A Guide to Getting Your Song on Instagram Reels

Reels is a short-form video feature on Instagram. This feature is similar to that on TikTok. Getting your song there is important, as it will allow people to create Reels with it. In this guide, we will show you how to get your songs on Instagram Reels. If you already have your songs for use on Instagram Stories, then your song will be available in Reels automatically. 

Reels Is Important for Musicians, who are looking for successful Instagram promotion. Here’s why:

The Reel feature is somewhat like the very popular TikTok, and this is a good thing for musicians. Most of the content you will find on Instagram Reels are like those on TikTok, such as unique mini music videos, pranks, dances, and more. Both platforms also have similar video creation tools. Videos on Reels can be up to 30 seconds, and it allows you to delete or create any clip when creating a video. 

One of the most amazing things about this new feature is that you can post your Reels on your Instagram Stories, feed, and archived on a profile. This is somewhat similar to the grouping of IGTV videos. With this feature, your followers can see your Reels in several ways. 

You Can Now Put All Your Visual Content on Instagram

You can now put all your visual content on Instagram, thanks to the algorithmic emergence of Reels and short-form video creation tools of the platform. Here’s a list of the content you can put on this platform:

Live streaming

Longer videos (IGTV)

Short videos (Reels)

Temporary content (Stories)

Carousels and pictures

Permanent things (profile)

Video ads. 

And more

One of the most amazing and powerful things about Instagram Reels is the way others respond to your work, using your music to create their own content. Instagram also added a couple of tools to make it easier to find, use, and share songs on Reels. 

Save and Share Tracks

You can now save your favorite songs to your account. This means you no longer have to keep searching for a particular song whenever you want to use it. Users can also share the page containing videos of a particular song with other users through DM.

Here is how to save and share audio:

When you see a sound or track you like, click on the “audio” at the bottom of the Reels. 

You will be launched to a page that contains every video with that audio

Save that page by tapping the bookmark button in your browser. You can send it to another user by tapping the DM button. 

Audio Browser

 Users can find new songs on the For You and Trending sections.

Here are the steps to brown audio:

Start a Reel and click “audio”

A browser page will pop up with three audio tools – Trending, saved audio, and For You. 

You can also claim attribution for your songs on Reels.

Here’s how to do that:

Open Instagram

Click “Claim Attributes on Reels Original Audio”

Put in your contact info

Enter the right name, title, and ISRC

Provide a URL link to the Reel you found in the Original Audio page you will like it attributed.