People ask all the time how they can support my music and other artists like me. I always say ‘just enjoy it!’… but you know there is something you can do to help us who are kind of dismissed to the middle for whatever reasons… not on a major label, older than the mainstream public, not that well known etc.

Anytime you add a song to a playlist, it gets played more frequently. The more songs you add to playlists that play during parties or just on weekend listens, it gets streams where normally it wouldn’t.  You can get creative with it, adding songs that sound like they’re from other eras and just slipping them in, or if you have totally random playlists where they fit in, that’s good too.

Back in the 80’s and 90’s they had a term called ‘turntable hit’.  That was when a song was a legitimate hit at radio, but the artist didn’t become a star.  You could classify ‘Baby It’s Tonight’ as a turntable hit.  It was actually #4 on pop radio (R&R Magazine), but because Billboard Magazine tallied that number with actual sales, the song only made it to #16 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Many songs on Spotify get millions of streams and no one knows the artist because the songs were cleverly placed by a curator into a hot and trending playlist, alongside more popular artists, therefore riding the wake of songs that people actually tuned in for.

So, adding any of my songs, especially new ones like ‘Subliminal Seduction’, ‘New You-niverse’ or really anything from the albums ‘Coup De Main’ or ‘Coolerator’ really seriously helps with awareness and streams.  Putting them closer to the top helps even more.

My version of ‘I Only Have Eyes For You’ from Coolerator has, on it’s own gained momentum on Soundcloud with 375k streams.  Pretty successful when you consider most listeners on Soundcloud are into EDM and youthful pop.  It’s flattering to read all the mails I’ve gotten on this rendition of a song I loved… so this is another example that, if you add it to your playlists, it helps the song snowball into a more organic success.

THIS can really help… but whatever you do, enjoy it!

Cheers,
Jude

Been quiet lately but so busy… compiling my life’s work into a folder with each song… finished, unfinished, released or unreleased compact with mp3, wav, lyrics… altogether for quick access.  Also any alternative version gets put into a separate folder.  It’s taken so much of my focus i’ve barely been able to do anything else.  But I do have some good news.

I’m going to print CD’s and vinyl of both Coup De Main and Coolerator, as well as release later this year a new album full of all the singles or one-offs that have been recorded and never made a record.  Maybe even some of the more quality demos.  They will all be for sale in physical copy, and yeah, well…. it’s about time!

Happy Easter to all, belated Passover etc.

Love, Jude

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It’s like AOC had a daughter and she became an actress.  And sure enough, she’s abhorrent.  But let’s not blame her entirely.  This is what American universities and Hollywood have been producing for years now.  Moms and Dads everywhere have been remorse to save all that money for their sons and daughters education, only to have them come home after one semester and accuse them of racism and white privilege.

Hollywood and entertainment works more covertly than universities.  They control it with innuendo.  There are no memos sent out.  You get it real fast what can be said and what can’t.  A smile, a frown, a returned call, an unreturned call… Rachel was just following the script that worked for Mark Ruffalo, Seth Rogan, Chelsea Handler and actors and musicians far too many to mention.  She probably thought she was going to get a pat on the head with a vegan treat, but she made a mistake.  She forgot it was a universal and children’s release, where you have to pretend to be all-loving, all-accepting, and you know… play the game.

If the major execs of these film and record companies switched gears politically, you’d see the rhetoric of these various entertainers change with light speed.  They are professional readers and chameleons.  They really don’t stand for the things you think they do.  They’re looking for those sweet treats…

Agree or disagree… I’ve lived here my entire adult life and have seen first-hand how it works.

Regardless, RIP to Rachel’s career for a good long while.  It was fun while it lasted!