Founder of the Social Media Escape Club
I just switched to the Brave browser, from Chrome, and I’m practically giddy about it.
Tonight I archived a bunch of old emails from my Fastmail account. Exported to Zip files, put ’em on external HD. Just like, 1000s of random sent emails, automated receipts and shit. Sure, I could have gone through and deleted a bunch, but nah.
This weekend I’ll be shutting down my Google Workspace account, and shuffling that email back to Fastmail. The less money I give to Google, the better.
Lord Nap, ‘The Savior Complex’
“These acts of sharing feel at least as substantial as the sharing I do online, reminding me that there is a wide, weird, and (often) wonderful world beyond the screen.”
There are sooooo many people who aren’t online!
“If a marketer is smart about finding, courting and delighting the group most likely to spread the idea, it’s time well spent,” Seth Godin
Now replace “marketer” with musician, artist, poet…
Who is the group most likely to spread your idea? Your music? Your art?
Maybe you’ve got just 10 people on your email list. Start there.
Selling one album on Bandcamp (or at a show) will put actual money in your pocket, and usually an email address for your newsletter list.
“It’s not on Spotify and it never will be. The corporate music industry and the tech oligarchy have nothing to offer me or my music.”
Save your 5,000 word essays about how Chappell Roan is wrong and buy a fucking album or a hoodie from a band you like.
“That’s the purpose of my link blog: it’s an ongoing log of things I’ve found—effectively a combination of public bookmarks and my own thoughts and commentary on why those things are interesting.”
Hitting closer to home, one day at a time.
If you ever think self promotion is cheesy just listen to truck commercials. They’re the absolute worst.
So go on and talk about your cool prints and photo books and limited edition hand numbered cassettes, cuz those are a LOT cooler.
Sunday nights are for digging through external drives and playing MP3 files of pre-release versions of songs from albums released in 2003.
