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aeolianblues · 6 days ago

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There needs to be a way of describing 'the next four months' that doesn't sound like a business meeting, if someone in earnest said 'Q1' to me outside of work stuff I'd slowly back out, walk away and then probably spontaneously combust in flames five minutes later

#but with e.g. album release cycles n stuff sometimes you do want to say 'the first four months of the year'#bc when folks are releasing albums in that period and planning to go on tour and such; they're also thinking about the fact #that summer music festivals start right around end of April #it does depend on where you are of course but often musicians will travel for festivals so they keep it in mind #European summer fests do kick off between April and June lasting until ~October #US and Canada are more July to September #Indian music fest season is December to March bc we nearly killed the last white boy who decided to try and do an outdoor summer show here #let's say 34C + spotlights doesn't go well... also it was like Bieber or some popstar and it was in July.#JULY. GIRL. You were not made for that #(obv this has me worried for Lollapalooza this year bc it's in MARCH. For context March-May are 41C; they're not making it)#and obv southern hemisphere the whole thing is flipped seasonally -- but back to 'first four months of the year'#'1st 4 months' folks are thinking about like having singles out in time for people to know the words at festivals if they're big enough #for smaller artists it's less about having singalongs and more so that they want their most impressive work to be ready to showcase #to a crowd that mostly doesn't know them but might leave as new fans. With how much money artists lose doing festivals #this is one of the main reasons new artists still do it (the ol' 'exposure' stick returns to beat us all)#also 'first 4 months' artists are sometimes aiming for the eligibility period for awards like the Polaris; Mercuries; Choice Prize etc.#and i do Not want to call these 'Q1' artists; I'll kill someone first

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