It appears Apple Music obtained some inspiration from Setlist.fm, the favored web site for sharing set lists of artists’ live shows and excursions. In a blog post on Apple Music for Artists, the streaming service introduced that artists can now create and share a “Set Record playlist with followers on Apple Music to advertise upcoming tour dates, let followers relive your live shows, and join with listeners.”
Within the article, Apple explains to artists how this Set Record characteristic works: “Your artist picture will make up the duvet artwork of your Set Record, so you should have an artist picture uploaded in Apple Music for Artists to make use of the characteristic.”
By preserving their Bandsintown account up to date with their live performance and tour dates, Apple says that is the simplest strategy to create a Set Record. “Your upcoming present dates can link to your artist page on Shazam, Spotlight Search, and Apple Maps, and might make it simpler to arrange your Set Record in your Apple Music for Artists account,” the corporate writes.
Apple even explains how artists can create these new Apple Music Set Record playlists:
Go to Artist Content material and scroll right down to Artist Playlists. There you’ll discover all your Set Lists which can be dwell in your Apple Music artist web page or in progress. Comply with these steps to create a brand new Set Record:
- Click on the (+) button subsequent to Artist Playlists to create a brand new Set Record. For those who haven’t made one but, click on the Create a Set Record button.
- Choose the kind of present you’re making a Set Record for (a live performance, tour, or residency) and add an occasion title.
- Add an occasion. For those who’ve related your Bandsintown account with Shazam, you must see your upcoming scheduled occasions for choice. For those who don’t see your occasion listed, join your Apple Music artist web page with Bandsintown. In any other case, manually enter an occasion, and supply the placement and date.
- Set a publish date. Choose a date for the playlist to publish on Apple Music. The date should be no sooner than someday sooner or later. The playlist will likely be printed on the native date and time of the place the consumer who created it’s positioned. Click on Proceed when you’re achieved.
- Use search to pick tracks in your Set Record. You’ll be able to search by track title or by pasting a track’s Apple Music hyperlink within the search bar. A Set Record playlist ought to embrace tracks of the songs you carried out at a present or on tour. In case your set checklist has barely modified on completely different nights of your tour, use the observe itemizing that almost all precisely captures the entire tour. If covers or collaborations with one other artist are a part of your tour, these artists will also be included in your Set Record. Drag and drop every observe to replace the order of your Set Record. When your Set Record is prepared, click on Publish. Your Set Record will likely be out there on Apple Music in your beforehand chosen publish date.
Artists can create as many Set Record playlists as reveals they’ve performed or plan to play. They’ll additionally promote their present utilizing the Artists app on iOS. Lastly, it’s additionally doable to cover or delete playlists.
