The Team Around You
Phil Loutsis (TTAY Founder), Nicola FullerFortnightly articles, videos and podcasts covering the biggest opportunities for developing artists. Things like artist dev, playlist pitching, digital distro, TikTok/IG best practices and signing record deals.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 55 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 2 days ago |
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SIGNAL#09: DistroKid's sale, slop and suit, a timeline to make sense of Suno, and three artists in court
Practical insights and news for artists and industry experts from the last two weeks...
DistroKid: sale, slop, suit
SIGNAL#08: 82% can’t afford to tour, a manager programme raises its bar, and Spotify builds a support system around one playlist
Practical insights and news for artists and industry experts from the last two weeks...
The band and the manager sit down in a pub to have a chat about the upcoming tour. The manager pulls out the spreadsheet and runs through the numbers....
Which Digital Distribution Should You Use? (Why I stopped Comparing the Feature List)
The conversation around which digital distribution platform to pick has got a little trickier over recent years. I’ll tell you why! It used to be that the thing to actually sway my opinion on which to pick, was what a platform could do - wh...
The music industry is breaking the people who make the music
More than ever, the human beings creating art in the music industry today are overwhelmed, exhausted and running on empty. No one truly knows where the music industry is headed. Things are changing at a pace that no-one can keep up with, an...
SIGNAL#07: A grant is open, a distributor is getting sued for AI slop, and "independent" barely means anything anymore
There's a pattern running through the music industry news this fortnight, and it's not a comfortable one if you've built your identity, or your business, around the word "independent."
A new grant opened up (hooray!) we’ll dig in. A major...
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After, 14 yrs @ AWAL (VP Artist Support) + 7 years as an artist, I wanted to build a platform "The Team Around You" to connect artists with vetted experts. I share insights, articles and podcasts here for free too.
Former music industry executive writing weekly on what makes us human. Exploring creativity, music, human nature and our place in the modern world ✨
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