There is an app called Apple Music for Artists that I like to open up from time to time. There are a bunch of other ones, but I chose the one just to get a quick outside view of the band. Things like which songs are getting played more than others. I use that for setlist making. It is also fun seeing the list of places where we are getting played for me. It makes you feel like you are part of the globe.

Over the weekend, I opened it up while on a little trip to the ocean in Chiba Prefecture. I noticed a Top Radio Spins area this time. It shows which songs of ours are being played on different radio stations. I didn't know radio was even playing us, actually.

I've had my head so buried in the sending merch troubles with the US tariffs that I lost focus on all the other things. Seeing that radio is playing our release reset my brain and gave me new energy.

I love this blog and blogging. Realizing I need a system for this thing though. I need a stricter date I have to publish on but is still fun somehow. Daily is too much like a streak. Weekly is too much like a work calendar. It needs to be more frequent than monthly.

While I was looking at my calendar the moon phase jumped out again. I love the moon phases. The moon rules. Using the moon phases as a posting calendar is perfect for me. It is always up in the sky so it would be an amazing blog post prompt.

There is also a nice option of post amount options. You get once a month (full), bi-monthly (full, new), quarterly, or even eight times (gibbous, crescent).

I also like how, if I went with quarterly for example, the posts would be essentially weekly but out-of-sync with the usual calendar. Also get the added bonus of the emoji.

I am going to try a moon phase blog and come up with a theme or something for each phase. When I have thoughts, ideas, or find things to share I can sort them into the correct phase. Hopefully when it is time to post on each phase there will be a bucket filled with things to post.