“is this sh*t Broken?”… “oh yeah, this Sh*t’s broken.”

I love to make music. It is easily and without a doubt my favorite thing to do (second to consuming music). So that’s what i have done. and that’s what i will continue to do.

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However, there is a barrier to entry when it comes to making music. That being, money (discounting skill and time and effort and all of that).

Once you HAVE a song that you deem complete, it could easily end up costing you over $1000 to record it, mix it, master it, and distribute it to the public. ONE SONG.

In a world where the consumption of recorded music takes place on streaming platforms, the return on that investment comes in cents. fractions of a dollar.

That sh*t’s broken

Of the 50 gigs i played last year i’d guess ~30 of them were solo acoustic sets. When they were full band gigs, half our set was made up of songs that hadn’t been recorded and released yet (because of the aforementioned barrier to entry).

So i have decided to record my songs and present them in the way that they will be heard live 60% of the time. Acoustic, from start to finish, without any edits.

This type of presentation is a real representation of what the song is. if it’s good, it’ll be good acoustic or with a full band. But if it’s bad, a cool full band production can kind of hide the ‘badness’. and it’s affordable.

Getting the music in front of new people is hard. There are several “gate keepers” that stand in the way. two of which are: Spotify playlist curators, and the social media algorithm.

Without going in to too much detail on that, i will say this… if you enjoy someone’s “art” (music in this case) please share it. Comment on videos and photos, tell your friends. Word of mouth goes a long way. and A share to your instagram story does as well. Follow, like, and subscribe. It’s one click for you, that means a whole hell of a lot.

There’s a lot of sh*t that’s broke. And sometimes that broken sh*t can’t be fixed. So you make a small pivot and change course, while continuing to move forward.

As always, thank you for listening if you have, and if you haven’t…that’s also fine.