While some of us might still be hanging on to various NY’s eve playlists, most curators are already well into the game of digging through fresh 2018 stuff. The sheer amount of new music hitting platfo…
How to Enforce Deadlines – Smoothly
Being able to enforce deadlines is an extremely important skill set when conducting creative endeavors. Especially if you’re working with a team structure, be it with label, booking agency or somethin…
9 Exciting Challenges of Current D.I.Y. Realities
We collected some interesting challenges many D.I.Y. musicians face – and also some ideas on how to master them. Tag on and let’s get cooking: Dealing with the peripheral workload Problem…
ANT ANTIC: “Don’t Forget to Fucking Enjoy It”
After Ant Antic released their debut album “Wealth” in early 2017, they managed to not only bring forth an outstanding, bass-heavy piece of music, but also played successful shows includin…
Agree to Disagree – Musical Friction as a Potential
The fundamental idea behind musical friction is mutual progress. It takes a lot more energy to break out of an echo-chamber, looking for opinions that greatly diverge from one’s own. We gathered sever…
Compassion in Creation – Fostering Your Music Ecosystem
Maintaining tight relationships within your personal music ecosystem is incredibly important, no matter which stage of musical development you’re in. There’s a huge difference between short-term, situ…
We Invented Paris: “Show, don’t tell”
Words: Andrew Swann (Substance Is Meaningless) Photo: WIP Press, Karine & Oliver Okay, so no, WE INVENTED PARIS didn’t actually really invent Paris, the city dates back to the 3rd cen…
4 music streaming success factors
Music streaming has become a vital force in most release campaigns. Especially for D.I.Y. musicians the power of generating new and expanding existing fan-bases is a definite advantage. Good digital d…
Things We Learned Last Week #9
We hope you enjoyed your easter holidays – we certainly did. It’s time to get back to work now and for us that means reflecting about the things we learned last week. Here we go: #1 Let yo…
Things We Learned Last Week #6
Austria is among the many countries that adopt the daylight saving time. With one hour less sleep, lets go into a sleepy yet motivated Things We Learned Last Week #6. #1 Coders per se might not be the…