Music Business | Tips & Tutorials

It's hard up here, really hard but over the last 24 hours I have received so much love & support from not just my friends but also from my community. It's inspired me to push forward. I was so overwhelmed with everyone's kind words yesterday that I thought I better do something about my energy & crappy headspace. It's a new day, a new month & a new season so I'm going to force myself into a positive place by helping people. In the part of the universe that inspires me the most, the music industry. So, I've just created a mailing list where I'll be sending out online tutorials, tips & tricks about the music business, hopefully helping in some way to those extremely talented musicians in areas that they are no so fluent. 

You can sign up here:  http://eepurl.com/bxFKKH 

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Brother James

The one who's a man of very little words but who shines a beaming light.

Oh how I miss you Bro.

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Isolated Yet Inspired

4 weeks ago my life changed. Dramatically. I left my extremely rewarding n comfortable dream job, loving work crew, supportive friendship family & funny-as-fuck household in the city... to follow my dreams. 

Today I found myself isolated yet inspired. 

I’m now situated 1400kms North West of Perth living back at home with my (non-cray) parents, in the small town of Tom Price. Whilst in the process of securing a job on the mine site. I’m doing some freelance work with a crew of extremely talented Perth creatives and am working on evolving Inkind Collective 

with Ari over the next 6 Months.

[Pictured Jerome | Jonte | Alison | Aolie]

Since being here I have got my Learner Plates (for those who don’t know, this is a MASSIVE deal for me) and I’ve released the 2nd Yung Love Mixtape with Beni Chill, Anton n Aolie! I’ve started working with Perth Fashion Designer Jonté on her Designer Hire range & I'm working with Arerolse Acrobatic Jerome Davenport on a tour of the States in 2016. As well as assisting Alison Draper and Aolie on their first Art Exhibition in December. With all these commitments you think I would be flat out… Not so much, we’ll kind of, but not at all.

See I’ve been extremely manic since making the move. Which isn't always a bad thing but I’m very cautious when it comes to my mental state that “what goes up must come down”. Since leaving my job I've had hundred’s of creatives thoughts, business ventures and  #CraftOverShaft concepts racing around in my head which has made it really hard to stay focused. Pottery Projects, styled wedding shoots at Karajini and a Floristy App have been competing for my mental 

attention Until today. 

After doing a call out on FB for inspiring music and all the wonderful suggestions I received, it brought me back to what I love most of all. That being music. So today I made a promise to myself to stay focused on the freelance work, Inkind Collective and the most importantly the music.

Some of the suggestions were so on-point that I could not share them with the world, so below I have created a small playlist named 'Isolated yet Inspired'.

Thanks to all who contributed, I hope you enjoy as much as I did! 

Want more click here!  
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Yung Love: A Mixtape Series | Edition 2

I'm SUPER excited to share this with you as I feel it's the start of something truly wonderful. My thoughts on Music is that it's good for the soul; keeping us youthful at heart! Yung Love is a sweet sounding collaboration, with each edition soulfully selected by one of our creative curators. The online collaborative release is handed over to a local Perth artist to design cover art that perfectly complements the mood.

Each mixtape series involves 4 fun individuals from different backgrounds. The music curator, in this case Anton, is asked to select 12 of his favourite tracks - a mix of tracks that make them feel YOUNG and tracks that they LOVE. With these  songs, our mix-master extraodinare, Beni Chill, works his magic. The result... A mix that blends better than your mums nutribullet, tunes that are smoother than Vin Diesel's chest and more interesting than his movies! The process is completed with our creative contributing artist Aolie to design the mixtape cover. And what a kick-arse job he did!

 Want FREE SH*T? Super limited-edition-sweet-as mail delivered to your letterbox from local Perth artist Aolie? Chuck your deets in here: https://goo.gl/UdwgLh and I'll get one sent out to you in the coming week... Err body loves FUN mail! 

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