Finishing a song feels like an achievement. Finishing an album feels like something bigger — something that took time, focus, and persistence to bring into the world. But releasing that music?  That’s a completely different experience. It’s something I don’t think I fully understood until I started doing it myself. Because while there’s a lot […]

If you live in North Wales you’re in for a treat. The next Songwriter Evening is scheduled for Saturday 11th April. The evening starts at 7pm with registration of performers and the music starts at 7.30. Please be in your seat by 7.30 so you don’t miss any music. As before, the evening costs just £3 […]

A few weeks ago I posted an article explaining that it just took a 30 second Instagram reel for me to decide to buy this album, click here to read that article I haven’t changed my opinion since then. This is a remarkably confident and superbly executed debut album, chock full of excellent songs and […]

If you look at how music is consumed today, the message is pretty clear. Release singles.Release them often.Keep the algorithm fed. Streaming platforms are built around momentum and frequency. One track at a time. Regular drops. Constant visibility. The idea of disappearing for months — or years — to build a full album can feel […]

Five Songs on one 20 minute Spotify playlist. And I keep changing the songs, so keep coming back. Stream it. Like it. Share it.

Although this is Katherine’s third album I’ve only recently caught up with her music when I belatedly bought her album The Pendulum Swing. That’s a good album, in fact it’s very good, so good in fact that I actually pre-ordered These Frightening Machines. Now there’s a leap of faith that an artist is going to […]

There’s a strange contradiction at the heart of modern music-making. On paper, we’ve never had more freedom. We can write, record, produce and release music entirely on our own. No label. No studio booking. No gatekeeper standing between an idea and its release. And yet, despite all of that, many of us still feel like […]

Get every song I’ve released on one Spotify playlist – Sean Kearns Songs. Your complete listening pleasure all packaged up for you. No scurrying around looking for a particular song, it’s all there in one sensational playlist. Click here to go to Sean Kearns Songs Please share it and good fortune will follow you for […]

One of the strange things about making music in the streaming era is that your work can be heard all over the world, yet you can still feel almost completely unknown. A few decades ago, being heard and being known were closely linked. If people were listening to your music, they probably knew who you […]

If you live anywhere near North Wales I hope that this will be of interest to you….. Following the tremendous success of our first Songwriter Evening we are delighted to announce the date of the second Songwriter Evening on Saturday 14th March. Venue is Ysceifiog Village Hall CH8 8NJ. The evening starts at 7pm with registration […]