I'm grateful to you (and Stacee) for what on-line presence you maintain. Thanks for sharing your wicked sense of humor and exceptional word-play with us foamy fans.
For me this was a heroic read… for many reasons. And lately I’ve been feeling same and it’s alienating. But only because I tried to “believe in it” before. The adjustment back out is disorienting, sometimes… but it’s no relief to stay there either; so my general malaise becomes disconcerting and you can’t “disconcert” in one place all day so I put it down without trying because because something about it has been making me progressively more lonely, lost feeling, and even lazy, recently. Your attitude and approach are encouraging for me because I felt camaraderie here, where it’s been missing there. If it makes any sense.
Thank you for this. When I started recording my own solo material a few years ago, I got totally sucked into the whole “optimizing” the algorithm thing, even signed up for a course in building your streaming numbers on Spotify. What a waste of time. Nothing more depressing than getting weekly reports of 0 streams! I just want to make music. Bandcamp is it! I’m glad you shared this…
Thanks for the rant. As a writer with one book out from a small press I seek to expand awareness of my work, of course. I get similar pitches from PR people (or AI), and I don’t believe they would be worth using. I know I can be doing better at promo. I try, mostly person-to-person, which I almost sort of enjoy at this point. At least talking to a human standing in front of me feels like connecting, even if they don’t buy the book. (Forgive me if this is obnoxious, but this is the book: https://glenningersoll.substack.com/p/autobiography-of-a-book )
As long as you're happy with the way things are, there's no reason to do things you don't want to online. Pitching oneself as a "brand" (or brand ambassador) rather than a human being has become a dominant way of communicating online. Granted, you have something to sell that's your own, while most don't. I still find myself wondering, do people actually LIKE this? Or is it just that there's a lot of it, and not much else, so there's no actual way to tell how much people dislike it?
I'm grateful to you (and Stacee) for what on-line presence you maintain. Thanks for sharing your wicked sense of humor and exceptional word-play with us foamy fans.
There’s nothing broken in your “business model” … I kinda like being in on the secret and being lucky to snag a drawing here and there! 🙌🙌🙌
Also… Substack is a great way to stay connected
Speaking of Cameo, two of the five Kids in the Hall are on Cameo. Kevin and Dave.
Re: Geese. I like a couple of their songs. I do think they had an underground following before the big internet news of the past few months.
I wonder if Angine de Poitrine was a fancy marketing campaign or if they just caught on at the right time.
I saw the Angine de Poitrine album at Walmart today.
For me this was a heroic read… for many reasons. And lately I’ve been feeling same and it’s alienating. But only because I tried to “believe in it” before. The adjustment back out is disorienting, sometimes… but it’s no relief to stay there either; so my general malaise becomes disconcerting and you can’t “disconcert” in one place all day so I put it down without trying because because something about it has been making me progressively more lonely, lost feeling, and even lazy, recently. Your attitude and approach are encouraging for me because I felt camaraderie here, where it’s been missing there. If it makes any sense.
Thank you for this. When I started recording my own solo material a few years ago, I got totally sucked into the whole “optimizing” the algorithm thing, even signed up for a course in building your streaming numbers on Spotify. What a waste of time. Nothing more depressing than getting weekly reports of 0 streams! I just want to make music. Bandcamp is it! I’m glad you shared this…
Amen Juliana, it is insane.
I'll occasionally send notes to artists online. They are all of the, "[SONG NAME] is really great. Thanks" variety.
It's all about the brand now, isn't it?
Of course, a few vids of you would be nice. We love your witty humor.
Thanks for the rant. As a writer with one book out from a small press I seek to expand awareness of my work, of course. I get similar pitches from PR people (or AI), and I don’t believe they would be worth using. I know I can be doing better at promo. I try, mostly person-to-person, which I almost sort of enjoy at this point. At least talking to a human standing in front of me feels like connecting, even if they don’t buy the book. (Forgive me if this is obnoxious, but this is the book: https://glenningersoll.substack.com/p/autobiography-of-a-book )
Artist integrity. My kind of artist! <3
Cannot wait for the "Tik Tok: Where People Go To Twerk" ad campaign! 😆 Make sure you get your cut of that!
Hey Julia! 😏
As long as you're happy with the way things are, there's no reason to do things you don't want to online. Pitching oneself as a "brand" (or brand ambassador) rather than a human being has become a dominant way of communicating online. Granted, you have something to sell that's your own, while most don't. I still find myself wondering, do people actually LIKE this? Or is it just that there's a lot of it, and not much else, so there's no actual way to tell how much people dislike it?
May the universe connect what social media separates 🖖
You give us your music. Why can't that be enough anymore?
Thanks for being here and for just being you.