Instrumental music can still have a story

Hey friend,You may be familiar with the idea of concept albums in music.These are albums where the songs tell a cohesive story (or have some other type of album-spanning theme).Many artists you've heard of have at least one concept album:Led Zeppelin...

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Dec 13, 2023
Thanks for downloading my track!

Hey friend,You're getting this email because you downloaded a free track from one of these artists:beatMagemegabyteGhostM1nervaAll three are actually me (sort of; M1nerva is "AI").My real name is Garrett. A lot of people just call me G.I try to relea...

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Dec 12, 2023
I'm headed out to Iceland

Hey ,Tomorrow morning I'm headed to Iceland (and then Amsterdam).I set up a separate list for anyone who wants to follow along on the adventure.Sign up here: https://garrett.life/icelandI don't know how much I'll email but I promise I will.See you on...

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Oct 05, 2023
Going live soon!

Hey friend,Sorry for the late notice but I've got a LIVE (online) listener release party on Bandcamp for my new album, A Night at the Carnival with the Beat Mage.Noon Eastern USA Time: https://beatmage.bandcamp.com/merch/a-night-at-the-carnival-with-...

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Sep 15, 2023
Famers have to do this daily -- so should we

Hey friend,I just learned that for a cow to continue producing milk, you must milk it daily.I've always been fascinated with nomadic peoples, and the other day I discovered this US Government program that is helping nomadic folks of Ethiopia start sm...

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Aug 24, 2023
There are 171 days left this year 2023.

Everything starts with writing.Movies, music, podcasts, books (obviously), and all of your marketing materials.All of it starts with writing.I finally got the a website up for my main music project, beatMage.https://beatMage.comIt's not much to look...

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Jul 14, 2023
Heads up about this discount

Hey friend,I don't get anything out of this, but I wanted to give you the heads up that Humble Bundle has less than a day left on this music plugin bundle.https://www.humblebundle.com/software/music-pro-2023-plugins-samples-softwareI use several of t...

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May 24, 2023
Get a sneak peek from the new beatMage album

Hey friend,Just wanted to let you know I posted a short 15-second video on my Instagram with a sneak peek from the new beatMage album "A Night at the Carnival with the Beat Mage".Check it out here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CsAJFDAuAWB/-Garrett...

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May 09, 2023
Bandcamp Friday means no extra fees

Hey friend,Every once in a while, Bandcamp does this thing called "Bandcamp Friday," which means they don't take their cut off the sales.100% of the money (other than payment processing fees) goes to the artist.So, I thought I'd share the artists I'm...

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Apr 07, 2023