Tag: independent music release strategy

  • Latest Music Projects and Life in the Creative Lane

    Latest Music Projects and Life in the Creative Lane

    One amazing thing is how long it can take to update things. I’ve been doing a lot of it lately. Updating music, updating websites, email, even stuff like toothpaste and pickleball paddles.

    In the last several months I tried out several pickleball paddles. Have you missed the fact that I’ve also been eyeing playing pro pickleball? Well, the paddle I was using got banned and the replacement sent to me by the company was less than desirable.

    Let’s just say that my game went to shit with it and it was a hunt to find a new paddle. I found it and my game has made a nice comeback. So my quest for pro status is coming round the corner (in musical parlance).

    For those that like to take care of their teeth, of which I am one, there was a discussion with a friend back in January about such things. He mentioned something called Nano Hydroxyapatite. A few days later I did a little digging on the subject and found that I aligned with that concept. Now I’m brushing my teeth with toothpaste that contains it.

    Of course if you’ve been following the updates I’ve been posting over the last several months, you may understand the plight, trials, tribulations and triumphs around the email. It’s working better than ever before, and that’s great!

    As for the websites, they are also doing much much better than a few months ago. So much so that another task is underway to improve them on the backend in a metadata way. It’s going quite well thanks to the new server.

    Which brings me round to the music. There is a plethora of music on the way. A lot of it is updates to past music. Making way for the releases of new music yet to come, and yes it is finished and awaiting release.

    This week is an update for Do You Want to Play. This time around it’s a version for the Las Vegas Raiders. The Raiders switched homes and now there’s a version for the Raiders of Las Vegas. There’s new artwork and if you’re an Apple Music user, there’s an animated cover along with the Apple Digital Master status.

    My friends in Vegas are proud of their new NFL team. And they’re happy about the song to go with it!

  • Touch Is Here: Behind the Scenes of My New Single and Recording Studio Journey

    Touch Is Here: Behind the Scenes of My New Single and Recording Studio Journey

    Touch-Jody-Whitesides

    Making good on the threat of a new look to the website, Touch is here. As of 12:01 this a.m. I’ve spotted Touch being available on iTunes and Amazon. I’m told Spotify, and other sites should be live with it today. As should the video be on VEVO / YouTube sometime later today.

    Touch Is Here

    As soon as I find out the link for Spotify & VEVO, I’ll be linking more places of where Touch is on the Touch page. There will be updates occurring throughout the day and the next day or so as all the links become available to me. Kinda weird launching a song on a specific day and then still having to wait to see it go live like everyone else.

    My desire is when the next single launches, they all are able to coordinate their times. We can all wish right?

    Another launch today is episode one of Inside The Recording Studio also launches today. Meaning, you can now start the journey of how Touch got recorded, piece by piece.

    p.s. – stay tuned because in the not too distant future I’ll be announcing how you could win something extremely cool via a geocache hunt.

  • Hero Unexpected Hits Canada First: Radio Push, Remixes, and New PR Team

    Little changes are a coming. First off I want to happily announce that I have a new PR point of contact. My new PR Goddess is Nina Grenningloh. You’ll find her contact info on my contact page. We’re in the process of updating information around here. Additionally we’re working on the campaign for the impending release of Hero Unexpected.

    That’s right, you’ve heard about the song that’s causing a stir amongst the living. Well it’s finally going to see the light of day in a few weeks. Thanks to another goddess by the name of Shairah. Shairah will be heading up the radio campaign in Canada. Which is where Hero Unexpected will be making it’s debut shortly.

    Hero Unexpected will be my first mega-single type of release. The digital EP will contain the original version of the song along with 5 remixes done by some hot remix artists including Robert Vadney, Liquid Vision, Chris Hellstrom, Jesse Stern, and Chris ‘Von Pimpinstein’ Carter.

    A new promoter has joined the crew as well. So more shows will be getting booked.

    Stay tuned as more exciting things are about to happen.