Skeletons in the Cloud streaming everywhere now!
My new album Skeleton in the Cloud is streaming on every music streaming platform now.
The distribution process went rapidly faster than last time, 3 days, as opposed to a few weeks for my last release. Gotta be happy about that!
Additionally, I was finally verified by Spotify! This is awesome. What this means, aside from getting a Blue tick, is I can directly manage my artist profile on Spotify using Spotify for Artists. I can update information instantly, change my image, upload Canvas videos, and have access to really deep analytics about where my music is played and what else they’re listening too. Apparently even a summary of playlists my tracks have been added too. I still need to publish music through a distributor who send it off to all streaming platforms and do the administration and royalty collection. But the best thing about it is being able to change my artist image avatar. I was stuck with the cover image for my single release Potato aka Potato Man and it was really bothering me because it’s not on brand at all. Without verification and Spotify for Artists, all the information is automatically generated via the distributor with releases. Because Potato was my first release as a single, the cover image became my artist/band image. The only way to change it is to get verified.
That process was not a clear one and I’ve been trying on and off for about a year, rejected many times, but finally I thought to email the team responsible and explain my case and sure enough I was approved. These issues are not really a thing for artists who are signed to labels and have management teams and are members of recording industry associations, but I am not, I’m only small and independent. Maybe one day if it makes sense.
Please have a listen to Skeletons in the Cloud and read the liner notes and production journal here.
