I spent most of today remixing and remastering a number of songs I posted to Facebook. I wonder if it's worth the effort putting these songs up on my profile. Only one person really comments on them and not often. I bet if I were to ask any of my Facebook friends in person whether they heard anything I posted, the answer would be no.
And why shouldn't it?
From last I heard, about 35,000 albums get released every year. That
34,999 more people than I, trying to get someone to listen to their
work. And what about the unknown number of people working in their home
studios, putting their stuff online? I'm just saying I have a realistic
expectation about the number of people who listen to me. It's probably
some asymptopic number. (But plotted on what kind of graph?)
Or perhaps my friends are truly courteous and don't want to hurt my feelings. Yes, I am human, and criticism can be hard to take. But I like to think I'm a bit more left-brained than the temperamental types so stereotypical of creative individuals. I'd rather hear why and how I suck to see whether it matches up with my own perceptions of why and how I suck.
(Aside from my singing. That's plainly obvious to me. And to my family. My friends, though, don't seem to bring it up. Politeness? Or just a higher threshold for crap singing?)
Perhaps part of the conundrum is the fact I'm limiting my distribution channels. I'm not a very active member of Metafilter, and my audience on Facebook is, at present, only 86 people. Maybe I should post to more places. Such as this site …
(This is a cover of a song by one of my favorite Japanese singers, Cocco. I bet no one is going to comment here either.)