Cerulean @ceruleansounds@mastodon.online

The might of UMG finally admit defeat against DistroKid (aka 1 guy Philip Kaplan)! #SavvyIndie (#arts)

An ephemeral social shout-out is one thing, but I love @JasrajHothi (M.b @Jasraj) putting a blogroll on his modern landing-page, and love it even more when I’m on it :D
This is what #SavvyIndie community looks like (#arts) https://www.crtr.link/s/jas

Fascinating #SongExploder from @FranzFerdinand 🎙(#arts)

Enemy at the Gates inspo like “island” from Last Christmas 🍿.
Love tempo change, got one my 1st one on album 2 #Sunglasses.

Cf “Lose you to Love me” for more collab & “New Slang” for solo #SavvyIndie https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/song-exploder/id788236947?i=1000549083908

If #SavvyIndie Brit artists ask me about registering a company, I will genuinely recommend @Max_Fosh’s masterful guide to playing Companies House.
Max you concerned that it’s been 2 months and the Crown hasn’t seized the assets yet tho? (#arts) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHfJRON3b-w

Amazon really are looking to take Pandora’s scalp as #2 signed-up US streamer. They’ve even jacked the name of their fan-interaction tool!!
Any more Amazon-loving artists welcome to use my VIP code
(#SavvyIndie #arts)

thanks M.b @jacobgorban for adding me to Musician’s on Micro.blog list 🎵. Very #SavvyIndie website 👍 (#arts) https://musicians.on-micro.blog/#list

Coughed up for #Vimeo PRO for vlog storage. Though I’m happy to get YT parity w/ Chapters (e.g. Brits vlog 2), they still disappoint on core privacy features: e.g. #bug: view counts ARE actually exposed by (Bing) search (#SavvyIndie #arts) https://vimeo.com/671777934/4a7adaff50

FYI fellow #SavvyIndie artists: @Spotify deprecated follow button during Holidays. Was using the iFrame on MCBeastly.CeruleanSounds.com but now switched to a simple page link. @ajlkn may wanna consider building something on Follow API (#arts) https://developer.spotify.com/community/news/2021/10/15/follow-button-deprecation/

I recommend #SavvyIndie artists to demo drafts publicly. Plagiarism risk is low, and you stand to gain from inspired insights like this a year later from promising amateur songwriter @PolicyGlot (🎵 #arts) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPQ78NAO35Q&t=420s

1st look at AirTable “Interfaces” for #SavvyIndie simple collab - which @ChrisDancy beta-tested & predicted in our interview 🧙‍♂️(guide) — 👍 cleaner for non-tech collaborators | 👎 requires an account i.e. extortionate on Pro (#AirTable for #arts) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZTQmtoVxEA&t=3600s

Loved how @SoccerAM hosts pointed out that mixtapes are just less confident albums to SX | still #SmalltownDreamer artists who aren’t gonna stay #SavvyIndie: send your 🎵 to @WolvesRecordsUK looks dope (#arts) https://www.wolvesrecords.com/submit-music/

Who needs Warner Music Group, when you’ve got the Warner family pumping out bangers like Silverlake right @EastleighFC ?! ⚽️#DrBeastly #SavvyIndie 🎵 #arts https://Ceru.li/sten-silverlake

Thx @YvngError for the shoutout 🎹 on ‘Wonderland’ 🎵 | can’t wait to go busking with you sometime fella! — #collab #savvyindie #arts https://Ceru.li/sten-wonderland

2 new things for #Spotify kids:

1). Every track across #SmalltownDreamer now has a peng animated Canvas!

2). Get the #AppleMusic Synced #Lyrics experience free on #YouTube for A-side | lmk if you want same for @SpitFire_Bars

— #SavvyIndie 🎵 #arts https://Ceru.li/sten-sd-a

London: 🎫 @QuackPotUK ’s “Meet Cute” @CamdenFringe #arts fest 🎭 — Dryden does a “Train Guy” more pitiful than Bob Mortimer’s (“ahh… LONDON!” & “howdy pardner” 👏) and Fforde is a decent counterweight | good to see theatre skl kids go #SavvyIndie

British Broadcasting Corp couldn’t be bothered to adapt a Date Input which defaulted to US Calendar - I find #SavvyIndie folks are more careful about making their tech reflect their values on & identity than Big corps | #arts

Just announced an extra monthly helping of Live Music 🎫: @Bandcamp Fridays special - the best day to buy Smalltown Dreamer 🎵 | cos lbh it’s better when #Bandcamp don’t “add” 10% to your balance with every 💿📼 — #SavvyIndie #arts https://ceruleansounds.bandcamp.com/album/smalltown-dreamer

Back in the day Bryn BP woulda got buried by dropping the Beeb | but she’s so #SavvyIndie she’s back as BRYN on Charlie Sloth | No Label #Superstar 🎵#RapGameUK @SpitFire_Bars #arts https://music.apple.com/gb/music-video/fire-in-the-booth-pt-1/1579492672

Fellow #YouTubers who wanna retain control #SavvyIndie : turn off auto chapters, and curate your own so subscribers trust your chapters, cos its such a great curation feature to leave to #Google #AI — #arts

Supported collaborator @itsyourboyad on Patreon: looking forward to seeing you experiment with private content homie! | #SavvyIndie 🎵 #arts https://www.patreon.com/ItsYourBoyAD?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=plshare