LUCY Academy
Marketing & audience · Lesson 2 of 6
Playlist pitching without spamming curators
32 minPractitionerFree
Editorial playlists are competitive and human-reviewed; algorithmic playlists react to saves, completion rate, and listener context. Artists waste energy on bulk cold emails. Lead with a great song and real listener behavior, then use official pitch tools where they exist.
What you’ll be able to do
- Editorial vs algorithmic playlists: different games
- Pitch templates that respect gatekeepers’ time
- When to follow up (only on material news)
- How saves, completion, and context fuel algorithmic surfaces
Inside this lesson
- 1Watch first: the pitch form, from Spotify
- 2Pitch hygiene
- 3Feed the algorithm honestly
- 4Industry snapshot
In the app
Take this lesson in the LUCY app
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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