{"id":93,"date":"2008-12-21T23:07:02","date_gmt":"2008-12-21T23:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.gregbueno.com\/wp\/vexvox\/2008\/12\/21\/the_echo_chamber_or_are_you_li\/"},"modified":"2008-12-21T23:07:02","modified_gmt":"2008-12-21T23:07:02","slug":"the_echo_chamber_or_are_you_li","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregbueno.com\/vexvox\/2008\/12\/21\/the_echo_chamber_or_are_you_li\/","title":{"rendered":"The echo chamber, or are you listening?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent most of today remixing and remastering a number of songs I posted to Facebook<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n

And why shouldn't it?<\/p>\n

From last I heard, about 35,000 albums get released every year. That<\/p>\n

34,999 more people than I, trying to get someone to listen to their<\/p>\n

work. And what about the unknown number of people working in their home<\/p>\n

studios, putting their stuff online? I'm just saying I have a realistic<\/p>\n

expectation about the number of people who listen to me. It's probably<\/p>\n

some asymptopic number. (But plotted on what kind of graph?)<\/p>\n

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<\/em> and how<\/em> I suck to see whether it matches up with my own perceptions of why<\/em> and how<\/em> I suck.<\/p>\n

(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?)<\/p>\n

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 …<\/p>\n

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Eponymous 4 – \u661f\u306b\u9858\u3044\u3092<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

(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.)<\/p>\n

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