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In today’s episode of the Music Business Newsletter with Matthew Rix, I’m responding to an artist from Denver who’s dealing with something a lot of musicians go through but rarely talk about:

She keeps changing her sound constantly.

Since 2019, she’s bounced between:

• indie-folk
• alternative pop
• synth-heavy electronic
• R&B
• and now country-pop

And every time she releases something new, it sounds nothing like what she put out before.
Her fans are confused. The algorithm is confused. And honestly… she’s confused too.

Here’s her situation:

• She has about 5,800 monthly listeners, but it rises and falls nonstop
• Her most popular song is an old indie track she doesn’t even sound like anymore
• New fans don’t stick around
• Old fans drift off
• And even her closest friends say she “sounds like a new artist every six months”

Now she’s worried:

• Is all this experimenting hurting her career?
• Does the algorithm punish artists who jump genres?
• Should she settle on one sound to grow?
• Or is this phase normal and healthy?

In this episode, we dig into:

Why early experimentation is necessary
-When changing your sound becomes a problem
-How the algorithm actually reacts to inconsistency
-Why identity matters more than genre
-And how to build a long-term lane without losing your creativity

If you’ve ever questioned who you are musically or worried that you’re “starting over” with every new release this episode will help you understand what’s really going on.

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