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Eleanor Collides

@eleanorcollides.bsky.social

Singer-songwriter. Purveyor of the finest indie melancholia. London/North Kent. Get FREE MUSIC when you join the mailing list - eleanorcollides.com

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Eleanor Collides@eleanorcollides.bsky.social · last yr.

Think I just finished my first ambient piece. It's peaceful, but also tense and creepy. Like you're somewhere familiar, but you can feel something is watching you. You know something isn't right. That's what it makes me feel.

Eleanor Collides@eleanorcollides.bsky.social · last yr.

Playing my songs live as a solo performer is an interesting challenge. So far I've relied on minimal guitar + vocal arrangements and lots of delay and reverb. I'm thinking of adding in ambient samples, a la Grouper. Maybe with a Volca Sample or similar

Eleanor Collides@eleanorcollides.bsky.social · last yr.

I wrote an article for @newartistspotlight.bsky.social all about the basics of email marketing. If you're new to this whole music thing, you should give this a read www.newartistspotlight.org/post/email-m...

Email Marketing For Indie Musicians

Email might seem a little old-fashioned these days, but it’s still the most reliable way to reach your audience.  If you’re an indie artist trying to make a career from your music, or even just trying...

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Eleanor Collides@eleanorcollides.bsky.social · last yr.

I hate it when you sign up for a free webinar or workshop, hoping to learn something and it's basically a sales pitch with zero useful information. I get that they're doing it to get my email and maybe sell me something, but you have to provide some actual value.

Eleanor Collides@eleanorcollides.bsky.social · last yr.

One of my favourite things about promoting a Spotify playlist with Meta ads: Seeing artists whose work I really enjoy go from basically none to a few hundred monthly listeners. Seeing your playlist as the top result in their discovered on section is nice as well.

Eleanor Collides@eleanorcollides.bsky.social · last yr.

There is no right or wrong when making music (despite what YouTube tells you) - just choices. Developing as an artist is becoming bolder with your choices and learning to defend them. Rejecting the paradigm when the music needs it is a sign of maturity I think.