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0 pointsbraindongle6y ago0 comments

Do you create music independently? Have you tried to distribute it? If not, from where is your expertise? If so, maybe your music isn't that good? That's the responsibility that I take.

I have just over 8,000 listens on Soundcloud. I have good reason to believe that the great majority of those are real. It's quite satisfying. My hobby has perhaps connected with some people, in the magical way that music does. If I were better at it, it wouldn't just be a hobby. :)

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robdoherty26y ago· 1 in thread

hey braindongle,

what is your soundcloud handle? I'd like to check out your work and add to those 8k listens! :)

(incidentally, I am patientfrog on soundcloud)

braindongleOP6y ago

https://soundcloud.com/willhaslett

Will check out your stuff! Incidentally, I've toyed with the idea of "usefulmoose" for an artist name. [adjective-that-people-like][animal-that-people-like]. Good formula.

cyberferret6y ago

I found SoundCloud great about 5 or 6 years ago - engagement was high, and I was getting lots of comments and interaction on my music, but lately, it has nosedived. Not sure if because there is just a lot more noise (pun intended) on there nowadays, or other artists have simply abandoned the platform??

BTW - my handle is: https://soundcloud.com/cyberferret

(very close to the adjective-animal name thing that another commenter mentioned! :) )

Look at the organic engagement from the tracks I posted 5+ years ago, versus later ones and you can spot the down trend quite easily!

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