Journal
Notes on releases, the studio and the site, written by sauvachi.
Why an artist website still matters when streaming exists
August 5, 2026 — Every platform you build on can change its rules overnight. A domain you own cannot. What a site is actually for in 2026, and what belongs on one.
The first 48 hours of a release: what actually moves
July 30, 2026 — Playlists, saves, shares and the algorithm — what genuinely matters in the two days after a track goes live, and what is just noise you can safely ignore.
Listen anywhere: the sauvachi player is live
July 24, 2026 — The whole catalog now streams straight from this site — installable, offline-capable, and with no account to create. Here is what it does and how to put it on your home screen.
“Again” is out now
July 19, 2026 — The newest sauvachi single is live on every platform. On the loop that started it, why it stayed under four minutes, and where to hear it.
“That Part” is out now
July 13, 2026 — A faster, blunter single than the last one — written in two sittings and finished before it could be talked out of itself. Out now on all platforms.
“Lessons” with psydfx — out now
July 3, 2026 — A collaboration recorded across two time zones and a shared folder. What each of us brought, what we argued about, and how it ended up sounding like neither of us alone.
“THE SPLIT” with NST — out now, with the video
June 19, 2026 — Two verses, two halves, one beat that changes underneath them. The single is out everywhere and the video is on YouTube.
Releasing a single independently: the full checklist
June 5, 2026 — Everything between a finished mix and a live release — masters, metadata, splits, artwork, distribution, timing — in the order it actually needs doing.
“money gene” — out now
May 22, 2026 — The single that got the widest release of anything so far: every major platform, a video playlist, and a title that turned out to be about the wrong thing.
Smart links explained: why one URL beats five
May 8, 2026 — The link you post decides how many people actually hear the song. How smart links work, what they cost you, and the mistakes that make them worse than a plain URL.
“To Kojayi (Remix)” with Youngka — out now
April 24, 2026 — A remix that kept the vocal and rebuilt everything under it. On what a remix owes the original, and where this one deliberately disagrees with it.
Recording vocals in a bedroom: the six things that matter
April 10, 2026 — Most home vocal problems are not microphone problems. What actually separates a bedroom take from a studio one — and the cheap fixes that close most of the gap.
“On My Way” — out now
March 27, 2026 — A track about motion that was written entirely while sitting still. On writing forward-facing songs from the middle of a flat period.
How streaming royalties actually work
March 13, 2026 — Why the per-stream number is the least useful figure in music, where the money genuinely comes from, and the payments most independent artists never collect.
“Autumn Leaves” — out now
February 27, 2026 — The quietest thing in the catalog, and the one that took the most restraint. On writing a song that refuses to build.
“Can't Complain” with Shameone — out now
February 13, 2026 — Two writers, one instrumental, and a title that started as a shrug. On how a collaboration finds its subject when neither person arrives with one.
From “finished” to live: what happens to a track in between
January 30, 2026 — The three weeks nobody documents — delivery, encoding, store review, pitching windows and the reasons a release can land wrong on one platform only.
“LOST N FOUND” — out now
January 16, 2026 — Built from a folder of abandoned session files. On going back through two years of unfinished ideas and what survives the return trip.
“HOLD UP” with Sadra — out now
December 19, 2025 — A track that survived being rebuilt three times. On knowing the difference between a song that needs more work and one that needs to be left alone.
What belongs in a press kit (and what quietly ruins one)
December 5, 2025 — Promoters, journalists and playlist curators all want the same six things in the first ten seconds. What to include, what to leave out, and how to make it findable.
“CARBON” — out now
November 21, 2025 — The densest, most compressed thing in the catalog. On making a track that is deliberately claustrophobic, and why the loudest record is rarely the biggest one.
Mixing on headphones without ruining the record
November 7, 2025 — Most independent music is mixed on headphones now. The three failure modes that produces, and the checks that catch each one before release.