You might not know that independent artists like me get virtually no income from companies like YouTube, Spotify and Apple music. They take a handsome fee from millions of listeners like you but pass on a tiny fraction of this to the people who actually write, perform, record and produce the music. In fact they pay a fraction of a penny for thousands of plays.
Streaming platforms make huge profits and control how music is made available to listeners. To get a presence in such places requires huge amounts of promotional work with very little in return and very low odds of success. People resort to gimmicks and stunts on social media just to get noticed. I choose to go against this exploitational time wasting - I just want to focus on creating the best music I can. I also want you to hear and enjoy it.
Life inspires me to create music and I want to share it so it might inspire, delight, support and enrich you.
Having said that, I also need to earn a living like everyone else. It's taken me over 30 years of practice and training to create this work, a lifetime of experience to write songs like these, and months of work to perfect the final recordings that you hear now.
If you want to listen to the odd track now and then I am delighted for you to do this gratis. If you want to listen to more of my music regularly and support my work more directly I operate an honesty box approach: £20 GBP (or equivalent in your currency) for 12 months access to all the music here (this includes new songs that I'll upload from time to time). Simply hit the 'Buy Now' button and go from there.
Your financial support is very much appreciated, it helps me pay the bills and encourages me to make more and better material to share. Thank you in advance for your contribution.
Wishing you inspiration, love and flow.
Nemo
