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Insights and perspectives from the team
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Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Written by

Austin Kruczek

How Alternative Guitar Summit Grew 3.2K+ Subscribers in One Year
How smart optimization and consistent strategy delivered massive channel growth.

Digital content success isn’t driven by luck — it’s driven by strategy. When Alternative Guitar Summit (AGS) partnered with Missing Frequencies Creative Studio in January 2025, their goal was simple: expand their reach, showcase world-class guitarists, and build a YouTube channel that reflected the artistic depth of their programming. What followed was a year of targeted content management, optimized workflows, and analytics-driven decisions that grew the channel to 315,294 views, 24,200 hours of watch time, and 3,200 new subscribers — all in 12 months. Missing Frequencies didn’t just upload videos. We shaped the channel’s structure, refined the viewer experience, managed a consistent publishing pipeline, and built a data-backed content strategy that elevated AGS from a niche archive into a thriving hub for the global guitar community.

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Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Written by

Austin Kruczek

How Jason Rigby Launched MAYHEM With a Fully Organic Social Strategy
Rebuilding Momentum Through Storytelling

Tenor saxophonist and composer Jason Rigby returned in 2024 with MAYHEM, a bold and deeply textured collaboration with drummer and producer Mark Guiliana. Blending hypnotic grooves, electronic influence, and improvisational depth, the album marks one of Rigby’s most adventurous statements to date and quickly earned critical recognition, including placement on Bandcamp’s “Best Jazz on Bandcamp: August 2025.”

Friday, July 18, 2025

Written by

Austin Kruczek

Ines Velasco
Ines Velasco: A Flash of Cobalt Blue Album Release Strategy

When composer and drummer Ines Velasco prepared to release her debut big-band album A Flash of Cobalt Blue on June 6, 2025, she already had a powerful foundation: a successful Kickstarter campaign that exceeded its goal and a deeply personal artistic vision inspired by the poetry of Jorge Esquinca. The album blends contemporary jazz with literary influence, featuring lush arrangements, a 17-piece ensemble, and spoken-word passages recorded in Guadalajara. That essential background set the stage — but the rollout would determine how the project reached listeners.

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Thursday, July 24, 2025

Written by

Austin Kruczek

Why Every Jazz Artist Should Film Their Recording Session
Lessons from Ron Blake’s SCRATCH Band

When Ron Blake brought SCRATCH Band (with Reuben Rogers and John Hadfield) into The Cutting Room to record, Missing Frequencies was there to capture more than music—we captured story, energy, and identity. The album went on to become one of DownBeat Magazine’s Top Albums of 2025, and the visuals played a crucial role in amplifying its reach. Here's how—and why it matters for every artist.

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Thursday, June 26, 2025

Written by

Austin Kruczek

Why Filming Your Studio Session Matters
Behind the Scenes with Altin Sencalar

When trombonist Altin Sencalar stepped into Acoustic Recording in Brooklyn to track his 2025 release Unleashed, he wasn’t just making an album—he was documenting a pivotal moment in his artistic evolution. Unleashed captures a bold, inventive voice in jazz, one grounded in heritage, lyrical aggression, and ensemble chemistry. But the recording session itself—those creative decisions, spontaneous moments, and collective energy—is equally important to preserve. With Missing Frequencies behind the camera, Altin’s studio work became more than a set of audio files; it became a visual archive of creative process, musical risk-taking, and real human interaction. That footage isn’t an optional extra—today, it’s essential.

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Culture, sound, and story.
Your trusted creative partners.

Start your project now by contacting us below.

Meet the clients who are part of our success story
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Culture, sound,
and story.
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Meet the clients who are part of our success story
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