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 bassist

    Lemmy 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).

    • LOL that was brilliant :Dmort_
    • alas, I despair that I can only up-vote this post once.Gnash

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