Post by Audiozoo on Aug 21, 2017 8:57:45 GMT
I’ve come to the conclusion that this is how things seem to work:
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listeners
1,000,000
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listeners
100,000
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100
listeners
10,000
So i’ve decided I want to get more into music production which means i’ll need to be less active on twitter.
This has been brought on by a recent conversation I had with an old friend, who was very shocked that i’m 34, she probably thought I look younger than that. She pressured me about why i’m not working, why i’ve done 50 song reviews even though i’m not getting paid for them, why i’ve helped artists get signed to record labels even though I get nothing out of it.
After the conversation I spent a lot of time thinking, and was able to rationalise my reasons for doing things the way I am, but the amount of psychological stress it caused me has unfortunately changed my focus.
I want to prove myself as a music artist. So I’m going to use what I’ve learned to make a song that can possibly chart at some point. I’m going to start a record label with a stupid name I recently thought up, but only planned to remember as a joke. I’m gonna use it & have fun with the concept, so I can determine if my opinions about the music industry are correct or not.
At the moment i’m acting as a mentor & giving artists development advice, but I myself am an unsigned artist.
I want that to change, because of the pressure my friend put on me.
If i get a song in the charts, i’m no longer a failure, when people i’ve known for a long time bump into me and ask me what i’ve been up to.
To be honest, since starting Audiozoo I haven’t considered myself a failure, but what happened with my friend is that I explained it from the inside out, and nothing i’ve achieved seemed to have any impact on her. Everything was met with a question about why I haven’t been trying to make money from my efforts, and how I could easily get paid as a session musician if I just google 'session musician pianist wanted'.
Just because I have some skill as a pianist, I am not a pianist, I am a music producer. I don't think anyone I know in real life has ever quite understood that.
My music is technically heard every sunday, when I play piano in church.
But those people have never heard anything on my soundcloud pages (soundcloud.com/randomly_rawring) and the previous one (soundcloud.com/origami-x).
Why is that?
The main reason is because people have been trying to tell me who I am but not listening when I try to correct them.
So i find it necessary that I go back into artist mode. Irenka (twitter.com/irenkastyle) was right, “your environment will be opposed to change”. I do not care if anyone agrees with my decision to go back into music production or not, I’m an aries so my stubborn side means I have to put my time into what my gut instinct inspires me to do. It’s better than doing other things with the one life I have that I don’t feel 100% passionate about. There have been times when I was not interested enough in making new music to be a music producer. Now is not one of those times.
Now I know i’ll be getting direct messages on soundcloud, twitter & possibly the forum / email, so I will be keeping an eye on this to not completely block my online extended family out, but I won’t be super active on twitter, but I will continue doing a monthly 3-point roster tour (meaning i’ll visit the soundcloud pages of the 57+ artists i’ve accepted into Audiozoo once a month) probably on the 15th, 17th & 19th, that’s how it worked out this month anyway.
I won’t be on twitter all day every day but I will be on at random times. If anyone wants to contact me & they don’t have soundcloud, the best way is via twitter direct message.
Audiozoo does have a demo submission procedure at audiozoo.proboards.com.
Thanks for reading!
chart position
1
listeners
1,000,000
chart position
10
listeners
100,000
chart position
100
listeners
10,000
So i’ve decided I want to get more into music production which means i’ll need to be less active on twitter.
This has been brought on by a recent conversation I had with an old friend, who was very shocked that i’m 34, she probably thought I look younger than that. She pressured me about why i’m not working, why i’ve done 50 song reviews even though i’m not getting paid for them, why i’ve helped artists get signed to record labels even though I get nothing out of it.
After the conversation I spent a lot of time thinking, and was able to rationalise my reasons for doing things the way I am, but the amount of psychological stress it caused me has unfortunately changed my focus.
I want to prove myself as a music artist. So I’m going to use what I’ve learned to make a song that can possibly chart at some point. I’m going to start a record label with a stupid name I recently thought up, but only planned to remember as a joke. I’m gonna use it & have fun with the concept, so I can determine if my opinions about the music industry are correct or not.
At the moment i’m acting as a mentor & giving artists development advice, but I myself am an unsigned artist.
I want that to change, because of the pressure my friend put on me.
If i get a song in the charts, i’m no longer a failure, when people i’ve known for a long time bump into me and ask me what i’ve been up to.
To be honest, since starting Audiozoo I haven’t considered myself a failure, but what happened with my friend is that I explained it from the inside out, and nothing i’ve achieved seemed to have any impact on her. Everything was met with a question about why I haven’t been trying to make money from my efforts, and how I could easily get paid as a session musician if I just google 'session musician pianist wanted'.
Just because I have some skill as a pianist, I am not a pianist, I am a music producer. I don't think anyone I know in real life has ever quite understood that.
My music is technically heard every sunday, when I play piano in church.
But those people have never heard anything on my soundcloud pages (soundcloud.com/randomly_rawring) and the previous one (soundcloud.com/origami-x).
Why is that?
The main reason is because people have been trying to tell me who I am but not listening when I try to correct them.
So i find it necessary that I go back into artist mode. Irenka (twitter.com/irenkastyle) was right, “your environment will be opposed to change”. I do not care if anyone agrees with my decision to go back into music production or not, I’m an aries so my stubborn side means I have to put my time into what my gut instinct inspires me to do. It’s better than doing other things with the one life I have that I don’t feel 100% passionate about. There have been times when I was not interested enough in making new music to be a music producer. Now is not one of those times.
Now I know i’ll be getting direct messages on soundcloud, twitter & possibly the forum / email, so I will be keeping an eye on this to not completely block my online extended family out, but I won’t be super active on twitter, but I will continue doing a monthly 3-point roster tour (meaning i’ll visit the soundcloud pages of the 57+ artists i’ve accepted into Audiozoo once a month) probably on the 15th, 17th & 19th, that’s how it worked out this month anyway.
I won’t be on twitter all day every day but I will be on at random times. If anyone wants to contact me & they don’t have soundcloud, the best way is via twitter direct message.
Audiozoo does have a demo submission procedure at audiozoo.proboards.com.
Thanks for reading!