Soundtracking Your World: The Ultimate Guide to Adding Your Own Music on Spotify

We’ve all been there: you have an unreleased demo, a rare live mixtape, a custom mashup, or your own independent album that isn’t on streaming services, and you want it sitting right next to your favorite mainstream tracks on Spotify.

Depending on your goal—whether you want to listen to your private audio files seamlessly across your devices, or release your original music for the entire world to stream—the path varies. This comprehensive guide walks you through both methods: using Spotify’s Local Files feature for personal listening, and using a music distributor to publish your tracks globally.

Method 1: Adding Personal Tracks for Private Listening (Local Files)

If you just want to listen to music files already saved on your computer or phone (like MP3s, WAVs, or FLACs) inside the Spotify app, you can do this easily using the Local Files feature.