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How To Get Your Music On Instagram Stories and Reels

Stories and Reels now account for the majority of content being consumed on Instagram. This means you should be posting on Stories regularly (we suggest at least five times a day) and Reels once per week (or more if you are capable!). Adding your actual music strengthens your brand and connects your fans and followers to what you sound like which is a crucial element for connecting the dots and capturing new fans.

Instagram’s In-App Music Library

Instagram has their own in-app Music Library. When you are uploading your release for distribution, make sure that you have selected Facebook & Instagram as a store to release to. This is the only way to get included in the library upon release. Tunecore & Distrokid have joined in a special partnership with Facebook to making getting your music onto Stories easier than ever! Read more about that here.

Once your music has been distributed, anyone can access your music to share on Instagram. This could be a fun way to have your fans also share your music in their stories. Many independent artists are frustrated, because Meta (Facebook and Instagram) doesn’t automatically pull your music from any of the streaming platforms. We’ve had many artists ask us how to get their music into their library. In order to do this you must submit your music for inclusion.  Here’s how…

Both Instagram and Facebook get their lyrics from a platform called Musixmatch. The music and lyrics you see in Stories are pulled directly from the Musixmatch catalog. To get your music in their library, first you’ll need to become a Verified Artist.

Here is a step-by-step guide to add, edit, and sync your lyrics to Musixmatch:
  1. Download the Musixmatch desktop app
  2. Sign in with the account you just made
  3. Connect your preferred streaming service
  4. Play your song (From Spotify or Apple Music – the app will show the lyrics automatically)
  5. If your lyrics aren’t available, click “Add lyrics” and type them out by hand
  6. Review and Edit the lyrics to make sure everything is correct – and sync them
  7. You’re done!

Add your music to your story with the “music” sticker and start sharing it with your followers!

The Spotify & Apple Music Apps

One way to get your music on Instagram Stories is to share your music straight from the Spotify App on your phone. When you share from it your Story will display your cover art or “Canvas”, song title, and your artist name, along with a link which will show up under your username for fans to click which will lead them to your track on Spotify. Using the Spotify App unfortunately does not offer a way for your music to play during your story.

The same goes for the Apple Music App. When you share to your Story, it will display your cover art, song title, and your artist name, along with a link which will show up under your username for fans to click which will lead them to your track on Spotify. Using the Apple App unfortunately does not offer a way for your music to play during your story (deja vu)!

Using Your Smartphone

Getting your music on your Instagram Stories and Reels can be as simple as playing it in the background. Open Spotify or Apple Music and start playing your song through your phone speakers. Go back to the Instagram app, swipe over to story, and start recording. The microphone will pick up the song that you have playing in the background. You can add text to let people know the name of the song and where they can find it. This is a quick & easy trick to get your music heard.

Pre-Edited Videos

You can also use apps like iMovie to create an Instagram Story or Reel video. You can use a still, or a moving video, and drag your music into the background of the video. You can also take advantage of text options in iMovie or on Instagram Stories themselves. You will need to export the video as a .mp4, then AirDrop or send it to your phone and save it to your camera roll.

Once saved to your camera roll, open the Instagram app, swipe over to Stories, and click the little icon in the bottom left to open your camera roll. Click on the video and it will open in Instagram Stories for you to post.

Using Your Music on Instagram Stories and Reels

Now that you know how to get your music into Instagram’s in-app library, let’s talk about how to use it.

After you open Instagram Stories or Reels and take a photo or video (or upload one from your camera roll), swipe up. You will see the display of stickers that Instagram offers for their Stories. Click the “Music” sticker.

Next, start searching for your music in their search bar. Click on the song you’re looking for and it will open as an overlay on your Story or Reel. Tap on the sticker itself to change it. There are multiple options – some are cover art/song title display options, and others are font options for the lyrics (our favorite option)!

Note: With the 2021 Instagram roll-out of the Music sticker globally, there have been a lot of issues. Business accounts may only be able to access a small amount of royalty-free music (this comes from Facebook’s sound library). The good news is that there is an easy fix to this! Switch your account from a Business account to a Creator account and BOOM, problem solved! (Plus, you still get things like insights so there is not much of a difference).

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How To Shazam on Instagram

Shazam is a great app that allows you to listen to music and discover what music is playing. The app is useful when you need to explore music, but you don’t have the details, such as the name of the music and the artist. You can use Shazam with different applications, including Instagram. Instagram is excellent for Instagram stories and videos, and most times, you may watch reels and want to know the name of the music.

If you’ve never used Shazam, this post will guide you on how to start using it with Instagram. Furthermore, we will see how to get the full audio of the Instagram story or video and save it on your phone. Lastly, we will answer the frequently asked question about Shazam on Instagram.

Table of Contents

  1. Getting Started with Shazam on Instagram
  2. Conclusion
  3. Frequently Asked Questions

Getting Started with Shazam on Instagram

Have you come across an Instagram story or video, and the music sounds so awesome, but you don’t know its name? Or perhaps you want to use the same audio with your Instagram stories in the future or download it to your playlist? We all get the feeling sometimes, and that’s why Shazam does the magic we need.

Most Instagram feeds have music playing in the background, and since we can’t know all the new music in town, we need an app that does the work for us. Besides, when viewing Instagram reels, you will often discover the great taste of music that you must check out later, calling for the use of Shazam.

To use Shazam on Instagram, follow the steps below.

  1. Download and install the Shazam app on your phone. The download source depends on your phone. For Android, Shazam is available on Google Play Store. If using iOS, you can also get Shazam from Apple Store.
  2. Open the app and when setting up the app, give it permissions to “Allow display over other apps.”
  3. Open the Instagram app and navigate to the song or story you want to Shazam.
  4. While the story starts to play, hold your finger on the screen to pause until you notice the Shazam logo appearing on the screen.
  5. Click on its icon, and Shazam will start listening to the audio playing.
  6. You will notice a notification on the Shazam logo once it discovers the details of the audio playing.
  7. That’s it! You can go back to the Shazam app to get more details or even download the discovered music.

The process is the same whenever you need to Shazam any music on Instagram. If Shazam is permitted to display on top of other apps, the logo will always appear, and you can click on it to Shazam the music in the background. Note that all music discovered by Shazam is available for download from the Shazam library.

Conclusion

Shazam is an excellent app for discovering details of the music playing in the background. You can Shazam songs playing on any application, and in this guide, we covered how to Shazam on Instagram. You can use the same concept for other apps. The steps presented are easy to follow, and hopefully, you will have ease discovering new songs on Instagram stories, thanks to Shazam.

Frequently Asked Questions

Any song on Instagram, from the story or the reels, can be sourced via the Shazam app. Ensure you have Shazam installed and when playing the Instagram story, click the Shazam logo on the screen’s right side. Shazam will listen to the music and discover the details, such as its name.

Yes, you can. First, use Shazam to discover the details of the music. Next, open the Shazam library to get the listing of the music and click the option to download using Shazam. You can then use the downloaded music for any purpose, including reposting it with your Instagram stories.

Shazam works with almost all applications installed. Provided you have permitted it to display over other apps. You can use Shazam to discover music on apps such as Instagram and YouTube. Besides, you can play around with Shazam to discover music playing in the background. Moreover, it works with other sources, such as external speakers or another phone.

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Users of Instagram and Facebook* from Russia since June 23 have access to music stickers, a feature that allows you to add snippets of songs to Stories. nine0003

Music stickers on Instagram* appeared back in 2018, but before users from Russia they were not available: they could not be added to their stories and they could not listen to music in others. Now everything has changed, and now we will tell you how to use it.

Step 1

Go to Instagram* and select a photo or video

Before adding a music sticker, you need to create a post in your story. Go to the Instagram app*, swipe left and either take a photo or video in the app's camera or add it from the gallery. This also works with text stories created by the "Create" button in the side menu of the camera, but not with posts in the feed. nine0003

Process your post - add filters and other stickers - you can at this stage, or you can after adding music.

The button with the image of a note allows you to quickly add a music sticker, but you may not have it on the screen. It's safer to click on the add stickers button and find a sticker there that says "Music"

Step 2

Add a music sticker

Click on the add stickers button and find the item "Music" there. A list of recommended tracks will appear, but there is a search bar at the top of the screen - you can use it to find the song you are interested in. Click on the track you want to add to your story. nine0003

Facebook*, which owns Instagram*, does not disclose the size of the music database, but there are definitely popular performers there. For example, Artur Pirozhkov, Elka and the King and the Jester group.

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Step 3

Select song snippet

After you select a song, you will be prompted to set up a sticker. Globally, there are two settings: which fragment will sound in stories and how the sticker itself will look. nine0003

First, select a fragment - it can be up to 15 seconds long. To do this, move one of the two sliders at the bottom of the screen left or right. Next to the sliders there is a button for changing the duration: if 15 seconds is too long, you can trim a fragment of the song.

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The button adjusts the duration of the fragment over time. It does not work for stories with videos: the fragment will last as long as your video. The dotted slider allows you to precisely select a section of the song, and the slider above it is useful for quickly moving through the track

Step 4

Customize the appearance of the sticker

If the Instagram database* contains the lyrics of the song you have chosen, then animated lines will appear on the screen, just like in karaoke. By switching between the buttons at the bottom of the screen, you can customize the font and animation associated with it. The colored round icon at the top of the screen is needed to change the color of the text.

If there is no text in the Instagram database* or you don't want to display karaoke in stories, you can choose one of two static sticker options: they show the album cover, artist name and song title. nine0003

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When you're done with the settings, click the Done button.

Click on the rainbow button to change the color of the text. If Instagram* doesn't know the lyrics of your song, only static stickers

will be available to you

Step 5

Place the sticker on the screen

You finally got a music sticker! Now you can move it around the screen, tilt and resize it, just like with regular stickers. Pick the perfect location and post what you've got. nine0003 This is how the story will look after posting

What if I don't have a music sticker?

As a Facebook representative* explained, music stickers will gradually appear among Russian users. This means that you will probably have to wait a few days or weeks - the exact timing is unknown.

To brighten up the wait, you can:

  1. Update the Instagram app* to the latest version. It is never redundant. nine0074
  2. Make sure you are in Russia, both physically and virtually. If you always have a VPN enabled on your phone, Instagram* may think you're in a different country and not turn on music stickers because of this.
  3. Log out and log in again, delete the application and reinstall it, turn off and on the phone. Everything is advised on the Internet, but most likely it will not be much more effective than dancing with a tambourine around the phone.

Music in Stories, short videos and responses with songs: Instagram will launch new features in Russia

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Instagram has announced the launch of new features in Russia. Users will have access to a TikTok-like Reels video service and a music sticker in Stories. With it, you can add music to your stories and answer questions with songs. Russian Facebook users will be able to pin it in the profile header so that it plays when the page is opened nine0099

Starting June 23, Russian Instagram users will begin accessing Reels, a platform for short videos, the company said.

With Reels, you can shoot and edit videos up to 30 seconds long, apply AR effects to them, and use the green screen effect to change the background. In Reels, you can add music from the app's library or choose from trends or recommendations. Users will also be able to create their own original audio, and if their account is public, other users will be able to use this audio in their videos. nine0003

Videos created with the new feature can be shared as Stories or Posts, limiting the audience if desired. In addition, Facebook and Instagram are also launching a new music sticker in Stories. To add music to your Stories, you will need to follow these steps:

  • open the camera in the application, select a photo or video from the gallery, click on the sticker icon and select the Music sticker; nine0074
  • find any song from the library, select a fragment, add the name of the artist and the name of the song. If the composition has lyrics, it will automatically appear on the screen;
  • click on a sticker to change the text style and animation. The sticker can be moved, rotated and resized.

With the release of the music sticker, Instagram and Facebook users will be able to answer questions in Stories with songs. In addition, Facebook users will be able to add their favorite track to the Hobbies / Interests section and pin it to the profile header - it will be played every time someone decides to visit this user's profile. nine0003

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Instagram began to roll out the Reels feature around the world in an attempt to attract TikTok audiences. In Russia, the short video format is gaining popularity - VKontakte is already developing its own clone of TikTok - the service is called Clips. In addition, in the fall of 2020, the head of the Ministry of Education, Sergey Kravtsov, announced joint plans with Mail.

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