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How to Use SubmitHub in 2023

SubmitHub. It’s a controversial platform, I know. Maybe you love it. Maybe you hate it. Maybe you hate that you love it. All of those reactions are totally understandable. I’ve been on SubmitHub as a curator for the last five years, and over that span I’ve run dozens of my own campaigns and the full […]

When Should You Pay to Promote Music?

I watch YouTube videos now. Before last year, believe it or not, I rarely watched YouTube videos – like, almost never. But last year I started my own channel, and since then I’ve been on the platform much more often. I’ve consequently discovered how hard it is not to click a thumbnail that piques your […]

Partnered Projects Review: Is Their Spotify Promo Worth It?

Thinking about using Partnered Projects and wondering if they’re worth it? I’ll give you the short answer first: Based on my personal experience running a campaign, Partnered Projects is a legit, effective means of driving streams and engagement on Spotify. Our campaign, which I received as a free trial worth $189, drove about 10,275 streams […]

8 Best Songwriting Competitions to Enter in 2024

Entering a songwriting competition can be beneficial in many ways. If you’re a beginner, you’ll get unprecedented exposure while observing and sharing experiences with other like-minded artists, and you might receive a monetary prize or record label deal if you’re successful. A songwriter contest is also an opportunity to understand how we can improve our […]

7 Best Guitar Courses in 2023

If you have played in various bands for almost two decades, like myself, chances are you started playing some of your bandmates’ instruments. In my case, that’s the guitar. I was never a proficient guitarist, but every now and then, during a show, I’d abandon my beloved drum set and accompany the occasional (and often […]

What’s the point of music marketing?

What’s the point of it all? If your mind has ever circled this question like flotsam in a whirlpool as you lie in a cold sweat staring at the ceiling at 3am, poring over all that could’ve been, all that still might be, and all the wide-spiraling wonder of existence – well, today’s your lucky […]

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