On Bandcamp Discover & audience building
On Bandcamp Discover & audience building I suspect a lot of musicians don’t value Bandcamp because they don’t see an audience growth angle. That they have to...
lightbulbs dispatch – March 15, 2025
lightbulbs dispatch – March 15, 2025 Hey it's Brandon. Hope your creative journey is going well on this fine Saturday. I didn't write much this week, but I...
lightbulbs dispatch – March 8, 2025
lightbulbs dispatch – March 8, 2025 Hey it's Brandon. Hope your creative journey is going well on this fine Saturday. Here are some ideas and explorations I...
REMIXED CASTLE: listening party, thanks, community & joy
Read this on the web I am overtaken with joy the more I think about REMIXED CASTLE. We’re holding a listening party to celebrate it and listen to the whole...
Dispatch #3: throw myself into your inbox
Hope your creative journey is going well on this fine Sunday. Before we get to the good stuff: I put out a single last week! It's called "please please...
My bandcamp strategy for 2025
Planning a strategic release schedule for 2025 now that Bandcamp Fridays are a thing again.
on purpose
I'm slowing my music releases in 2025 while launching a biweekly newsletter on surviving as an independent creator online.
How I broke $1000 in Bandcamp sales over 9 months
Yesterday, a music friend & fan of mine bought a Kid Lightbulbs double-single for $2, which put me over $1000 in lifetime Bandcamp sales. This is a very cool...
Playlists are the currency of digital middlemen
I’m not sure playlist curators are the boon to indie artists folks think they are. For the last 4-5 months building up Kid Lightbulbs, I’ve tried various...
Some guiding principles for creative independence
Hi friends: This is my first newsletter in a long time, I believe since I began releasing my music (and increasingly shifted my online brand) to Kid...
Liberal arts and the jobs of 2030
Why artists & curators will win the AI revolution The timing of the AI boom alongside the laying-off of over a million people, mostly in tech companies,...