edit them anytime you want:

Horizontal: This video size is perfect for Youtube & Twitter. 
Square: Great for Instagram & Facebook
Vertical: Perfect for Instagram Stories & Snapchat

Once you select a size, all you need to do is upload an image and add the animated sound wave (8 styles to choose from). You can adjust the size and shape of the sound wave, change its color and place it anywhere on the image you’d like. Wavve also allows you to add additional text directly on the image.

Here's a quick video on setting up your first Wavve social video...

Get started and setup your account here. 

Once your template is set up how you want it you simply upload your track, trim it down, and Wavve generates the .mp4 video. You’re only about 5 minutes from a promo video for your next single that you can share with your fans!

Here’s just a little design inspiration from music makers using Wavve:

If there’s any doubt that your fanbase is listening and watching, consider this: More video content is uploaded in 30 days than the major U.S. television networks have created in 30 years (Source: WordStream).

Some of the newer features included in your Wavve.co account include progress animations. Check out this video from the Wavve.co YouTube channel that shows you the various uses and styles of progress animations.

Get Wavve

In my role as a booking agent and band manager, one of the most frustrating things I notice is that a lot of really great, hard-working musicians have very little music on their social sites. Pictures are great and stories are awesome. But whether it’s your next single, an upcoming tour, or your new spotify playlist, your fans are begging for you to make video a consistent part of your music marketing.

Wavve is free to try by signing up here. You’ll be able to upgrade when you want to start creating longer videos and posting more content per month.

What are some other ways you can use Wavve to promote your music? Let me know in the comments!

About Leonard Patterson
Booking agent, band manager, former frontman for a 6-figure cover band and topline songwriter with placements in tv, film and on Billboard. Shared the stage with his wife and business partner for over a decade and founded Indie Band Coach together. #WorkSmarter #GigHarder