Category: Daily Diary
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Direct.app Hits 2024 Development Goals
In 2022 I acquired the merchandise platform Dizzyjam.com with the goal of making it the ultimate creator platform. Fast forward to February this year and the team and I launched Direct.app, a rebrand of the platform offering a much-modernised print-on-demand merch offering for artists. In the launch announcement post we committed to launching two new…
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‘The majors have benefitted from AI for years. I want to bring it to indie labels and artists’ – Independent Music Insider Interview
Last month I spoke to the Independent Music Insider about Aux’s AI technology and how we’re helping bring the tools the majors have been using for years to independent artists and music businesses. Give it a read. Please read the full original article on the IMI website. At the start of June, Aux App was…
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Young Innovators Award Next Steps Grant to build Aux AI Technology
After the success of my Young Innovators Award project in 2020, I was invited to apply for the Young Innovators Award Next Steps grant which is a £50,000 grant designed to help Young Innovators Award grant winners to continue building on their innovation. Out of over 150 entrepreneurs who were eligible to apply, my application…
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Aux Wins the NY:LON Connect 2022 Startup Showcase Award
I’m super excited to have taken home the ‘Startup Showcase Award’ at this years NY:LON Connect for my startup, Aux. The event was hosted by Music Ally and the Music Business Association and featured a high-level roster of speakers from across the UK and US music industry. I was invited on stream to accept the award…
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Introducing Aux Beta
Todays the day the Aux team and I have been working towards for months now, Beta launch day! We’re excited for you to try out this first step in our journey to create the ultimate platform to support and grow music creators’ careers. Whether you’re just getting started or you’re established in your field we’re…
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My Ultimate Bike Packing and Cycle Touring Kit List – Public Spreadsheet
In my recent video series, I went through my kit list for short and long term cycle touring and bike packing trips. Watch the videos over on Youtube and below. As I mentioned in the video, I’ve published my public kit list spreadsheet I used before leaving for the trip. It includes kit I purchased,…
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The New SendMusic App
After nine months of work, starting all the way back in Laos, SendMusic is now available on the App Store: Download on the App Store SendMusic is the top of my list when it comes to 7 startups projects. I joined up with Kemal right at the start of my cycling journey and from a…
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Coronavirus – Day 182/183 – 15 March 2020
– ODO-22787-22850km – Location- London, United Kingdom After a morning cycling as normal in the extreme Indonesia heat, my plans changed drastically. I spoke to my partner Naomi back in England and realised that the Coronavirus situation was becoming grave. I’d been watching it closely since January when I flew back to Bangkok and cycled…
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South of the Equator – Day 181 – 15 March 2020
– ODO-22631-22787km – Location- Tegal, Indonesia – Weather- 26-37 I realised today for the first time that I crossed the equator. On my ferry from Singapore to Jakarta a couple of weeks ago, while I’ll slept in my bunk, I made it to the other half of the globe almost two years since leaving home.…
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Cycling Across Java – Day 180 – 14 March 2020
– ODO- 22491-22631km – Location- Pamanukan, Indonesia – Weather- 27-38 Today was my first day if my ride across the Indonesian island of Java. After crossing the city from my ferry I was ready for the same crazy roads and I wasn’t disappointed. I left at 4 am to cross central Jakarta before the major…