That's all well and good, but doing all that work, where on earth did you find time to get so good with the music bro? 🤣

You speak a whole lot of sense here, almost like a manual for anyone looking to promote themselves and monetize their music. Good shout!

Unfortunately, I can't find the energy to put into the sales and merch side of things for my solo work or with my band. I think a lot of creatives are pretty poor at the organised, selling themselves, side of things.

I think perhaps you're quite lucky to be able to make you brain work well for you on both levels, I dunno. The whole sales side turns my creative side right off somehow.

It was the same with my photography though. After finishing studying photography I got a job as a press photographer for a local rag. I couldn't stick it more than a year, and following that job I didn't pick a camera up for nearly 3 yrs.

Of course I'm not destined to make so much money from my creative output because of this, but I accepted that a long time ago. 😉

Do people still buy CD's though Nathan, I mean for decent money? And do you sell cd's with a download card so they can download it too?

I'm a huge fan of vinyl though and totally agree, it's great to see more people introducing it to their merch stalls. It's the only thing that really takes my money at gigs, and let's face it, it's still the coolest thing in the world to have your own music on vinyl. 😎

Cheers bro