This week musician Nolan Green joined our Thursday Escape Pod Zoom call, where he talked about:

• Learning about “recoupables” in the music industry.
• Sending his demo to 30 labels and getting signed by Network Records
• Moving to the Netherlands from the United States
• Embracing happy accidents
• Finding joy in the creation process over live performance pressure
• Trusting that authentic creations will find its audience organically
• His current Netherlands Soundscapes project
• Working as a photographer at CMJ in the early 2000s

Audio replay is available in your Memberful Account. And from our Mini Escape Pod session we got into:

• Website redesign focusing on single message versus multiple interests dilemma (we’ll figure this one out, someday! haha)
• Migration from Substack to WordPress definitely isn’t seamless
• Spam prevention strategies: CAPTCHA, double opt-in, country blocking via Cloudflare
• How personal websites allow authentic expression vs platform uniformity constraints
• Patreon versus Gumroad for paid offerings

Social Media Escape Club isn’t just about ditching Instagram, but the continued discussion and support after we’ve left behind those platforms behind. Hope to see you on an upcoming call!

UPCOMING ESCAPE PODS:

◾ CO-WORK ESCAPE POD
Organize your desktop, catch up on email, write a newsletter, make some art with the Social Media Escape Club. People who attend say they get so much work done!
Tuesday, February 10
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
REGISTER: https://luma.com/zhbjagh4

◾ ESCAPE POD VIDEO CALL #106
Our regular weekly call where we get together and talk about work, our art, our projects, and figure out ways to make things work without social media being central to everything.
Thursday, February 12
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST
REGISTER: Members only (start a 30 day membership here)

◾ BREAK UP 💔 WITH SOCIAL MEDIA DAY – SPECIAL EVENT!
This is a group break up, together, in good company! Over 30 people signed up! AHHH!
Saturday, February 14
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST
REGISTER: https://luma.com/sime7eyi