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Woo Woo Woo! Thanks for joining us this week! Ramelle braved the first icepocolypse of 2024 to come record in person! Make sure you also check us out on YouTube to see video of the podcast! On this weeks episode we:

• Complain about the cold weather a little just cause we're Texans and it was 16 degrees outside.
• Briefly discuss the tunnels dug under the Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters in Brooklyn.
• Go on a side tangent about claustrophobia 
• Chat about the 2024 Emmy Awards and some award show stuff in general.
• What we're into you ask? Ramelle is into the 1000 LB Sisters and Leslie is into our Spotify playlist! And we're still waiting for Shaq to accept our invite to Chili's. 
• And since we chatted about awards shows you know we had to make our Triple Dipper of the week our Top 3 Favorite Award Show Moments! Not including the VMA's because we already did our top VMA moments in our 'If You Hip' episode. 

Hope you enjoyed this weeks episode! Head on over to our Spotify page to answer our poll about playlists and Q and A! Also, don't forget to check us out on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and finally ALL episodes are up on YouTube and this one has video! You can watch us now too! See y'all next week! 

Woo Woo Woo! 

The next conversation is with Phil Loutsis, the VP of the AWAL Community Team. His job revolves around release planning, securing editorial support, building a team & marketing your music. All extremely important when it comes to moving a music career forward. At AWAL, Phil focuses his energies on helping indie artists build their careers. Part of his role includes curating content to help creators and managers make the best use of their resources. He enables artists and their teams to better tell their stories. He wants you to think of digital distribution as the canvas for the campaign rather than a bolt-on service. Phil talks about how he went from recording and playing live in a band out of Sheffield, England to being one of the early hires at AWAL. Marc and Phil get into playlisting, how to work with DSPs (Digital Service Providers/streaming platforms) and some tips and tricks on getting a little more traction when you release new music. There is also advice offered up regarding paid marketing.

“From a delivery standpoint, having your cover art, your audio and your metadata nice and early is really important. Assets like photos for your marketing efforts should all be in a folder where everyone can easily access them from the get-go. Similarly, I’d be thinking about your video content very early too. It’s less of a concern getting your short-form videos out early as a lot of them like Instagram or TikToks are in real-time, but music videos and things like that can be done early. “

#HowWeListen Live: In Conversation

2:23 Phil’s band, AWAL

4:56 Getting “There”

7:00 Getting noticed

17:53 Byta.com

24:59 Huw Stephens on #HowWeListen Live

27:00 Mike Warner’s book Work Hard Playlist Hard 

34:38 Bandcamp, merchandise focused

38:24 Junior Foster

39:37 LAUV album 

41:36 Spotify daily uploads

49:41 Paid marketing

50:26 SubmitHub and PlaylistPush, B00ST.com

57:00 Collaboration, Mental health

1:04:00 Byta.com

Music by Fin Productions and Oliver Lyu