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Our last single 'Sunlight' before our EP release 7/18 - listen to more here linktr.ee/bloomritualmusic

Not gonna lie, I kinda stumbled into this by accident lol.

I started posting lyric videos on TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts because I noticed music content gets pushed pretty hard if you post consistently.

At first I was editing everything manually and it got annoying fast. Making enough content every day was the hardest part.

Now I’m using TrackPush.app for most of it.

I upload songs, backgrounds/clips, generate a bunch of videos, then post them across different pages/platforms. Makes it way easier to keep posting without spending all day editing.

The thing that surprised me is you really do not need crazy viral views.

A bunch of videos getting a few hundred or few thousand views adds up way faster than I expected when you are posting consistently every day.

Right now between promos, affiliate stuff, artist submissions, and growing the pages themselves, it is making me around $500/week.

Honestly one of the better side hustles I have tried because once the workflow is set up, it mostly becomes consistency and volume.

Exposure?
Confidence?
Money?
Algorithms?
Consistency?
Finding listeners?

Curious what independent artists struggle with most right now.

Since the start of 2026, the music world has changed
AI Music has now made up at least 28% up to 40% of daily uploads onto these platforms, and a decent chunk belongs to people pushing out AI music solely for profit over any form of creativity
 
With the addition of Spotify "carefully" labeling real musicians who do not use AI Generation, their requirements have left many musicians who don’t use any AI Generation and just below this requirement in the dust.

 
I feel that two additions to both of these platforms will let users / listeners who use these music platforms daily be able to fully understand in a complete transparent way on WHO they are listening to and WHAT they are listening to.
 
If there is enough evidence to show that the artist on this platform is AI Generated and not a real-life musician, it should have an "May Contain AI Generation" label on the artist profile itself, similar to how Spotify now has "Verified By Spotify" so the listener understands that the person behind the songs they are listening to with full transparency.
If there is enough evidence to show that the song on this platform is AI Generated, it should be listed next to the artist name on these platforms with "May Contain AI Generation", so if a listener finds the song on a "Mix" or a "Radio" they are listening to, they are able to view that the song could have AI Generation involved with it.
Considering that both of these platforms have allowed AI Generated Music to be put on the platform and have started to implement a crude method to verify musicians who don’t use AI at all, we need to at least have full transparency that the track was either made by a real human or made by an AI or an Hybrid AI/Human track

Two of my favourite albums are The Softies - It's Love and Billy Bragg - Life's a Riot with Spy Vs Spy.

What's unique about them is it's just electric guitar and vocals - no drums, bass or anything else, just a voice and clean electric guitar.

Can anyone think of any other indie albums with this format?

wetdream - willyrodriguezwastaken
heavy metal - cameron winter
toy box brain - susquatch
california nebula - 缺省
commatose - glass beach
the now now and never - what is your name?
tell me about the long dark path home - Newfound Interest In Connecticut
Seeyalater Stratocaster - Ippo.tsk
Body of Work - Edward Skeletrix
a sweet glow of silence - FLat7
the second episode - Yourboyfriendsucks!
couples therapy - Marietta/Modern Baseball
Ants From Up There - Black Country, New Road
Groovy Indian Summer - honeydip
Constance - Southpacific
Turning into Small - All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors
Ghetto Cupid - Jaydes

Hey Reddit,

After my divorce, things started happening I couldn't explain. So I wrote an EP.

This isn't just a rap album.

It's a public record. Confessional. Dark. Lo‑fi hip‑hop.

No apologies. Just the document.

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/album/6npfTyx4AqFZq26jo4LGb0

🎧 Also on YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n0V_kNMOrafqFhD0_hoZ37vmLeG-H4sWI

Ask me anything. I'll be in the comments.

Hi people. I was friends with Sufjan in college for a short while. I just wrote an article about that on Substack called, “I walked out in Sufjan Stevens.” Just wanted to let you, his loyal fan base, have a chance to read a personal take on what an amazing person he is. It includes a little story about something dumb that I did with him that I’ve been regretting for about twenty years. I’d love to know your take on this. You’re welcome to comment on the short article.