Category: The creative life
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Unsigned does not equal crap
Now the dust has settled a little, was Radio X DJ Chris Moyles right to say what he did? Are most unsigned bands crap? The short answer is no. I think this is a very disingenuous statement that is nothing short of an insult to unsigned bands; he is very much wrong. Chris Moyles’ statement…
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Someone scanned my music marketing coffee mug QR code today
I was walking with my playlist promotion coffee mug today and someone asked me about it so I said “scan it”, and they did. The QR code took them to the coffee mug playlists page on submittoplaylists.com When I first designed the coffee mug artwork I was hoping that it would stand out enough to…
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What’s so special about Spotify music promotion services?
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that Spotify is one of the biggest music services nowadays and the target platform of every music artist. No wonder that many artists want to upload their tracks on Spotify because it gathers an enormous number of listeners. But, if you are a beginning artist trying to find…
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I Signed A Big Record Deal And Thought I’d Made It. I Had No Idea What I Was About To Face.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/signed-big-record-deal-thought-140032386.html
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So many years in and still going
Thinking back to almost 20 years ago when i first wrote these songs it’s hard to believe that so much time has gone by. So many years of writing and recording and all the work that has gone into these songs. Seeing them come together in their re-recorded form is one of the most fulfilling…
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Can independent / DIY bands generate enough buzz to be as powerful as a major label?
Let’s find out! Click on the image below to visit the pinboard playlist page.
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Making a better Spotify playlist
As independent artists, we all want to build great playlists and include our own music on them to introduce our work to a wider streaming audience. There are some really big mistakes that artists often make when creating and promoting their playlist and it can really derail the main object of the playlist. Here are…
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I ordered playlist promotion bumper stickers!
To further promote the pinboard playlists on submittoplaylists.com I have ordered bumper stickers for my car. The url to submit to playlists website is printed on the sticker along with the QR code that can be scanned with most smartphone cameras. Hopefully this will spread the word to local bands and artists looking to promote…
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Submit to songwriter playlist
Check out the new songwriter playlist. If you are a singer songwriter you can submit your track
Coffee & a Playlist 