Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At home, right?! I am working as part of a small team pushing a really great startup, SHOUT4 which enables independent artists, managers, labels etc to create deals online – crucially they\u2019re \u2018rev share\u2019 deals, which means you can use the sharing of future revenues as a way to negotiate down upfront costs from a professional. Like, imagine wanting to get your music produced by Inflo, he MIGHT consider a reduction in upfront fees if you were prepared to cut him in on publishing and live. Possibly Inflo may not have the time actually, but you get the point? Crucially, these deals can be done on a mobile, in a studio, they\u2019re approved by Clintons and artists. It\u2019s a startup, so it\u2019s all hands to the pump always!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A playlist called \u201cThe Sun Laughs At The Earth<\/a>\u201d from US artist Bobby Lee. Nice and wobbly and warm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m lucky to be constantly surrounded by musicians and the word of mouth works really well! A dear friend runs \u2018The Book And Record Bar<\/a>\u2019 in London and he\u2019s always turning me on to amazing music. A few friends and I do a monthly playlist together on Spotify and that\u2019s always really fun and great for discovery (it\u2019s called \u2018Crimonex\u2019 and it\u2019s monthly and we\u2019ve set it up badly so you can\u2019t follow it, a Christmas project). I hate to say it, as a vinyl purist, but that \u2018Discover Weekly\u2019 algorithm is a clever thing! I often read blogs, especially on Rough Trade and follow many artists on Bandcamp who often inspire. I\u2019m constantly amazed at the amount of great music out there, I thought I knew a lot, turns out\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vinyl is my go-to but my main shop window is DSPs. I tend to try things out in DSPs and make a purchase from a record shop. I bought the recent Floating Points LP on CD totally by accident, but that\u2019s been lovely in the car (that old). It\u2019s funny, the way I consume music is so utterly different! DSPs are (as I think Bowie predicted) like \u201crunning water\u201d, always there, always on. If I want to listen to a record then that\u2019s a decision, a commitment and a totally different experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At home these days. I still work in music production when I\u2019m lucky, so I do have a lovely setup with Universal Audio and Focal monitors which are utterly under-used playing from Spotify all day whilst working! Vinyl-wise, I have a QUAD setup with Focus One deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Interesting, I\u2019m not sure I listen to that much pre-release unless I\u2019m somehow involved in it actually. Traditionally, SoundCloud<\/a>, Google, Disco<\/a>. If a project I\u2019m involved with, then often Digital Pigeon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I cannot stand Google links to music, such a clumsy interface for that, won\u2019t play hi-res through the browser etc. SoundCloud\u2019s feature of skipping to utterly irrelevant musical genres after listening to a link is infuriating also. I hate all ads. Email and WhatsApp links are a pain too, like, who wants that? The minute you click anywhere on your PC the music stops!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Save to playlists mainly if on the DSPs. Otherwise, I struggle to be totally honest, it\u2019s a web of desktop files, downloaded files, uploaded to Dropbox \/ Soundcloud \/ Google. It\u2019s not very efficient, that’s for sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I struggle to be totally honest, it\u2019s a web of desktop files, downloaded files, uploaded to Dropbox \/ Soundcloud<\/a> \/ Google. It\u2019s not very efficient, that’s for sure.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\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