Submissions

artist development

  • The Modern Independent Streaming Artist’s Guide

    A practical guide for independent artists building recorded-music careers through strategic releases, accurate rights and metadata, genuine listeners, direct fan relationships, and sustainable income.

  • The Modern Independent Artist’s Guide to Local Gigs and Mini-Tours

    How to find the right rooms, book fair shows, route efficiently, control costs, grow real audiences, and turn every performance into future opportunity. Playing live can still create something that streaming and social platforms cannot fully reproduce: the artist and listener sharing the same songs, in the same room, at the same time. A well-built…

  • Before the World Caught Up with Alexandra Kay

    I first heard Alexandra Kay taking requests on Facebook Live. What came next was not one lucky break, but years of work. The first time I heard Alexandra Kay, she was on Facebook Live with her band. As I remember it, they were sitting around in what looked like a living room, taking song requests…