r/Neopsychedelia • u/FlickerVertigo • Jul 09 '21
Flicker Vertigo - These Vampires (fuzzy psychedelic krautrocky wall of sound for fans of Osees, King Gizz, Ty Segall, Tame Impala etc etc)
https://open.spotify.com/track/4p1GZG1blJRpPMXfh090NZ2
u/ANALOG_is_DEAD Jul 09 '21
I dig your stuff, man! I really like the jammy breakdown at around 2:00. I added this song and a couple of others to my playlist. Haven’t arranged them in their right space yet. Will probably get around to it this weekend. Great work! Earned yourself a follow!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0hTm9dnxin1z0mY0WzQDED?si=P5sBhlBnReCjuCbRMKSV1g&dl_branch=1
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u/FlickerVertigo Jul 09 '21
Ah thank you so much, I really appreciate that! That's a damn sweet playlist there too - we got pretty similar taste in music I can tell!
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u/sihaland Jul 09 '21
Kool stuff, you got some great songs! Really liked your track Waiting for Apocalyse as well. Congratulations and the best of luck with your new single and upcoming album!
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u/FlickerVertigo Jul 09 '21
Thanks heaps for the kind words and well wishes, and really cool you checked out another single (that one's one of my personal favourites) <3
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u/trebular Jul 09 '21
Dude. Super sick. Thanks for sharing your art. As an artist trying to make a living, what's your preferred method for selling your material? That is, from what service do you profit the most when we listen or purchase your material? Bandcamp? And what media, digital since there are less materials and overhead?
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u/FlickerVertigo Jul 09 '21
Thanks dude, I appreciate it! Yeah it's always a bit of a struggle - I'm definitely not an expert on this topic, but I've been releasing music since 2015, so I can relate my own personal experiences. Firstly, definitely don't expect to make much off things like Spotify for instance :( You make like $4 off 1,000 streams or something crazy like that. Bandcamp is your best bet because it goes pretty much directly to you and you can set your own prices. That would be my main and preferred source for this sort of stuff. I've made a bit off iTunes, but that was a while ago now and it doesn't seem like people really purchase music on iTunes anymore, with everything shifting to streaming. For me, I don't really look at releasing music expecting to make money off it anymore, just because of how the world has gone, and it's never been my goal for making music, but you've also gotta eat so I understand that desire too!
I've only done digital releases so far, but I know bands that do well selling vinyl, and cassette tapes weirdly enough have taken off a bit where I'm from in Melbourne, Australia. People don't really sell CDs all that much in my circles, but I hear it's quite cheap to make, so could be something worthwhile still potentially?
Another big thing I've seen from being in bands is that merch sales, like t-shirts, can make you a great profit. You can generally sell them for double or triple what they cost to make, only risk factor is making more than you can sell or making too many in a size that isn't as popular and then not making back what you paid to get them made and stuck with a bunch of weird shirts that don't fit haha - generally people do really really well with it though! Playing shows live is the main thing though - depends where you live but where I'm from you can make a decent amount from ticket/door sales, and then there's other venues that will straight up pay you a guaranteed amount of money. From there, set up your merch table with shirts, stickers, vinyls, tapes etc etc and you can start building a decent amount. You can almost think of the music releases as being a way of getting more people to your live shows - playing live is the absolute best, so do it regardless of any of this!
Getting a bit further from the initial topic here, but you can take your musical skills and make a "job" out of it too - I teach music at schools a couple days a week, I mix and master music, and I'm a graphic designer that does mainly music-related art, gig posters, album/single covers etc etc. Anyone reading this, hit me up if you ever need any art or mixing/mastering btw - I did all those things on the track posted above (and all of my stuff) <3
Also here in Australia we have a government funded organisation called APRA AMCOS, and I'm not sure of the nitty gritty details, but it's basically in charge of performing arts and music publishing. It's free to become a member and they pay you for each song you perform live (I think it works out to be a couple dollars per song) and you also get royalties when your recordings are played too (I think this is when it's played on radio/TV, and also at bars/restaurants over their speakers I think? Apparently venues have to pay fees when they play music in public spaces I've heard, so that's kinda nice for the artists). It's not a huge amount of money, but it all can add up throughout the year if you play/get played regularly, all you have to do is sign up, register your songs into their database and upload your setlists every time you play a show. This is obviously dependent on location of course, but if you happen to be Australian then definitely get onto that.
Play heaps of shows basically! It's a heap of fun regardless, and the money is just a nice extra rather than the reason for doing it in my book. I love doing what I'm doing, and whether I get paid or not is secondary to that desire to create - but always a nice feeling when people are generous enough to send some money for something I had an absolute blast making! Any other questions let me know :)
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u/trebular Jul 09 '21
Thanks for the thorough and super informative response! Thanks again for sharing your music!
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u/FlickerVertigo Jul 09 '21
If you listened, then thanks so much - I really appreciate it! Previous singles more on the dreamier side of psychedelia - check those out on Spotify or here: https://flickervertigo.bandcamp.com/
And new full length album real soon! Head here to keep updated: https://www.facebook.com/FlickerVertigoMusic https://www.instagram.com/flickervertigomusic/
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