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Why Musicians Should Stop Chasing Playlists

For some years now, playlists have been touted to musicians as the promised land. Get on the right playlist, and all is well. Streams will flow. Hits will roll in. Careers flourish. Champagne is likely popping. The reality of it is this: your track ends…

Accounts Artists Need to Unfollow in 2026

By 2026, attention is the most valuable resource in the artist’s arsenal and it’s under siege. Not through a lack of opportunity, but through an endless deluge of content intended to distract, dilute, and disconnect writers from their own voice. Here are the accounts that…

Why Indie Music Is Slowing Down And Why That’s a Good Thing

Success in the independent music world for so long had one definition and one definition alone: speed. Faster releases. Faster content. Faster growth. The songs came out to satisfy the algorithm, not the listener. The measure was attention. The end game was output. But things…