Network Notes
Darren HemmingsA newsletter about the music industry, technology, marketing, and the intersection of all three, brought to you by the strategic marketing agency Motive Unknown.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 149 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 18 days ago |
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🔵 The EU’s new packaging laws are another nail in the coffin for small/DIY artists
A couple of weeks ago, I received an email from an artist I follow on Bandcamp. In the email, the artist confirmed he was shutting down his physical store due to new regulations coming into effect that basically render it financially unwork...
🔵 Introducing soundtrackthepage.com
Hello all -
Of late, I feel like about 50% of Network Notes communications start with some kind of apology for infrequent publishing, but I’ll add another one here for you to toss on the pile. A combination of exceptionally high volumes o...
🔵 We have a "music industry commentary" problem
It has not escaped my notice that in recent months we’ve had quite the rash of music industry commentator newsletters popping up, particularly here on Substack, where Network Notes lives.
I will confess that I harbour a good deal of cynici...
🔵 Lessons to learn from Metallica's irresistable charm offensive
This weekend just gone, I was up in Cardiff to see Metallica play at the Principality Stadium. Cardiff is fairly unique in that their stadium is bang in the centre of the city, and as a consequence, when a band like Metallica plays, it is t...
🔵 Three articles you need to make time to read - and why
There are three articles that I have read recently which I feel truly reflect where we find ourselves in 2026, in this mighty business we call music.
Let’s be clear, too: things have now gotten so weird that we have artists like James Bla...
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I am the founder and MD of Motive Unknown, a strategic marketing agency based in the UK. We operate primarily in the music business, though we also work with music-related brands too.
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