seems like its much harder to grow "followers" on various platforms these days. not sure what the inhibiting factors are contributing to this either. sure there's probably some strategy on how to reach/attract that changes per platform but gone are the days of 20K soundcloud followers inside 1yr - ThreadSky

theelvint.bsky.social • 10 days ago

seems like its much harder to grow "followers" on various platforms these days. not sure what the inhibiting factors are contributing to this either. sure there's probably some strategy on how to reach/attract that changes per platform but gone are the days of 20K soundcloud followers inside 1yr

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theelvint.bsky.social•10 days ago

unless of course you've got a major budget behind you or ethically unconcerned with simply buying these numbers. neither of those really spark much joy in me tho. and it pains me to want to engage in spending $ on sites to advertise/market - fundamental ideological opposition etc

midlandsound.bsky.social•10 days ago

People just hardly use Soundcloud these days thats why its stagnant. There is also a general sense of fatigue hardly anyone wants to be on any of them. Mailing lists and direct contact with fans is the new frontier but forces people to stare down their dopamine addictions vis-a-vis insta etc

theelvint.bsky.social•10 days ago

yeah usage is way down on soundcloud for sure. I really thought their strategy in how they organize content for people listening was odd/weird. they had something very niche focused and then turned it into "its not spotify but kind of and then there's all the old stuf we had too"

theelvint.bsky.social•10 days ago

an unfocused narrative/strategy that attempted to go after a market their product doesnt properly serve. not saying any of this out of spite, just observational critique *shrug emoji*

theelvint.bsky.social•10 days ago

there also seems to be seasonal changes in the new social app everybody pays attention to; i dont have it in me to adopt a new approach to the next "occupy your hours here app with your frinds" - hoping others are feeling more the same too

midlandsound.bsky.social•9 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

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•9 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.

midlandsound.bsky.social•9 days ago

Oh they categorically fucked it, very my space esq self own

theelvint.bsky.social•9 days ago

yeah I would love to pitch the argument to their share holders that current strategy is unsustainable and has an expiration date for failure/ceiling. And that they should un-pivot back to original intent with support on how to grow that model etc etc

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