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.
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.
On the 25th October I am planning to release my second album ‘Entangled‘. In the run up to the release I’m going to try and write blogs about the process, how things are going and what needs to be done.… Read More »Entangled, my second album
– 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
Xenakis – Ergam (Jack Quartet) Julia Wolfe – Dig Deep (Ethel) Saariaho – Nymphae, “Jardin secret III” (Meta4) Giacinto Scelsi – String Quartet no. 1 (Arditti Quartet) Shostakovich – Quartet No 15 (Brodsky Quartet) Yannis Kyriakides – Antichamber Donnacha Dennehy… Read More »Matthew’s Weekly Playlist – 2nd July
After my initial slightly ranty post on Classical Music and Streaming I’m going to do a slightly more practical guide to self releasing in the digital age from a composer’s perspective. This is based on the assumption that you are… Read More »A Rough Guide to Self Releasing Classical Music (with more detail on playlists)
This week I read this headline iTunes Announces All Music Downloads Will Be Shut Down and It’s Not a ‘Black Mirror’ Episode Which turned out to be a complete lie after a very brief search Fake news: Apple isn’t killing… Read More »Classical Music, Composers, Performers and Streaming