Bill Smith ♊️

#BILLCSMusicBlog for 17 yrs (3,000+ posts), music consultant, online announcer, historian, #BILLCSTop30 chart since '98. I write about great new music.

[Bill Smith ♊️ @billcs]

This APP is now simply trash. There’s no engagement anymore, just ranting for the most part. I’m not posting here going forward, it’s now a non-essential read-only APP for me. I can be found on FB, IG, Threads and BlueSky.

[Bill Smith ♊️ @billcs]

@The_Hot_Sheet @drag27

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@bearwiitch @drag27

[Tim Burgess @Tim_Burgess]

An absolutely incredible response to The Merch Market announcement

https://t.co/soMGFSZUgq

Three cities, three ace venues

Some huuuge names asking about stalls and lots of ace new bands and volunteers too

Get in touch with our team
erpr @ ogenesis recordings . com

[Z @BrianZisook]

Artists: don't post content and bounce. Take a few minutes every day and reply to a handful of positive or encouraging comments. It shows people you care, strengthens bonds with those already supporting your music, and costs nothing but your time.

[Two Friends @twofriendsmusic]

WELCOME TO BIG BOOTIE WORLD 🌎

our biggest tour ever. biggest shows. biggest everything.

sign up for presale code in bio

VIP: thurs 9a local, no code
presale: thurs 10a local w/ code

[Bill Smith ♊️ @billcs]

@Cloudchord And then openers wonder why people start arriving at 9:30

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@BrianZisook EDM is following a similar path away from the charts, other than songs geared for dance music radio.

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@HeartfeldtHQ Psycho 🎶🎶

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@blogTO 2019 opening is “older”? And what do you mean “still”?? What an awful headline.

[Rob Abelow @AbelowRob]

🚀 Introducing Openstage 2.0.

Artists can now build their own platform.

Launch your Fan HQ, bringing your content, community & mailing list into one home where fans join as members with a Fan Pass in their wallet.

Connect every interaction into one Fan Profile.

Then launch fan-first releases, tours & drops that give fans first access, make them part of the moment, and bring more people in.

All in one connected experience designed to turn attention into fandom, and fandom into growth.

Build your own platform.
Not someone else's.

[Bill Smith ♊️ @billcs]

@blogTO Can you say upscale Ginsburg & Wong? $30 for a pastrami sandwich? And how is Chicken Shawarma Chinese or Jewish?

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@MarkPanopoulos Thank you Mark

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@thethe Uncertain Smile and Infected 🎶🎶

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@heymike All of their support went to the Apple Music app.

[Bill Smith ♊️ @billcs]

@heymike I use iTunes all the time. What I think you mean is that Apple doesn’t support the user library anymore. I still buy mp3’s to support artists. I just wish we could manage all of our music with it. It still doesn’t support user uploads outside of the iTunes store.

[Bill Smith ♊️ @billcs]

@BrianZisook As I wrote in my blog post this week, fandom (particularly online) is out of control, and artists and their teams need to help reel it back in.

[Z @BrianZisook]

Another round of layoffs started at UMG today. Artists and their fans often blame labels for everything, but many of the people working in these buildings to support artists care deeply about the work. Some artists may have just lost their only advocate at the company.

[THE CHAINSMOKERS @TheChainsmokers]

After 11 amazing years, we are now independent artists. We are eternally grateful to our incredible team at Columbia/Distruptor for a decade plus of hard work that has resulted in unimaginable success. We have no idea what to expect for our next chapter but we are extremely excited to have fun and experiment with all our new music releases. Thank you for sticking with us fam we know we owe you some records!

[Bill Smith ♊️ @billcs]

@chartdata “Sold”?? Please stop using that word when the majority is from streaming.

[Kinga @KingaMuzik]

A big thank you to Bill at BILLCS Music Blog for reviewing my new single, “LOVING” (Luv Foundation UK Radio Mix).

Bill has supported my music since 2022, starting with his review of the Champain remix of “Sexy Boy.” Since then, he’s reviewed 9 others.

https://t.co/wYOFdns1jF