Although Spotify is home to over 70 million tracks, some songs are not on the platform. For example, if you enjoy a remix of a song from a small producer on YouTube and they don’t upload their stuff to Spotify, you can’t listen to it on Spotify. In this case, it is always useful to know how to upload music to Spotify.
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Short answer
To upload your own music files to Spotify locally on Android or iOS, Open the Spotify mobile app. Tap Settings > Scroll down Import > Tap Show local audio files Slider
To upload your own music files to Spotify locally on the desktop, open Spotify desktop app. Click your display name dropdown menu> Settings > Scroll down Local file > Click Show local files Scroll down the slider Show songs fromAnd select Add a source. In the popout, select the folder on your computer where all your favorite songs are located.
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How to upload music to Spotify as an artist
If you are a musician or artist, you may want to make your music publicly available on Spotify. However, unlike SoundCloud, YouTube and many other media cost outlets, producers can not only upload their own creations to Spotify and stream their songs to millions of people.
To get your music on Spotify as an artist, you must go through a distribution company. Many artists started them through distributors such as Distrocid, CD Baby and Tuncore.
How to upload music locally on Spotify (Android and iOS)
Uploading music to Spotify from your device is called uploading local files. This allows Spotify to show music on your device that you downloaded “locally”. It will not allow other people to stream your music; This is for listening only on your device.
No. You don’t need an active Spotify Premium subscription to show local music on Spotify.
Open the Spotify mobile app on your device. From Home To open the screen, select the gear-shaped icon in the upper right corner of the interface. Settings.
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Scroll down Settings Until you see Import. Below, you will see Show local audio files. Turn it on.
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If you have music or audio downloaded to your device – and it could be an audio recording you made using a voice recorder – it will be displayed in a folder Local file Inside Your library.
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How to upload music locally on Spotify (desktop)
The ability to show local files is currently unavailable in the Spotify web player. However, it is possible in desktop applications.
Open the Spotify desktop application and open the display name dropdown in the top right corner. Select Settings.
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Scroll down Local file. Once you’re here, make sure to switch on Show local files.
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Finally, if your music is not shown in a Local file Select the folder on the left Add a source And, in the popout, find the folder containing your downloaded music.
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Yes, you can. You can either press that button on your mobile or right-click on a local song on your desktop. From there, you can add audio files to any playlist you like.
