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Maybe so, but the higher you get, the more listens you get, and if you compete in smaller categories you will definitely get way more listens overall. More importantly, if you make it into the finals, you are practically guaranteed 10,000+ listens. A shot at that is a no-brainer when it doesn't cost any time or money.
Which is part of the flaw in the system. If a song catches someone at the wrong time - it might be better than the song it's showcased against, but that person will vote according to a feeling at that time. Thus it lowers the value and such. I've noticed that having put the same video up twice (the video that won the JPF awards) it has finished around 50th both times. This month it got about 150 listens and favorited as well. It never cracked the top 10, but it did crack to 15. But I will keep entering it, because it's free.
The other song (finished 438), started off much higher and dropped. This is a song mind you that has been getting extremely positive feedback from consumers and industry types alike - not from my ego. I'll keep entering it until I officially release it.
On the flip side, I'm not about to go writing electronica or tackling a small genre for the sake of doing something on a website. It's not yet struck my fancy to write that type of music.
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