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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

NSH, Jaksch – California

I don’t normally venture on the pop side of music, but California, by NSH and Jaksch deserves an exception here. Play this song after a long workday and you will find renewed energy for whatever the night has in store for you. The song is extremelly well-writen and beautifully performed. The singer is talented and […]

April 22, 2020

Lost Frequencies, Zonderling, Kelvin Jones – Love To Go

Lost Frequencies, Zonderling and Kelvin Jones found a pleasant mix of indie rock and electronica with Love To Go. Yes, the track starts with a nice acoustic guitar part that almost reminds me of Phillip Phillips but then becomes heavily electronic in its chorus. The vocals are beautiful and the song is well written. You […]

April 21, 2020

Tomer Aaron – Taste of the Devil

Taste of the Devil, by Tomer Aaron, has great mixing work, an arrangement that keeps things interesting from the start to the end of the song and cool trance-like synthesizers. The vibrato/auto-tune is just the right amount and makes for nice vocals. You can find this tune on my Electronica playlist.

April 14, 2020