London, UK.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m currently Head of Ticketing and Campaigns at\u00a0Music Glue<\/a>. Music Glue is an e-commerce platform tailored for the music industry.\u00a0Bands and their management companies, as well as record labels, merch companies, promoters, venues etc. can sell physical and digital music, merchandise, and tickets in their own marketplace, in multiple currencies and languages, direct to their fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My daily tasks involve overseeing our ticketing network and setting up tour presale with tickets, along with the booking agents and promoters. I also manage album pre-order campaigns, which involves dealing with different parties (management companies, record labels, merch companies etc.). I also do a lot of account management and help our various clients to make the most of their Music Glue account and store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lately I\u2019ve been going through my Last FM account (mostly active between 2005 and 2011) and rediscovered all those bands that I was listening to back then, which was quite a fun thing to do. I\u2019ve also put some playlists together so everything is in one place. Favourites included Blur, Art Brut, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Pulp, Mansun, Manic Street Preachers, the Strokes etc. I still love those bands! Otherwise, I\u2019d say my tastes are quite eclectic; I\u2019m not going to list any specific genres here, but I\u2019d say my favourites are synth-fuelled and 80s sounding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From a few different ways I guess, main one being streaming links sent by my friends and\/or some of my family members. We all have similar music tastes so I can trust them. Live music is also pretty important (don\u2019t miss the support band!). Recommendations from streaming services are good too (although they\u2019ve been a bit repetitive lately). I also like reading about new music on webzines and the playlists they put together are very handy too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Live music is also pretty important (don\u2019t miss the support band!)”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Streaming services so either full albums or playlists. As for physical, I do love records and my collection has really expanded lately (I\u2019m very partial to limited coloured vinyls).<\/p>\n\n\n\n I used to collect CDs when I was younger and listen to digital downloads on my iPod (RIP), I do neither of these things anymore so I guess the equivalent now is streaming services and vinyl. The sound on vinyls is great and better listened to at a very loud voIume. I like the idea of owning all those albums I love on vinyl. It also makes the artwork stand out, which we tend to forget a bit when listening to digital music. The most exciting thing is also when you stumble across a record (rare or not) that you\u2019ve been looking for for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I work from home currently so music is always on, whether I\u2019m working or not. I used to love listening to music whilst commuting too; my commute was the perfect duration to listen to an album in full.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At home, I have my speakers just by my record player and collection in the living room. I tend to listen to music on streaming services whilst I\u2019m working though so I don\u2019t need to stand up to flip the sides!<\/p>\n\n\n\n I often get sent pre-released music links by the artists I work with which is very lucky and exciting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s awesome to be able to listen to music digitally on any devices whenever and wherever we want. I\u2019ve discovered so many new artists and genres since starting using it. However, I do think that you need a good sound set up\/speakers to make the most of it. I also find it frustrating that I always get the same artists\/songs recommended to me or nothing too different to what I usually listen to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I usually create new playlists and save albums or favourite tracks. Always fun to go back to those after you haven\u2019t thought about them in a while. I also have a record wishlist which I keep updated. Otherwise, I\u2019d say I\u2019m lucky to have a good memory, so there\u2019s always stuff I remember straight away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n Yes all the time! We\u2019ve started a listening session on streaming services with my friends on Fridays during lockdown which is a lot of fun. You basically add anything you\u2019d like to share in the queue and it gets played on each of our speakers at home. I also like to create new themed playlists, for example based on a specific music genre or end of year round up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019d recommend checking out the band Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs (what a name) who should become your new favourite riffy killer band (for Black Sabbath fans!). Their website is powered by Music Glue and you can get some vinyls and sweet merch from there<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhere do you work? What do you do?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Also been listening to a lot of My Bloody Valentine now that their back catalogue is back on streaming services (also received their first album on vinyl!). Very exciting.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHow do you discover new music?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
What formats do you usually listen to? LP, CD, Cassette, Digital, Streaming Services? Why?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Where do you do most of your music listening?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
How do you find and listen to pre-release music?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
What are your frustrations with listening to music digitally? Any benefits?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
How do you keep track of everything you are listening to?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Do you tip other people off to new music? How?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Anything you want to \u201cpromote\u201d?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n