David Nienhaus has been active as an independent musician for 10 years and graduated in musicology in 2016. He is signed as a songwriter with Hamburg-based music publisher ROBA and his music projects have now reached approximately 25 million streams across platforms. Through self-marketing, which is indispensable as an indie artist, David has been able to gain years of experience in the field of playlist marketing and has always conveyed this (including in the form of YouTube tutorials) to other musicians*. In this workshop, he now wants to pass on his collected knowledge and some insider tips to aspiring talents in order to pave their way into the highly competitive playlist business.