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About Higher Plain Music

Higher Plain Music launched in 2008 as an independent haven for discovering and enjoying new music that enriches the soul. My mission is to share new and upcoming music and celebrate sound that truly leaves a lasting impression on you. Art and music play an important role in our lives and the world around us. They can uplift, comfort, illuminate, and validate feelings, emotions, and current events. Sometimes it is difficult to quantify how a human feels, and music is often my way to sit with something or process it.

Higher Plain Music focuses on music that does that for me, and is eclectic and personal because of that. The only requirement to be featured here is that it has to be music I enjoy and love. If it moves me, I think it will move others, too. Then I’ll tell the world about it!

I try to post at least 10 articles a week. I also create radio shows around once a fortnight. I plan to launch a small netlabel to support artists I am passionate about, too. I am completely independent and intend to stay that way, which is why crowdfunding support from my readers and listeners is so important to keep things afloat.

A Waffle from Simon

As a singer-songwriter and composer, albeit an amateur one, I know how difficult it is to get music out there and be heard. We are so fortunate to have access to technology and spread the joy of creativity, but the other side of that sword is that there’s so much noise that it’s difficult to stand out. I created Higher Plain Music initially to share music that I had discovered and loved. The music I love doesn’t usually find its way into the charts and is not always “radio-friendly” (whatever that means). I was struggling to find platforms that really promoted indie artists.

Over the years, my passion for music has only increased, and so has my interest in understanding the creative process and finding new ways to tap into that for more people. I work full-time during the day, currently in a job that’s labelled as creative, but it’s extremely stifling. The projects I run on music, games and other areas let me celebrate creativity wherever I find it, and I call it the Higher Plain Network.

I have so many ideas for the network, but there are only so many hours in the day, which is why supporting me via donations or Patreon is a vital lifeline to enable me to do more. It’d be a dream to be able to run this as a fully dedicated site part-time alongside my other creative projects – it’s a dream I’m not giving up on.

Almost all of the reviews on the website are positive ones because I want to promote things I like and not contribute to the meme culture of lazy journalism and short attention spans. I think we all lose when that’s all that we pander to. It has its place – but here I want to create a warm corner of the internet for feeling, introspection and a damn good melody! If you are interested in what I’m planning, I also have an open Trello board that I use for full planning transparency.

You’ll also find absolutely no generative AI on any of my projects. I create everything myself, and if I ever need help, I will pay for a professional creative to support me.

Ultimately, every artist I feature here is an extended thank you. Thank you for what you do. You’ve inspired and brought out an emotion in me, and for that, I’m forever grateful.

Si