Lockdown Analytics
The music industry is reporting a reduction in streams due to Covid 19. I have seen the opposite so decided to dive into it a little.
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Preadd, presave and preorder
It has been about a month since my last blog on Registrations and Distribution in this series on releasing Entangled and I promised to talk about pre-saving. So here goes. But first, as ever… And now onto presaving and what… Read More »Preadd, presave and preorder
Entangled – Registrations and Distribution
Today has been a day of looking at spreadsheets, adding meta data, uploading music and registering it all. Boring but the stuff I warned you about at the start. This is the really important blog about getting your music out… Read More »Entangled – Registrations and Distribution
Entangled – Mixing
After recording everything you then have to edit and mix it. This can be a really easy process or a really hard one depending on how well the sessions went, how many takes you have to choose from and how… Read More »Entangled – Mixing
Motion to Musicians Union Conference 2019
Below is my speech supporting a successful motion I wrote (see above photo) asking the Musicians’ Union to lobby to change streaming distribution models. Conference, I request that you support motion two on online streaming. Online streaming is quickly becoming… Read More »Motion to Musicians Union Conference 2019
Studio Week
I am starting this the day before I head to Manchester to rehearse and record with the Aurea Quartet so I can do a check-list as much for you as for myself. Scores printed and marked up (inc. possible take… Read More »Studio Week
41- Matthew’s Weekly Playlist 26-6-2019
– Donnacha Dennehy – Pushpulling (Jasper String Quartet / Sono Luminus) – Daniel Elms – Islandia (Christian Barraclough, Jonathan French, Tomáš Klement, Tereza Privatska, Julia Loucks, Tom Hankey & Adam Szabo / New Amsterdam Records) – Matthew Whiteside – Piece… Read More »41- Matthew’s Weekly Playlist 26-6-2019
40 – Matthew’s Weekly Playlist of (mostly) Contemporary Classical and Avant Garde Music – 10/6/2019
– John Adams – The Dharma at Big Sur (BBC Symphony Orchestra / Nonesuch) – Daníel Bjarnason – Bow to String (Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir / Bedroom Community) – Missy Mazzoli – Vespers for Violin (Olivia De Prato / New Focus Recordings)… Read More »40 – Matthew’s Weekly Playlist of (mostly) Contemporary Classical and Avant Garde Music – 10/6/2019
Matthew Weekly Playlist – 4-4-2019
– Shiva Feshareki – Composiiton No. 1 (RESIST) – David Lang – Orpheus Over and Under (Double Edge) – Matthew Whiteside – Piece for Violin and Bass Clarinet (Emma Lloyd and Joanna Nicholson) – Alex Groves – Curved form (Eliza… Read More »Matthew Weekly Playlist – 4-4-2019
Matthew Weekly Playlist – 16-3-2019
– David Fennessy – Hirta Rounds (Munich Chamber Orchestra / NMC Recordings) – Matthew Whiteside – Piece for Violin and Bass Clarinet (Emma Lloyd and Joanna Nicholson) – Kaija Saariaho – Sept Papillons (Dirk Wietheger / Ensemble Musikfabrik) – Caroline… Read More »Matthew Weekly Playlist – 16-3-2019