Week 9: 22nd April to 28th April 18- Results
Sunday- Day 57
Activities:
- Spent the whole day looking at vans because i want to get a new one before I start playing live again. Something like a Mercedes Citan.
Results:
- Twitter followers- 377
- Youtube video 3- 4432
- Youtube Subscribers- 14
Monday- Day 58
Activities:
- Set up a new Soundcloud ready for the release.
Results:
- Twitter followers- 376
- Youtube video 3- 4616
- Youtube Subscribers- 14
Tuesday- Day 59
Activities:
- Applied for AWAL to see if they would deal with the distribution. I had very little evidence that I was a viable punt for them as this is the first release but I just risked it for a biscuit. I just thought if they turn me down then I will try someone else and if all else fails I will just use Tunecore or someone like that.
Results:
- Twitter followers- 376
- Youtube video 3- 4801
- Youtube Subscribers- 14
Wednesday- Day 60
- Got accepted by AWAL! wew wew wew!!! This was a nice surprise and a massive win early doors.
- Pestered Joe for some artwork as I needed this to set up the distribution and Ellie was asking for it as well.
Results:
- Twitter followers- 371
- Youtube video 3- 4990
- Youtube Subscribers- 15
Thursday- Day 61
Activities:
- Joe wanted me to go to the pub to get a photo for the artwork. I gladly accepted this task.
- I took a load of photos and sent them to him.
- There was an old man in the pub playing a home made washboard. Naturally, all I want to do now is make one!
Results:
- Twitter followers- 373
- Youtube video 3- 5232
- Youtube Subscribers- 15
Friday- Day 62
Activities:
- Joe sent me the artwork he had come up with and I ran it through some stuff in Lightroom to give it a film feel to tie in with the image I have gone for for this project.
Results:
- Twitter followers- 370
- Youtube video 3- 5479
- Youtube Subscribers- 15
Saturday- Day 63
Activities:
- Uploaded everything I had done this week for Ellie at the PR company.
- Now I had the artwork I could upload to AWAL and I set a distribution date (which they still need to confirm).
Results:
- Twitter followers- 370
- Youtube video 3- 5644
- Youtube Subscribers- 15
Summary:
I am almost in a position where I can begin to relax and enjoy the build up to the release. My social media is suffering at the minute as I am concentrating so much on the release. It is a really unrealistic expectation to keep everything balanced when you are working on your own. Things such as social media take a lot of time to manage and in an ideal situation would have someone dedicated just to them. I should maybe look into scheduled posts and programs that manage all my social media from one hub.
Social media aside though it is great to think that in two months I have been so productive and consistent with the blog and just my work ethic. It is really easy to put music second when you have a busy life outside of it and by just making an hour a day and dedicating a bit of budget to it, I am really enjoying it again and doing cool things. Thanks to everyone who has supported it so far!
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