I missed last week’s update, only went and gave myself a week off!!
But talk about snooze and you’ll miss it!
Delighted to tell you that the Ultimate Emerging Alt Rock You Tube Channel now has exceeded 18,000 plays, we…
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The Supermercados' Blog
Where we talk about why we do music, what music helps you achieve, where music can take you, how important it is to your mental health & how we aim to bring people together.
Music will get you through times of no love, better than love will get you through times of no music?
Ain’t that the truth!
Great lyric from Ginger Wildheart on “Something to Believe in” from the Valor De Corazon Album.
Fan boy moment; Ginger has always been an inspiration to me. As has Lemmy from Motorhead and Bob…
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The music industry is dead - does the future belong to DIY musicians?
Yes, if we combine efforts and help each other out.
Friends helping friends?
Can we build a supportive community?
Organically?
Stick it to “the man”, even?
Got to be better than paying for Facebook ads or music promo “services” that…
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It all gets epic when musicians support each other!
The Ultimate Emerging Alt Rock You Tube Channel now has 103 videos and reached 254 subscribers and exceeded 9,000 plays this week!
And videos from HiFi LoFi, Michael Lanthier, The Fixr and Fioraidh have all gained hundreds of plays.
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Releasing music is stupid
Well, we’ve done it anyway.
So there.
The Supermercados release their 4th single “Fire Escape to Hell” today Wednesday August 18th 2021.
Sonically heavier than previous releases, “Fire Escape to Hell” is last of the…
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Look what happens when musicians support each other!
The Ultimate Emerging Alt Rock You Tube Channel has had its best week yet.
We reached 225 subscribers and 6,900 plays this week! That’s 3,700 plays and nearly 100 new subscribers in just 7 days! And videos from HiFiLoFimusic, Michael…
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Is music better than therapy?
Trick question, they are the same thing!
Tools to use. Tools that complement each other.
And you can never have enough tools.
Or bass guitars.
To be clear, I’m not saying that music should ever be used as a replacement…
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Jimi Hendrix is my therapist
A blog by Michael Lanthier
Every time I pick up a guitar, despite whatever my intentions are in that moment, it’s become an inevitability. I play the first few measures of either Little Wing or Voodoo Child (slight return). At…
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Stick to your genre, stay in your box!
Stop clowning around!!! Get back in your box. Stay in your genre.
The amount of times we’ve heard that!
That you can only play or release music in a certain genre. If you stray into other genres that you’ll alienate…
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You’ll never get anywhere with music?
That’s what I was told so many times by so many people. So, I went to business school to “Make it”
I could do music whenever I had spare time, right?
Except it didn’t work like that. The spare time…
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Bands shouldn’t support other bands?
Its healthy to have a bit of competition between us bands, producers and solo artists.
It keeps us all sharp.
But when you start a band you already have a fight on your hands. A fight to be seen, fight…
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Look where music got me, this time…..
The MoEoStAr House Remix of the Supermercados’ “Revelations & Revolutions” came out 19th July 2021 on Supermercado Records.
In the first week, we got added to a Spotify Editorial Playlist and that gave us 1,800 streams. A nice feeling!
This…
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Do any bands want to be heard?
We’re always looking for more videos for our Ultimate Emerging Alt Rock You Tube channel, so get in touch if you want to be included and reach a new audience. For free.
We set up the Ultimate Emerging Alt…
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