Releasing My Music
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- kingsteven8
Guess it depends on how much music you make, small releases probably better than albums because it gives you the chance to announce and package it... I'm totally cynical about this shit, there is a thing ATM (i've heard it called the Kanye cycle but it's used almost universally by pop artists) where the release cycle itself sits within an artistic emotional loop used for promotion.
RELEASE 1: self-doubt (highly introspective record)
RELEASE 2: hard work (unexpected brilliance)
RELEASE 3: victory lap (all the hits but a parody of your former brilliance)
RELEASE 4: post success (exploring new musical directions)
RELEASE 5: self-doubt (highly introspective record)
etc...Say your going to quit making music between each release for extra impact... The reality of getting noticed in the first place is:
Easy tier:
be 15 with rich parents, and incredibly attractive
MOR tier:
incredibly talented busker
talk continually about your mild mental illness
gender non-conformity
face tattoos
twitch stream playing fortnite
how-to tutorials about your sound
attractive female bassistLemmy tier:
Most of us are on Lemmy tier... (unless you want to suck all the cock your only option is to be interesting and make music thats true to yourself).