"the grass is quicksand" & other existential crises
Hey it’s Brandon. This email is late – I meant to send it yesterday, but I had some personal stuff going on Friday and therefore got behind on everything...
Upcoming single news, a quick rant, and a quiet piano serenade
Hey it’s Brandon. Happy Saturday – hope you’re doing well. I'm already preparing my second single from Kid Lightbulbs LP4, "the grass is quicksand". It'll be...
Old Lightbulbs yelling at cloud
Hey it’s Brandon. Happy Saturday – hope you’re doing well. Last week’s theme in Kid Lightbulbs land seemed to be the seemingly normal promotion tactics as...
The fourth Kid Lightbulbs album / the new single
Announcing Kid Lightbulbs LP4 / the first single, “womb” posted July 30, 2025 Album 4 will be called INFINITE NORMAL. The first single is the opening track,...
Free(mixed castle)
Hey it’s Brandon. Happy Saturday – hope you’re doing well. REMIXED CASTLE, the track-for-track reimagination of my last album (RUINED CASTLE), is finally out...
On creative energy & the state of "disruptive" indie music services
Hey it’s Brandon. Happy Saturday – hope you’re doing well. Here are some things I published in the past week: —— A non-exhaustive list of the entities aiming...
SOLO PIANO 2 on hold, plus a tiny LP4 preview
Hey it’s Brandon. Happy Saturday – hope you’re doing well. I’ve been dead set on releasing a sequel to SOLO PIANO, but I think it’s not going to happen (at...
lightbulbs dispatch – week of May 23 2025
Hey it’s Brandon. Happy Saturday – hope you’re doing well. Here are some things I published in the past week: Be weird as hell – posted May 23, 2025, 1:45...
A crossposting life hack
This is such a silly thing but it helps me out a lot: I got into a habit of defaulting to posting on Threads, which was great! But I started neglecting other...
The THROW MYSELF story
Hey it's Brandon. Hope your creative journey is going well on this fine Saturday. No creativity or tech explorations this week, but I was feeling inspired to...
THREADS ON MY ART 2 & more
Hey it's Brandon. Hope your creative journey is going well. Here are some things I posted this past week: THREADS ON MY ART 2 Once again, the Threads music...
lightbulbs dispatch – April 16, 2025
This week, I shared thoughts on Spotify's outage and exciting updates on my music collaborations.
lightbulbs dispatch – March 15, 2025
lightbulbs dispatch – March 15, 2025 Hey it's Brandon. Hope your creative journey is going well on this fine Saturday. I didn't write much this week, but I...
lightbulbs dispatch – March 8, 2025
lightbulbs dispatch – March 8, 2025 Hey it's Brandon. Hope your creative journey is going well on this fine Saturday. Here are some ideas and explorations I...
Dispatch #3: throw myself into your inbox
Hope your creative journey is going well on this fine Sunday. Before we get to the good stuff: I put out a single last week! It's called "please please...
My bandcamp strategy for 2025
Planning a strategic release schedule for 2025 now that Bandcamp Fridays are a thing again.
on purpose
I'm slowing my music releases in 2025 while launching a biweekly newsletter on surviving as an independent creator online.
How I broke $1000 in Bandcamp sales over 9 months
Yesterday, a music friend & fan of mine bought a Kid Lightbulbs double-single for $2, which put me over $1000 in lifetime Bandcamp sales. This is a very cool...
Playlists are the currency of digital middlemen
I’m not sure playlist curators are the boon to indie artists folks think they are. For the last 4-5 months building up Kid Lightbulbs, I’ve tried various...
Liberal arts and the jobs of 2030
Why artists & curators will win the AI revolution The timing of the AI boom alongside the laying-off of over a million people, mostly in tech companies,...
