Is someone here trying to make it?

[SteveB]

This may provide some sombre reading for those on a mission. I'm not really au fait with the intricacies of this side of 'all strummers together etc', but I'll post this link here so hopefully the entertainers of SC can view and comment on this latest aspect of our favourite hobby. I had commented somewhere before on one of Ted's insightful delves into the genre, wherein I was aghast at the thought of c.20,000 songs a day being uploaded to music sites for monetary purposes, apparently I was way wide of the mark.

https://music3point0.com/2024/04/03/the-streaming-purge-has-started-as-deezer-deletes-26-million-useless-tracks/

[Ted]

apparently I was way wide of the mark.

With 100,000 new tracks being uploaded to Deezer (and each of the other streaming services) every day, there's an enormous amount of competition for the limited time in the day that listeners have. Some of these tracks will never be heard, especially if they don't meet the minimum requirements to stay on the streaming platform. Expect other streaming platforms to follow Deezer's lead.

https://music3point0.com/2024/04/03/the-streaming-purge-has-started-as-deezer-deletes-26-million-useless-tracks/

[Mike_S]

apparently I was way wide of the mark.

With 100,000 new tracks being uploaded to Deezer (and each of the other streaming services) every day, there's an enormous amount of competition for the limited time in the day that listeners have. Some of these tracks will never be heard, especially if they don't meet the minimum requirements to stay on the streaming platform. Expect other streaming platforms to follow Deezer's lead.

https://music3point0.com/2024/04/03/the-streaming-purge-has-started-as-deezer-deletes-26-million-useless-tracks/

But this should surely give a confidence boost to us lot here. So every song (maybe with some very rare exceptions) on SC gets at least some listens and sometimes quite a few as well as the comments that come with it. And by people that give a shit. Come on guys, the world has changed, so many people making tracks around the world that never get heard at all. We should really think ourselves lucky here.

Mike

[SteveB]

Ooops, oops, and oops again!! Once more I have articulated poorly - sorry. What I was trying to say is that people upload their work to SC for the sheer pleasure of producing a piece of work. Which is the essence of music-making, and as people point out here generally get at least a couple of listens and comments, but apparently over (however many), people think that they can make money by uploading to these streaming sites day in, day out and by definition be able to upload any old junk to cash-in as it were.
Apologies if I sound muddled – other stuff going on. 

[kenny mac]

I often think how lucky I am not to have made it.
I can lie on a beach chilling with Mrs mac or go to a restaurant and no one pesters me for an autograph  or trys to film me.
I'm blessed that I am a normal guy.
I love the fact I just record when I want to.
I guess the dream though is for someone to record one of my songs.