Spotify recently issued an update that allows its users to block artists from automatically playing in playlists, charts, radio, or user’s personal library. The Spotify block feature or “Don’t play this artist” feature can be toggled on or off from each artist’s page. Once the artist is blocked Spotify will…Continue Reading
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The Local Festival Dilemma, Should you play or not?
A promoter contacts your band offering a chance to play a local festival they’re putting on. They state there’s going to be a bunch of awesome bands including some national acts, there will be a ton of people there, vendors, and all sorts of awesome activities. Sounds pretty good on…Continue Reading
Album vs EP: 7 Reasons Why You Should Stop Releasing Full Length Albums
Picture yourself being in a new band. You release a demo but then and your bandmates decide to release full length albums going forward. You release the album and it gains plenty of exposure, so you go on tour to support it. After the album touring cycle now what? You…Continue Reading
Social media and retailers want artists to fail
Harsh words right? Nobody wants to be told they will fail in anything let alone your dream. We already hear the typical “You know there’s no money in music right?” or the “What’s your back up plan?” spoken frequently by our family members but what if we’re now hearing this…Continue Reading
Why bands need to stop paying to play
Imagine this…your favorite band is coming to town. You would LOVE to open for them, a promoter approaches your band and says “would you like to open for them?”. Naturally your response is “hell yeah we would!” then the promoter drops the bombshell of “you can open for them but…Continue Reading