What is genre? Is it still important? Does it help or hinder the creative process? We try to answer these questions and more on this weeks episode of The Inner Sleeve Podcast.

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We hope you're enjoying the podcast, please do hit subscribe and tell your friends if you do! You can follow the hosts on Bluesky ⁠⁠⁠@mike1infive ⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠gozergoodspeed⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠@grim17⁠⁠⁠. We're also on TikTok ⁠⁠@lightsandlines⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠@lightsandlineslabel⁠⁠.

Head over to ⁠⁠www.headlightsandwhitelines.com⁠⁠ to find out more about Lights And Lines, your favourite independent record label.

The leading independent music review website Listen With Monger is - unbelievably - a one-man passion project. Roland Monger gets hundreds of submissions every week, he picks his favourites and writes about them. We dive into some of the Do's and Don'ts of submitting music to the press based on Roland's extensive experience. If you're an independent musician listening this this one you might wantto grab a notepad...

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We hope you're enjoying the podcast, please do hit subscribe and tell your friends if you do! You can follow the hosts on Bluesky ⁠⁠⁠@mike1infive ⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠gozergoodspeed⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠@grim17⁠⁠⁠. We're also on TikTok ⁠⁠@lightsandlines⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠@lightsandlineslabel⁠⁠.

Head over to ⁠⁠www.headlightsandwhitelines.com⁠⁠ to find out more about Lights And Lines, your favourite independent record label.

Where did it all begin? Who are you? What are you doing here? WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING AT ME?

These are questions we're often asked so it's time to answer some of them as we explore the origins of Lights And Lines...

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We hope you're enjoying the podcast, please do hit subscribe and tell your friends if you do! You can follow the hosts on Bluesky ⁠⁠⁠@mike1infive ⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠gozergoodspeed⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠@grim17⁠⁠⁠. We're also on TikTok ⁠⁠@lightsandlines⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠@lightsandlineslabel⁠⁠.

Head over to ⁠⁠www.headlightsandwhitelines.com⁠⁠ to find out more about Lights And Lines, your favourite independent record label.

In this episode, we dive into the world of AI and music and ask ourselves, is AI a creative tool, a threat to the industry (and humanity itself!), or just the latest tech toy? Is it in fact all and/or none of the above? And so on...

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We hope you're enjoying the podcast, please do hit subscribe and tell your friends if you do! You can follow the hosts on Bluesky ⁠⁠⁠@mike1infive ⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠gozergoodspeed⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠@grim17⁠⁠⁠. We're also on TikTok ⁠⁠@lightsandlines⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠@lightsandlineslabel⁠⁠.

Head over to ⁠⁠www.headlightsandwhitelines.com⁠⁠ to find out more about Lights And Lines, your favourite independent record label.

Can an independent musician make it on their own? And if not who do they need around them? And how do they build a team? There's lots to unpick here as our first ever guest host Beth Sarah brings the topic of community to the pod.

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We hope you're enjoying the podcast, please do hit subscribe and tell your friends if you do! You can follow the hosts on Bluesky ⁠⁠⁠@mike1infive ⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠gozergoodspeed⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠@grim17⁠⁠⁠. We're also on TikTok ⁠⁠@lightsandlines⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠@lightsandlineslabel⁠⁠.

Head over to ⁠⁠www.headlightsandwhitelines.com⁠⁠ to find out more about Lights And Lines, your favourite independent record label.

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Beth also talked about Help Musicians in the pod, check them out here https://www.helpmusicians.org.uk/ and hopefully they can help you too!

What is it about a CD, or a record, or even a tape that just makes everything in the world feel that little bit better? We explore why physical media in music is a wonderful thing that should be preserved!

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We hope you're enjoying the podcast, please do hit subscribe and tell your friends if you do! You can follow the hosts on Bluesky ⁠⁠⁠@mike1infive ⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠gozergoodspeed⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠@grim17⁠⁠⁠. We're also on TikTok ⁠⁠@lightsandlines⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠@lightsandlineslabel⁠⁠.

Head over to ⁠⁠www.headlightsandwhitelines.com⁠⁠ to find out more about Lights And Lines, your favourite independent record label.

This week on The Inner Sleeve Podcast we address the question on the tip of everyone's tongue... what's your favourite piece of musical gear? An episode for musicians, producers, and gear geeks everywhere, keen to find out about the tools that shape perfect sound. What is the secret behind the mysteriously ambiguous concept of tone? What delights should you add to your rig? And isn’t it all about how you play it anyway? As always, we’ve got some good stories to tell and lots to get into.

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We hope you're enjoying the podcast, please do hit subscribe and tell your friends if you do! You can follow the hosts on Bluesky ⁠⁠⁠@mike1infive ⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠gozergoodspeed⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠@grim17⁠⁠⁠. We're also on TikTok ⁠⁠@lightsandlines⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠@lightsandlineslabel⁠⁠.

Head over to ⁠⁠www.headlightsandwhitelines.com⁠⁠ to find out more about Lights And Lines, your favourite independent record label.

This week on The Inner Sleeve Podcast our hosts attempt to help independent musicians navigate S ocial Media in 2025. We explore the what, how, and "why am I doing this!?" in some detail. Is it helpful? No idea! But here's 3 different perspectives and we'll will probably come back to this topic at some point to expand on things a bit more...

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We hope you're enjoying the podcast, please do hit subscribe and tell your friends if you do! You can follow the hosts on Bluesky ⁠⁠⁠⁠@mike1infive ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠⁠gozergoodspeed⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠@grim17⁠⁠⁠⁠. We're also on TikTok ⁠⁠⁠@lightsandlines⁠⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠⁠@lightsandlineslabel⁠⁠⁠.

Head over to ⁠⁠⁠www.headlightsandwhitelines.com⁠⁠⁠ to find out more about Lights And Lines, your favourite independent record label.