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Spotify announces changes to its Royalty System

Spotify published a post in its blog on November 21, 2023, announcing that is making changes to its Royalty System. Music Business Worldwide had already published an article about this matter last October.

November 24, 2023

Playlists made private by Spotify

In the past 12 months, I had two playlists made private by Spotify.

November 10, 2023

How are my Spotify playlists different?

For the last couple of years, I have been very active both as a playlister and as an artist submitting my songs to playlists through several different methods. And from time to time, I wonder ‘How are my Spotify playlists different?’.

April 20, 2021

About music promotion on a low budget

You, like me, invested a lot of time in composing and producing your music and now it’s time to release and promote it. You will probably be surprised that you will spend way more time on this phase than you actually did on creating your production. Working on these two sides of music-making is not an easy task. You will spend countless hours promoting your music on Reddit, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and other music communities. And you will probably get frustrated about how slow progress is. This page aims to give you some guidance about music promotion on a low budget.

February 22, 2021

Tokyo Dwellers

Last week I also released a second experiment in LoFi, also an EP with Japanese inspiration. Tokyo Dwellers contains two tracks: Golden Gai is the first one, and it is dedicated to this interesting neighbourhood/area in Shinjuku filled with micro-bars, most of which can only fit 6 or 7 people. It’s a unique experience. The […]

May 7, 2020

Nishiki

I released a single and an EP this past week. The first release I want to talk about is Nishiki, a track dedicated to the famous market in Kyoto. My visit to the city was brief but enough to discover a side of Japan very different from the one I saw in Tokyo. You can […]

May 2, 2020