DistroKid vs. CD Baby: Which Distributor Is Right For You?
Wondering whether CD Baby or DistroKid is right for you? It’s a common question. Click here to skip to my quick breakdown. Keep reading for the details. The background on the comparison Back in the day, when I was still cool enough to wear bright blue Aeropostale t-shirts with the brand name emblazoned in big […]
“Wake Up” by Mad Season: Layne Staley’s Final Battle Cry
For ten long yearsThe leaves to rake upSlow suicide’s no way to go In early 1995, just as the crest of the Seattle wave is beginning to lose shape, preparing to dissipate into a sea of calm, predictable, tepid ripples, a work of quiet genius and generosity is forming. Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready, fresh from […]
Miru Song’s “You’re Doing Great” Has a Message We All Need to Hear
If any song could recreate the feeling of a gold star sticker on your kindergarten homework, Miru Song’s song (yea, a bit of a tongue-twister) “You’re Doing Great” might just be it. With his home in South Korea, but his heart in the UK, Miru Song’s travel between the two inspires his English discography. This […]
Max García Conover Hears the Crows Calling on “caw”
Max García Conover says his upcoming album, everything in winter, is “somewhat inspired by a suitcase full of letters my grandfather wrote” in the 1940s, to the woman who would become Conover’s grandmother. Conover’s writing is grounded in close attention to the way people tell their stories. “May this be the kind of night / […]
About “Orion, The Hunter,” by We Walk The Earth
So there’s this UK band I follow on Twitter, called We Walk The Earth. Okay, I follow 5,698 accounts on Twitter at the moment – fewer than I once did, but you know, things have gone on…. Anyway, I’ve interacted with these folks a bit too. And so the one night, the constellation Orion was […]
Chartmetric Review: Is It Worth It?
Is Chartmetric worth it? Here’s my quick answer that you might not like: It depends on what you’re looking for. From a pure functionality standpoint, oh yeah, it’s worth it. Chartmetric is the best tool I’ve found for compiling a huge range of data across a bunch of different platforms. From a sheer stats perspective, […]
Playlist Supply vs. Playlist Map vs. Artist Tools
Playlist finding tools are kind of a niche thing. To care about playlist finding tools, you’ve got to care about growing an audience on Spotify, then you have to come to the conclusion that playlists are a viable way to do that, then you’ve got to determine that you have the time to reach out […]
What the Spotify Updates Mean for Musicians
If you’ve got a Spotify for Artists account, you probably got that email last week… The one where they announced a gazillion feature updates that are actually kind of important. I don’t know about you, but I usually treat Spotify emails the same way I treat physical mail from my bank – I look at […]
Growing a YouTube Channel: An Update
Heading into this year, I made a commitment: Every week, I’d post a video to YouTube. My goal was to build a following on the platform, and my rationale, as I outlined a few months ago, is this: YouTube, for me, was the clear-cut choice to diversify my audience. It features short-form and long-form videos, […]
Spotify Growth Machine vs. Spotify Growth Engine
Wondering whether Spotify Growth Machine or Spotify Growth Engine is right for you? Wondering why the two courses are so similarly named that you keep forgetting which is which? I can’t answer the second question, but as someone who’s gone through both courses, here’s my quick answer to the first: Andrew Southworth’s course, Spotify Growth […]
