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 […]
Sean Kearns
Making Albums in a Singles World: Why I Still Build Records
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 – a short Spotify playlist
Five Songs on one 20 minute Spotify playlist. And I keep changing the songs, so keep coming back. Stream it. Like it. Share it.
Vinyl of the week – Katherine Priddy These Frightening Machines
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 […]
Creating Without Permission: Letting Go of the Need to Be Chosen
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 […]
Sean Kearns Songs – all my songs on one playlist
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 […]
The Difference Between Being Heard and Being Known
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 […]
Songwriter Evening 14th March
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 […]
Vinyl of the week – Dea Matrona For Your Sins
With the imminent release of my own vinyl record I thought it would be fun to showcase some of the vinyl I’ve got in my own collection. Maybe some of the more obscure stuff, maybe some of the biggest sellers, who knows? It will just be fun sharing some of this vinyl music with you. […]
Coming soon – my album Present Tense on vinyl
I’m closer than ever to realising a dream I’ve had since I was a teenager – my have an album of my songs on vinyl. I’m totally thrilled that I have released two albums on both CD and streaming but to actually have a real vinyl album of my music will be one of the […]
