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In Conversation with Joshua Luke Smith
We love sharing Independent Artist's journeys with you. We think it's one of the most powerful and useful ways to learn, be inspired, be encouraged and pick up some valuable advice.
All of that is true of our guest this week, Joshua Luke Smith.
Joshua is a Poet, Spoken Word Artist, Rapper, Song writer, Producer and entrepreneur with a mandate to 'Speak into Chaos'. Joshua has been signed to a label and is now independent. He also runs an Independent label in the South West of England called Orphan No More.
Joshua has so much wisdom for you in this episode and so much encouragement. One of our favourite points he makes is encouraging Independent artists to realise how important their work is and to distinguish your 'work' from your 'job'.
Be inspired and enjoy!
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About Us: Bianca Rose is an artist, Loretta Andrews a music manager, and we have created I Am Independent so that independent artists can have all the resources, information and support needed to build a career that is both enjoyable and sustainable. We do this via our UA-cam channel, podcast, workshops, virtual bootcamps and private coaching.
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    Do I use 1st person point of view or 3rd person singular?

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    Thank-you for the vid. I did a trial run at uploading a track through CD Baby. I had planned to rerelease later once I finalized branding & had a marketing plan. Now I’ve heard I can’t rerelease the same audio files, say with different artist name etc. How did you do it?

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    Yes it is. I’m doing everything label does. But for myself. Yes hard!

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    helpful, thank you!

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    Should this be written in 1st person or 2nd person?

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      I have heard that recomendations to write it in 3rd person

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      Don't think about making a hit just write

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  • @a-stone9469
    @a-stone9469 4 роки тому

    Do you think it’s safe to do your own press release and epk? Thx you guys.. This is exactly where I am.. Just finished my E.P. and trying to do my own content creation... it’s not easy.

    • @iamindependent3283
      @iamindependent3283 4 роки тому

      Absolutely! But if you have a friend who is good with words you could get them to write it for you too

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  • @Brodi_Broski
    @Brodi_Broski 4 роки тому

    What should I use to write a press release? (Google Docs, Word, etc.)

    • @iamindependent3283
      @iamindependent3283 4 роки тому

      In our experience, what works best in a Word document attached to an email, and copying the contents of the Word doc into the body of the email as well.

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    Hey, is press release promotional news or organic news?

    • @iamindependent3283
      @iamindependent3283 4 роки тому

      it generally used for promotional news, to communicate when you have new music to share.

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    • @iamindependent3283
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      Hey! Thanks! We just want to resource and support the Independent artist community as it can be a hard and lonely road but there is some great talent out there :-)

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    • @iamindependent3283
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      Hey! Feel free to subscribe at our website www.iaima.co.uk and email us through the site or DM on social media :-)