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The DSP Algorithm Masterclass · Lesson 1 of 6

What Spotify & Apple algorithms actually react to

28 minPractitionerFree

DSPs do not publish secret formulas. Industry-observed **signals** include listener **saves**, **completion**, **repeat listens**, and **skip rate** in early sessions—paired with **accurate credits**, territories, and formats so editorial and algorithmic systems see the **same** release you promote.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Saves, completion, repeats, and skips—what to optimize for
  • How clean [[Metadata]] and delivery through LUCY support discovery
  • Separating myth from measurable tests

Inside this lesson

  1. 1Watch first: the algorithm, from someone who built it
  2. 2LUCY + your release
  3. 3Industry snapshot

In the app

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Open it in LUCY and the lesson rewrites itself around the music you make, reads itself aloud while you work, and answers questions about your own releases. Free with your account.

  • Rewritten around your genre and where you're at
  • A coach that can see the releases in your account
  • Narrated — put it on while you work
  • A badge for the track when you finish it
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In this lesson you will learn: Saves, completion, repeats, and skips—what to optimize for. How clean Metadata and delivery through LUCY support discovery. Separating myth from measurable tests.

About this lesson

DSPs do not publish secret formulas. Industry-observed **signals** include listener **saves**, **completion**, **repeat listens**, and **skip rate** in early sessions—paired with **accurate credits**, territories, and formats so editorial and algorithmic systems see the **same** release you promote.

What this lesson covers

Saves, completion, repeats, and skips—what to optimize for

How clean Metadata and delivery through LUCY support discovery

Separating myth from measurable tests

Inside this lesson

Watch first: the algorithm, from someone who built it

LUCY + your release

Industry snapshot

Take this lesson in the LUCY app

Open this lesson in LUCY and it rewrites itself around the music you make, reads itself aloud while you work, and answers questions about your own releases. Finish the track and the badge is yours. Free with a LUCY account.