Indie Artist Playbook – Part 4 Posting about your music isn’t the same thing as building an audience. For independent artists, social media can be one of the most powerful tools available. It can help you find new listeners, build relationships with fans, promote releases, and create opportunities. It can also become a huge time
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What does a talented guitarist do after 25 years of making other artists sound great? Ricky Z. answers that question on his sophomore solo album, Back To The Truth. The answer is: finally take the spotlight himself with some amazing session players supporting him.. Ricky Z. (born Ricky Zahariades) has spent decades as one of
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Every band hits the same wall eventually. The record’s mixed, mastered, and ready to go. But now you need album cover art that doesn’t look like it took five minutes in Canva or, worse, like it came out of an AI image generator. Price out a custom illustrator, though, and a good one can run
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Some music is meant to entertain. Our recent find EPTA7 seems more interested in getting inside your head. The Irish-Italian industrial metal and dark alternative project creates a cinematic world filled with paranoia, trauma, ghosts, strange creatures, and distorted realities. We caught up with the band to talk about their return, the unsettling universe behind Here
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Can an album make you think and move your feet at the same time? Our new friends NEYBAS pulls that off across all of Hello, Earth, their sixth full-length record. The Connecticut-based Trad Rock Jam band that’s been a fixture in the Northeast for decades. Their sound blends Americana warmth with the danceable energy of
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Indie Artist Playbook – Part 3 – In this edition learn how independent artists can build a music release strategy that creates buzz before, during, and after release day. A great song deserves more than a release-day post. For independent artists, releasing music can be exciting, but it can also be overwhelming. You have to
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For many emerging bands, finding an audience can take years. For Filipino indie pop band It All Started In May, the journey began with a handful of familiar OPM songs shared online. Their TikTok covers of classics such as Hotdog’s “Manila” and Parokya ni Edgar’s “Your Song” helped introduce the group to a wider audience
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There seems to always be fighting and anger in modern society. All it takes is to scroll through Instagram or Tiktok, and you will find someone hating on another person for what seems like the stupidest reason. In such a scary world, Alias Wayne creates a glimmer of light with his new album, Paradigm Shift.
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