Awesome Underground ★ Music Review: October 2016

I had a pretty lengthy chat with Adam Spanier of My Starving Lion about several different things in the music industry. He spoke in depth about struggles of being an indie musician and how you have to learn to do it yourself where promotion is concerned when you don't have a label backing you (and even sometimes even when you do). Being a DIY musician is a lot of work, but it's necessary work to get your music noticed.

Adam is a musician who has done it all: writing, composing, recording, production, scripting, editing, and filming music videos. He has used the internet to his advantage and learned to persevere through any lack of know-how with the motivation of having his music heard by the right ears. You can learn anything on the internet. Sometimes, it just takes a lot of time and work. Few people are willing to put in the amount of either that is required to run a successful ongoing promotional campaign for any body of work, or even for an entire discography. The big point that Adam made in this video is that if you want your music to be heard, you have to be your own everything. This is something I've been preaching for a while. You have to be your own PR person. You have to promote your music in every way that is catching attention. Sometimes, that can be very draining, and the results are rarely what you wish for. But with the right amount of confidence in your music and motivation to get it out into the world, anyone can do these things.

If you're looking for My Starving Lion, you'll find:
The Underground LP, with track list as follows
"Sadie Hawkins Romance"
"Goodbye, Farewell, Amen"
"Odysseia"
"The Reality"
"Painted Polaroids"
"One Last Masterpiece"
"Afterglow"
"Queen of Hearts"
"Masquerade"
"The Underground"
"Light It Up"
"Paramount"
As well as "The Odyssey LP" with track list as follows
"Solus"
"Ticker Tape Parade"
"Revelation"
"Long Lost Son"
"Starlight"
"Delirium"
"It's Okay to Dance"
"Robot Angry"
And I'm hearing that a new album, entitled "Waterloo" will be added to the MSL discography very soon. You can catch the single "Holiday" from that album on My Starving Lion's YouTube Channel Here: https://goo.gl/NHBvEm

HERE'S THE INTERVIEW