In todays episode I discuss how quickly the spike after releasing new music dies down, what then? How do you resist getting trapped in a cycle of releasing endless sub par singles to keep things moving digitally. As booking agents look at these numbers, how do you buy views from Youtube and who do you reckon does that? and then a look at the story doing the rounds among some people about Spotify owner Daniel Ek's 100million euro investment into AI military defence tech, is that the natural conclusion for a Pirate? you decide...... my youtube channel https://youtu.be/dumRwP2Euos?si=36hbYJ4DHppu3kbQ support the band sponsoring todays podcast! : Bandcamp: beithioch.bandcamp.com  Instagram: @beithiochmusic  support the show over at http://www.patreon.com/AlanAverill sponsored by Metal Blade records https://metalblade.indiemerch.com/ promo code AA 2023 for 10% off your order ships worldwide for professional band backdrops or other requests contact : [email protected] Primordial on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/0BZr6... Verminous Serpent https://open.spotify.com/artist/54Wpl... Dread Sovereign https://open.spotify.com/artist/60HY4... Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/agitators-anonymous-the-alan-averill-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.