{"id":2706,"date":"2021-05-11T08:58:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T08:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/?post_type=interview&#038;p=2706"},"modified":"2022-08-09T14:57:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T14:57:18","slug":"stuart-vallans","status":"publish","type":"interview","link":"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/interview\/stuart-vallans\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuart Vallans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where are you based?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Nottingham, UK (you reds!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Where do you work? What do you do?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Marshall Amplification, I\u2019m the head of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/marshall.com\/marshall-live-agency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marshall Live Agency<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are you listening to?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Physics House Band, CRASHFACE, Midsleep, Converge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How do you discover new music?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Just chatting to folks, the majority of people I talk to on a regular basis all have great tastes in music so having a great network of credible filters helps!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What formats do you usually listen to? LP, CD, Cassette, Digital, Streaming Services? Why?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Streaming all the way. I love the idea of vinyl but the convenience of streaming just fits in with a busy family life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Where do you do most of your music listening?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>At work when I\u2019m sent new songs to listen (although I prefer silence when working!). Other than that the commute in the car to Milton Keynes from Nottingham (pre lockdown!) is where I do a lot of my proper listening<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How do you find and listen to pre-release music?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I get sent a lot of it from promoters, managers, other industry folks etc. Again having those credible filters means I know the music being sent me is going to be good. The same goes the other way, I\u2019m always sending new tunes out to people that I think will enjoy it, all about sharing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are your frustrations with listening to music digitally? Any benefits?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The lack of liner notes, I used to love looking through the thanks and credits on albums (I still know every word to Spit It Out by Slipknot thanks to the physical album)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;I used to love looking through the thanks and credits on albums&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How do you keep track of everything you are listening to?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The search function on Spotify, plus I tend to remember the good stuff. I\u2019ve got a Spotify playlist for all the really belting songs I get sent. Tracks need to be really good to stick out though, I get so much sent through that they really need to be exceptional to make the playlist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Do you tip other people off to new music? How?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Always, I just send Spotify \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/byta.com\/compare\/byta-vs-soundcloud-bandcamp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SoundCloud<\/a> \/ Bandcamp links<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Anything you want to \u201cpromote\u201d?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polarstates.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Polar States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/7dxUKrjbdkaAl1nCCYblq7?si=8Xf5MyxjTSSG8vNSOjaR-Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Make Friends<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gallusareaband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gallus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deezer.com\/en\/artist\/4637911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elijah Miller<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/marshall.com\/marshall-live-agency\/artists\/crashface\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CRASHFACE<\/a>, all great bands, great people and have some belting tours being announced soon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"template":"","tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Stuart Vallans: Interview - #HowWeListen from Byta<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Stuart Vallans, head Marshall Amplification&#039;s new live agency talks to Byta about music discovery, new artists and listening habits!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/interview\/stuart-vallans\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stuart Vallans: Interview - #HowWeListen from Byta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Stuart Vallans, head Marshall Amplification&#039;s new live agency talks to Byta about music discovery, new artists and listening habits!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/interview\/stuart-vallans\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"#HowWeListen from Byta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/BytaLtd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-09T14:57:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stuart-vallans-hero.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"690\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"550\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stuart-vallans-hero.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@BytaLtd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/interview\/stuart-vallans\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/interview\/stuart-vallans\/\",\"name\":\"Stuart Vallans: Interview - #HowWeListen from Byta\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-11T08:58:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-09T14:57:18+00:00\",\"description\":\"Stuart Vallans, head Marshall Amplification's new live agency talks to Byta about music discovery, new artists and listening habits!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/interview\/stuart-vallans\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/interview\/stuart-vallans\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/interview\/stuart-vallans\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Interviews\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/interviews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Stuart Vallans\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/\",\"name\":\"#HowWeListen from Byta\",\"description\":\"Music Interviews &amp; 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