Used to be that great art attracts great attention. However I see many bands who are amazing who get something like 2 plays on youtube, or their tweets sink without a trace. I wonder how many of these young kids are gonna give up their artform because of this?

    • UnD3Rgr0uNDCL0wN@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      I think the summation most people have is this… Tyler: “Here’s my album!!!” Audience/internet: “Yeahhh!!!” Random independent: “Here’s my music!!” Audience/internet: “Who the hell are you, is this spam??!”

      I do wonder if places like Reddit have also given people the impression that self-promotion is bad.

      • foggy@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I think he’s saying that you might not be able to attribute success to self promotion but you can definitely attribute failure to a lack thereof.

        And in doing so, acknowledges your point about not getting big positive responses when you’re a nobody. He is saying to be proud of your work and to stand by it even if others don’t.

        • pallettownbry@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          I think this is exactly the point he is trying to make. I made the mistake of letting the algorithm changes on Instagram be the scapegoat I used for deleting my photography-centered posts after a couple of years of constantly pushing my photography. In reality, though, it wasn’t just the algorithm that kept my photography from reaching a wider audience. Sure, I refused to start posting Reels of my photos with corny music, and hashtags became useless. Still, if I had tried harder, my photography would have kept reaching more people as I forced myself into the algorithm. At the end of the day, I was tired of seeing my likes slowly fade, and my reach stopped growing, so I gave up. That’s on me for giving up.