Tag: creative life
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When it comes to making music, never give up!
I can just imagine the CDs I’ve sent out as promotion material to radio stations spending mere moments in a CD player and then going directly into the trash can. Even after getting permission to send a CD to a radio station or blog, I sometimes wonder if they even listened to all of the…
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Take Me on a Sleigh Ride new Christmas song is now live on Pandora
Hello everyone! Coming in to the holiday season this year 2023 I have released several new Christmas songs. Pandora Radio has a wonderful program for artists that allows a track to be featured for 8 weeks. I have launched a campaign for the new holiday track “Take Me on a Sleigh Ride” and it has…
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Thank you to the three people that streamed my music this week
Would you be number 4? Click the image below to listen 🙂 I would really be happy if you did. Thank you 🙂
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Statistically, Nobody Is Listening To Most Bands On Spotify
https://metalinjection.net/its-just-business/statistically-nobody-is-listening-to-most-bands-on-spotify
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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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NFTs Required to Access Premium Playlists — Lets Collect NFT
Spotify, the world’s leading music streaming platform announce a new pilot program – NFT Playlists. This new experience aims to revolutionize the way people listen to music. The NFT playlists allow unique NFT holders to offer an exclusive music experience for members of Web3 communities. The first few web3 communities that access this pilot feature […]…
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Songwriting as a lifestyle and career
If you are an independent artist and you know how exhausting it can be to do all of your music marketing on your own. Spending countless hours staring at a computer screen working on marketing strategies and material that may not even work. I started playing guitar and writing music when I was 16 years…
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I bought my first audio book from Spotify.
https://open.spotify.com/show/4AQiioDhzdx9oY8TvsGW4C?si=jDB98iIpSbGzMo1uIsEAfQ&utm_source=native-share-menu I am thrilled that Spotify now sells audiobooks. I have always used Audible and have been a member for many years, but I am really going to enjoy having my audiobooks in the same app that I use for music and podcasts.
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A bands view. Spotify for artists, and what bands see when you stream their tracks.
It’s exciting to view streaming stats, and the “people listening now” numbers on the screen live virtually in real time. This is a short screen recording of what an artist sees as soon as you stream their music. I sometimes leave the streaming count up on the screen of my spare phone while I’m cleaning,…
Coffee & a Playlist 