{"id":3262,"date":"2024-05-31T14:20:57","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T13:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/feedbackmag.co.uk\/?p=3262"},"modified":"2024-05-31T17:28:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T16:28:29","slug":"the-benefits-of-recording-an-album-as-an-up-and-coming-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/feedbackmag\/2024\/05\/31\/the-benefits-of-recording-an-album-as-an-up-and-coming-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"The benefits of recording an album as an up and coming artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Time, money and resources are all common barriers small artists face when considering recording an album. Whilst these are all more than valid concerns, there are many benefits to recording albums without a record label, in the early stages of a music career. Hexe<\/em><\/strong> band have just released their debut self-titled album making them more than qualified to speak on the subject. Meet Isaac, drummer and lead vocalist for Hexe, as he talked Feedback through the benefits of recording an album as an up and coming artist.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hexe consists of Isaac, guitarist Reuben and Isaac\u2019s dad Paul, on the bass. For the three-piece South Yorkshire band, recording an album had been in the works for years. Isaac explained: \u201cIt is more of an organic process really. I\u2019m sure Reuben and myself will sometimes sit down and write a few lyrics or make a riff but seventy \/ eighty percent of song writing would just be us jamming and letting it evolve naturally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe formed the band, me, Reuben and another lad from our school, in 2014 and songs which we performed in our very early gigs are on that album. So it has taken us about ten years to do it. However, to record it, I don\u2019t think that is really the case. It has taken us ten years but I\u2019m sure in actual work time it is probably two years of work.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Hexe, releasing an album was about more than just showing people their passion and creativity, although this was undoubtedly a massive part of it. Having more music up on your streaming platform increases the likelihood of listener retention. Isaac said: \u201cWhen we had one track up, you can\u2019t expect people to listen to it all the time. It is one track, they\u2019ll get bored of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you\u2019ve got a good range of songs and someone is dropping onto your platform and they are going to listen to a couple of them. The more songs you have on there, the more likely they are to find one which they are going to like.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The grunge style music on the album saw Hexe achieve increased engagement levels in the weeks that followed the album release, including a spike in monthly listeners and a sold out album launch party at a one hundred capacity venue. High gig attendance has become a regular pattern throughout Hexe\u2019s time playing together. Isaac said: \u201cConsidering we have about 180 followers, probably a bit less, there aren\u2019t that many small bands that can say that 50% or more of their followers will come to their gigs.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But maintaining this engagement online<\/em> has been a lot harder than in person. Isaac recommends releasing an album a little bit at a time, maybe a track every six weeks to maintain a steady flow of engagement. He explained that Hexe saw their monthly listening spike to around 700 and then die down as a result of not posting following the album release. Isaac said: \u201cI\u2019m not a fan of having to play an algorithm to get our monthly listeners up.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so, if executed right, there are clear benefits to releasing an album as an up and coming artist. But this doesn\u2019t solve the issue most artists have, where the drive and determination is there but the money and resources are lacking. It is an issue that Isaac and his band also had to battle through, recording ten out of thirteen songs in Paul\u2019s attic and exploiting as many financial loopholes as possible with just one of the tracks being recorded under paid studio time. \u201cAfter going to the studio we realised that there is this pressure to nail it and get it right. Our music is not particularly nailed down in terms of the way it is made so we accept that there\u2019s going to be changes to what we want to sing or do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe other ten songs were just sort of like projects. We wanted to get a full album out and record these ten more songs. These were done entirely in my dad\u2019s attic.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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