A handful of established artists have taken their music off Spotify in protest at the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. As an independent artist, should you do the same?
Bostinio speaks of his experience and attempts to make it in the old music industry (Music Industry 1.0), having a go at running a digital label in the new music industry (Music Industry 2.0) and finally releasing his own music and keeping it out there.
In this episode I talk about my musical endeavours, being too self-critical, Trellick Tower and my first EP released under the name of Bostinio.
An intro to the man behind Bostinio. His name's Matt. He nearly got signed. He got kicked out of an all girl band. He doesn't really like his EP that much. He likes dodgy looking blocks of flats.
Matt talks about being unsure of his own creative output and goes into detail about the Goldborne EP.
Matt talks about his childhood attempts at musicianship, almost getting signed, getting kicked out of a band for having a penis and abandoning his dreams for an unfulfilling career in IT.
Matt talks about his latest release, his previous releases and the equipment he uses to make music nobody wants to listen to.
Matt Richards, AKA Bostinio, talks about his crappy end to 2019 and why he needs to stop deleting stuff.
Matt "Bostinio" Richards talks about 2019 and deleting his creative work.
Matt talks about being denied a stand-up gig by a spiteful Christian and his mother's obsession with Christmas Hampers. Guest Damon Conlan answers the question: "Why do atheists celebrate Christmas?"
Matt talks about Greta Thunberg, Extinction Rebellion, the UK General Election, the left-wing echo chamber of comedians on Facebook and the reason Brexit is really a thing.