See I dont really think that there has really been a new app thats changed how music people do “work stuff” since Tik Tok and still Insta is the one people use the most. The numbers mean nothing. Someone with 80k followers just sold 3 x Alexandra palace shows out and techno dj with 120k sold 200 tix - ThreadSky

midlandsound.bsky.social • 10 days ago

See I dont really think that there has really been a new app thats changed how music people do “work stuff” since Tik Tok and still
Insta is the one people use the most. The numbers mean nothing. Someone with 80k followers just sold 3 x Alexandra palace shows out and techno dj with 120k sold 200 tix

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theelvint.bsky.social•9 days ago

personally i dont really see how smaller more niche scenes can utilize TIkTok in the manner its designed. especially considering no matter how close to "popular" i could make a song, it doesnt come within sightline of the things I see capturing large audiences, so i wonder why spend time on it?

theelvint.bsky.social•9 days ago

Agree there hasnt been new app and I honestly couldnt tell you what possibly could replace the hegemony of the current ones but thats immaterial to the notion something new COULD be in development/released that grips people up and draws eyes - speaking more to hypothetical notion really

midlandsound.bsky.social•10 days ago

Really, the way to differentiate from the pack is not to chase followers, just make lots of music, release steady stream of music, lots of people cant do that. Think over intellectualising anything re why music industry is how it is in the dumpster fire of 2025 is just self harm.

theelvint.bsky.social•9 days ago

and while i think this is true, there are countless examples evident to the contrary where folks simply rocket up with hardly a kick drum to their name. to say there isnt some form of gas lighting amidst the "how/why this happens" convo is naive, i _have_ to conlude some % is manufactured/purchased

theelvint.bsky.social•9 days ago

and of course this means there's also simply the lottery winners or folks who just somehow "connect" with an audience simply by virtue of birth and so escape velocity is attained swiftly or easily. and ive definitely noticed folks getting some push from big places that cant manage to eclipse

theelvint.bsky.social•9 days ago

some unknown threshold that takes them from well known to unforgettable/always in demand. this kinda resistance I think may be evidence that the tide is shifting and methods of constant barrage of a name in all places is losing its efficacy perhaps? but yes no need to embrace the burning dumpster 😂

theelvint.bsky.social•9 days ago

Printing this out and putting it over top my computer screen so I have to read it every day 🤣

midlandsound.bsky.social•9 days ago

Lol, what did we say about Over intellectualising

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