"It's not a bad thing to want to make some money out of your original music"

Stone Fruit is a London-based soul, pop, R&B and electronic influenced music duo consisting of Valentini and Lef. 

Stone Fruit epitomise the modern "DIY musician", creating a music career on their own terms, without a label. Their approach is similar to any startup business. In this episode we discuss what it is to be a musician these days and how a duo can make a living from music. This is often a sensitive topic to bring up with musicians but Lef and Val are very open, talking about their personal experiences, obstacles and successes as developing artists. They talk about their portfolio careers as self employed musicians, which includes teaching, session playing and original work. Stone Fruit share some great advice and top tips for aspiring DIY musicians from budgeting, marketing, songwriting, producing, artwork and gigging.

Check out this episode if you are looking to start your own career as an artist and want to save time avoiding those common startup mistakes! 

Website: stonefruituk.com

Presented by  Matt B Thorns

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