- In this video
we're gonna be covering everything you need to know
from uploading music to your feed posts
to adding custom reel sounds,
to uploading music to Instagram,
so that it shows within the music sticker.
And here's the list of all the time stamps
in case you wanna skip ahead, but I highly
recommend watching the video all the way through
because I can almost guarantee
that you will learn something new.
And if you don't, call me out
in the comment section down below.
With that being said, let's begin.
How to add music to Instagram stories.
So once you've taken your photo or video,
tap the little sticker icon at the top of your screen
and then tap on the music sticker.
Here, we're then gonna select the song
that we want to add to our story.
So I'm just gonna click this song right here
recommended at the top.
Then at the bottom, we have this bar
where we can scroll through
and choose the part of the song
that we actually want to add to our story.
And then here on the left
we can actually customize the length.
And we can only do this if it is a photo.
If it's a video, the song will adapt
to the length of your video.
If it's photo, we choose between 5 and 15 seconds,
then we hit done.
And then we can also customize the appearance of our music.
So as we can see the album cover here,
if I want to change the color
I can tap on the color wheel the top.
Now, if it is a song with lyrics,
let's just say I choose this one right here.
As you can see, we have lyrics.
And the lyrics also take the color
that we choose within the color wheel.
But let's say we don't want to have the lyrics
or the album cover showing on the screen.
Well, once I've chosen the part of the song that I want
if I click done, I can then just select it.
And with two fingers, I just pinch it
to make it pretty small,
and I can just slide it off the screen like so.
And now, if I post this story
I will have the music added to that story.
But let's just say you can't find the music
that you want to add to your story.
Or let's say you are an artist that makes music
and your music isn't within the music sticker.
Well, you need to upload your music to Instagram
and then it should show up
within the Instagram music sticker.
Here's how to do that.
How to upload music to Instagram.
Now, I'm not gonna go too in depth in this,
because if you are a music artist,
you should know this already.
But basically when you're uploading music
to any streaming service,
this could be Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer
you need to go through a music distributor.
For example, a common one is Distro Kid.
And when you're uploading your music,
you just need to make sure that you select
or tick the box, which is Instagram and Facebook.
That way the distributor will also upload your music
to Instagram and Facebook.
And then once it's released,
your music should be available within the music sticker.
How to add music to reels on Instagram.
So to add music to reels on Instagram,
you can choose to do it
before you upload or record any video.
And to do so, I'm just gonna hit
the little music note on the left.
And then again, we're just gonna choose
the song that we want.
So let's say I would like this one right here.
As you can see, no lyrics to this song,
but again, similar to on the stories,
I've got this little bar and I can just choose
the area of the song I want.
I hit done and then now I can go ahead and record
or add any video from my library.
So let's just say, I hold this down,
I record a little bit, I'm gonna zoom in, zoom out,
you know, just make a reel, basically.
And then now, if I click next,
we can actually preview my reel with some music.
So that's how to add music.
Now, if I tap on the music note at the top right here
we can actually adjust the audio level.
So I can actually reduce the audio level of the music
and increase the audio level of the original video.
So let's just say I wanted some background music
because I was talking throughout the reel.
I could actually bring this down to something like 10%
and then just bring this all the way up.
So now I've just got it as a little bit of background music.
And I do wanna mention as well with reels
you can also add sound effects and a voiceover
but that's something for another video
and I'll let you find that out for yourself.
But once you've added your audio and adjusted the levels,
you just click done, then you click next.
And then post it just like any other piece of content.
How to rename Reels audio.
So let's say you didn't actually add any music
to your reel within Instagram,
But you did upload your own custom audio with your reel.
But the thing is, is if you go onto your reel,
as you can see, if you tap on it
you don't actually like the name, which is your username
and then original audio at the bottom.
Well, we can change this.
And all you have to do is just tap on it
and then click on the three dots in the top right.
And then we can actually click rename audio.
So I can do this and now I can rename this anything I want.
So I could call this "Veed Update"
just like that and click done.
And now, as you can see, the audio is called Veed Update.
And if I head back at the bottom,
we can now see that it has my username
and the new name that I've given it, which is veed update.
How to post music on Instagram in the feed.
So the only place that we can't add music to
within Instagram is the feed.
We can't add it to photos in the feed.
We can't add it to carousel posts
and we can't add it to videos in the feed.
So we actually have to add music to Instagram feed posts
with a third party video editor.
And the video editor I'm gonna be using to do this
is the easy online video editor called Veed.
So let me just grab my laptop.
Oh, and by the way, the link is in the description
if you want to check it out.
So as you can see here, I'm within Veed,
which is the online video editor and I've got my video.
And first of all, because I'm posting it on the feed,
I just need to make it a square video just like this.
And then I'm just gonna drag it out
because I want it to take up the full catalyst of the video.
And so to add music or add audio to this video
all I have to do is click on media here,
click upload a file, and then just select a song
that I have on my computer already.
Click open.
And now, as you can see,
it's uploaded into Veed right here at the bottom.
And you'll notice it's a little bit longer than my clip.
So all I have to do is just select it
and then click split at the time of where I want to cut it.
But let's say I don't want the beginning of the song.
Well, what I could do is actually just zoom out,
drag it out if I want the middle of the song,
choose the middle part,
zoom out a little bit again.
And then just, let's just say,
trim it to the middle part.
Bring this back to the beginning just like so.
And then just drag it out
until it snaps with the end of my clip.
So now if I press play, just like this.
As you can see, I've added audio to my video.
All I have to do now is then just click export
in the top right, choose the recommended settings
for Instagram right here, and then just click export.
But what if I don't have a video
and I just want to upload music to Instagram?
How to share audio files on Instagram.
So again, we're just gonna use Veed.io.
If I click on new project this time,
if you take a look here, I can actually choose a template
that's gonna go a lot faster to show you an example.
And if I just click on audio,
we've got a bunch of different templates
that we can then choose.
And then just click and upload our audio.
So let's say I had a podcast and I want to upload my podcast
or a podcast snippets Instagram
but I haven't filmed a video for that podcast.
Select the template and just click start editing.
And now, as you can see, if I press play.
we've already got this amazing square Instagram post
that has an audio visualizer,
but I can then go in and actually edit this.
I can edit the text if I want.
I can actually even delete the text
and then I could just upload my own album cover
if I'm releasing a song.
I can go in here, if I bring out the timeline,
click on the audio and then if I scroll down here,
I just click replace audio.
And then I can just choose my song
that I want to add in just like that.
So now it's uploaded.
And then again, if I wanna replace the art,
any of this, I can customize it fully.
And then all I have to do is just click export.
And then Veed goes ahead and creates
basically a video from my audio file
that I can then share on Instagram.
As you can see, it's a really great way
to promote music and audio files on Instagram
and other social media platforms for that matter.
How to share music on Instagram.
So you're listening to a cool song
or a great album on Apple Music or Spotify,
and you want to share it on Instagram
to show people that you listen to great music.
Well, all you have to do
is tap on the three dots in the top right
and then we're gonna scroll down and hit share.
And then here, we're just gonna select Instagram.
And then the Spotify is gonna take us to Instagram
and create this story for us, with the album cover
that we can just move around
and place anywhere we want on the story.
And then again, we can just customize this as we want.
If I want, I can just add this little text.
Listen to this, just like so.
And then boom, there we have the story.
That's how to share music to Instagram.
And the only thing is that when you share it from Spotify
that story doesn't actually have audio
but you can just add it with the music sticker.
And that is all the ways I know
of how to share music and audio on Instagram.
If you can think of anymore,
let me know the comment section down below.
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