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The business side of music.


Spotify Playlists

18 May 2021 1 minute read 2 comments KushT_UK

Spotify Playlists.   Ok, so we all know Spotify playlists are the new target to aim for, as musicians, in our ever-changing landscapes.   That being said; Spotify’s recent removal of 750,000 “terms violating” tracks does raise the question: how to us...

Remembering Real Gigs (2 minute read)

17 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments KushT_UK

Gigs, remember those?! August 2019, thanks to my normal winter break in 19/20, was the last time I got to gig. Lindisfarne 2019 to be exact. So that’s coming up 17 months without a proper gig in sight and from what I’m hearing looking like the entire...

Distribution Deals, With Distrokid. (2 minute read)

16 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments KushT_UK

DistroKid: (https://distrokid.com/vip/seven/1062679) If you have thought about distributing music on streaming platforms, you have probably come across the name Distrokid. Boasting good reviews on their home page from their competitors no less, not a...

Ethereum Record Label (2 minute read)

16 May 2021 1 minute read 5 comments KushT_UK

With the rising cost of GAS and the cost of minting your artwork using ETH, one can’t help but draw similarities with the entry costs involved in releasing music.    Artists have struggled for centuries now with the cost of effectively getting their...

Social fearlessness for musicians in 2021

14 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments KushT_UK

First and foremost, stop making excuses not to be on every available platform, specifically if that platform has recently set a track record of making hits from the songs it breaks? (Do I actually have to spell that out re: Tik Tok)   -Photo courtes...

Music in 2021

14 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments KushT_UK

Music has become a different game in the age of digital music streaming, tied closely to the world of advertising, music has become a vehicle to harvest attention. Spotify the global giant in the music streaming industry is under a lot of pressure no...