Pao's Blog


When I want to take a break from making music, I like to write about what I have learned on my musical journey... So I started this blog where I'll be covering a various range of topics more or less related to lofi and chillhop, hoping it will help somebody else with their hustle.


Music theory is something I notice a lot of lofi producers struggling with. Every other day I see questions on music theory popping up in Facebook Groups (or on Reddit) plus as a curator, I also often hear that struggle in the beats I am being sent, some of which feel more like random chunks of notes playing together (definitely...

Let me tell you a story, guys. A story about one Spotify playlist curator, who temporarily stopped submissions for his playlists as he needed to save some time for other important stuff (including some relax, of course), and during that break, he got quite an interesting idea. As you probably already guessed, that curator is me and the idea is...

Right now you're probably asking yourself how come I posted the best finds for September when the submissions were offline for the whole month. Well, I admit it's a bit of a low blow, but even though the submission form was closed, people somehow still managed to sneak in a few dozens of emails to me. To be honest,...

Podcast industry seems to be experiencing a massive boom and with Spotify getting recently into the podcasting game as well, bringing countless interesting shows into the reach of my fingertips, I finally fell for the temptation of trying to get a new habit of regularly listening to podcasts. For a savvy musician, podcasts can be a really nice way...

Another month has passed, filling my inbox with new beats submitted to my Spotify playlists, and as usual, there were some beats that kinda stood out above the others. And even though it was a bit difficult to pick just six of them this time, here they finally are, shining bright in the spotlight. But apart of those, there was...

I've noticed a lot of people asking "how to promote my music online" and as I'm learning about how to level up my music promotion game every day, I thought I could write a little blog post series covering the basic know-how which can eventually help you to get into that right direction and give you some basics you can further build on. ...

Opening my playlists for submission has turned my Gmail inbox into an endless stream of music, and since every now and then I find some real hidden gem amongst all those beats, I thought it would be nice to start a new blog post series spotlighting those artists who really caught my ear with outstanding quality of their music. The...

With the Spotify game revolving pretty much around having your music placed in playlists, it seems like a pretty good idea for a music producer to curate at least one public playlist on his own. But maybe you're thinking, why to spend precious time on curating playlists and investing a LOTS of time into growing it from scratch when...

Despite submitting beats to playlists is not exactly a rocket science, a few good advices on the "best practices" might come in handy. And if you were ever curious about what is it like to be on the other side of that submission form, you have come to the right place, too.

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