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How to use Spotify codes…try it on my code below…
ONE of the hobs on our induction range cooker has been playing up for a while and it;s generally been a bit flaky recently…this morning when
Try my Spotify code – use the camera in your Spotify app’s search tab to scan the code 🙂
Margaret goes to make the porridge it’s totally goosed…so it’s out with the camping stove.
Margaret finds a reasonably local repair company and arranges a call out and I spend the morning gathering facts, figures and some options for a local community project and arrange a meeting for tomorrow morning to discuss it all.
We’ve been trying to use Spotify codes to build my listenership on the platform, but I’m not so sure folks know what they are or how to use them. Maybe a Facebook livestream introducing the idea and showing how they work would be good…so we set up and do a quick Livestream which I then share round my social media and upload to IGTV (Instagram TV), YouTube etc too.
Next job it fix the two broken fence rails on our deck. I cut the ‘two-bie’ to length then remove the old/broken rails while Margaret paints the new wood.
I go for a walk up the loch-sdie while it’s drying then fix ’em on when I get back..the rest of the rails look grubby and tired by comparison, but at least it’s not bust anymore.
After dinner I do some work with a licencing deal to get my music in jukeboxes across the USA…the amount of confusing paperwork and other stuff is a pain, but I get the ball rolling…
Margaret paints the replacement fence rails for the deck….
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I manage to set up a Spotify pre-save – click the image above to check it out…
THE BOIL that appeared on the inside of my leg seems to have calmed down a bit…the hot compresses have helped, I think.
I have a landing page to sort out for my pal Rab’s website. It’s not due to go live yet, but it can be a technically challenging thing to set up, so I want to be prepared and also send him some ideas of how it could look.
It takes me all morning to come up with a technical solution.
The high winds have wreaked havoc in the garden so we try and tidy up some of the mess and hope things’ll calm down over the afternoon.
I’ve been stuck between a rock and a hard place about the promo for next week’s release of Whisky Trail. With no iTunes/Apple Music pre-order, I’ve been holding back any promo until the track is actually available to download/stream…but thinking again, that’ll likely all hit too late. I decide to get some promo out immediately.
I get a news release written up and put out to press, radio, web and other media along with a private listen/download link then go out for a walk.
By co-incidence the podcast I listen too is about new music promotion and the benefits of setting up a pre-save on Spotify. A pre-save is kinda like a pre-order but works for streaming. If someone pre-saves, the track is delivered to their playlist immediately it becomes available (ie: on release day).
I’d looked into this, but discounted it as none of the ‘free’ solutions offering to set it up worked. Now, I’m thinking again and that it might be worth paying the small fee to set it up..even if it only gives us an idea of whether to pursue it in future.
When I get home I set it all up, create a landing page for my own website and cross my fingers its worth the (albeit small) cost and work. Check it out here.
It’s after 8pm when I light the charcoal and cook the Vietnamese beef…fast becoming one of our favourites!
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I make a promo/teaser video for social media…
OFF into Glasgow again…I have some videos to upload and am meeting a pal later.
After dropping Margaret off I stop at McDonalds for coffee and wifi. I manage to get the new Whisky Trail video uploaded to YouTube and Facebook ready for ‘go live’ on release day next Thursday (21 June).
The 350 meg files upload in less than five minutes. That’d have been a 24-hour job from our connection at home.
I decide to make a ‘square format’ teaser video to post round social media and try and build a wee buzz about next week’s release. The square format is preferred for Facebook and Instagram, but making it isn;t so straighforward.
You can’t change the format of a video in iMovie and although it;s posible in Final Cut, it’s a bit of a pain.
Much simpler – and faster – is to create a square ‘slide’ in Keynote or Powerpoint and drag the video clip straight onto it. Then you can crop, size, add graphics or whatever you want then export it as a movie file. Done!
I had a bit of a problem getting InstaGram and Twitter to accept or play the video file, but after simply changing the filename extension from .m4v to .mp4 it all worked a treat.
Once done I park up at Glasgow Green and wander into town to meet my pal JJ from Wisconsin. We have a coffee then hit Non Viet for some lunch before walking through town.
I pick up some stuff form the mailbox and we carry on to the car an JJ comes with me to pick up Margaret and say hello.
We drop JJ off back in the city centre, get our shopping and make for home.
The wee teaser video’s been getting good traction – lots of comments and shares. Once I get some Spotifty pre-save links to create a tangible call to action I’ll likely turn it into a Facebook and Instagram ad.
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Krik and I hit the lochside for some chat, pix and filming. Photo: Kirk Lothian/Glasgow Blues Players
LOOKS like a nice day.
After breakfast I tidy the studio and try and set things up to be conducive to my intended routine of spending an hour every morning – right after breakfast – to play guitar and work on new ideas.
For too long songwriting and playing have been in the lower reaches of my priority list and only reached later in the day or evening when I’m usually burnt out,
Kirk – who runs the excellent Glasgow Blues Players website – is coming to visit and rolls up early afternoon. We talk music, photography, video, social media and all sorts over coffee then he spends some time shooting some interview footage and taking some pix.
The afternoon flies past and soon it’s time for a final coffee before he hits the road.
I spend some time messing with beats in Ableton Live then go back tot he house for dinner.
I’m aware that, as na artist, I’ve never really got behind Spotify – and the other streaming services – so resolve to fix that and spend some time researching ‘best practice’. I really need to focus on building my Spotify followers and making better use of the platform…I begin by spreading this link.
