Originally Posted by JAPOV


By virtue of being a "songwriter" you must have an audience, and the audience always has the last word. Perhaps our problem "here" is that we're all songwriters... smile


That is a point that I have made before regarding my music Tony.
My goal with the music is to make it good enough to upload thru distrokid and then once it gets up Spotify and other places, I am trying to promote it AND GET STRANGERS TO STREAM IT.

I have had no real success at doing that. I spent $250 on Spotify ads to see of I could get a bump in my streams. No real bump achieved.

The gist...
My stats on distrokid are my only real focus regarding my songs. I see Fd's opinion as singularly his opinion. If he says something nice about a tune of mine, I will be grateful. If he gives me some "pointers," I will take a look at the merit of them, but not weigh them heavily. (I have never been a big fan of Springsteen and have no desire to sound like him)

The focus...
To what extent do strangers ...(who do not write, but only listen to songs)... find my tunes appealing enough to use some of their time and attention to listen?

Right out of the gate...if the songs dont sound good immediately and keep sounding good...no one is going to listen.

https://soundcloud.com/sunset-poet-of-texas