Rain Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 Yesterday I dug up an old project of mine, a song I first published on MySpace in 2007 around this time of the year. A DJ featured it on his MySpace page, and thanks to the extraordinary chain of events and encounters that followed, here I am today. My now defunct marriage, all the traveling, moving to Vegas - none of that would have happened if not for that song. But a quick audition on my iPhone was enough for me to realize that song would never have stood a chance in today's world where most of the people who listen to music online do so on their phone. Granted, it was a very poor mix, but it still "worked" on computer speakers and earbuds. Against everything inside me that balks at the notion, I now always check mixes on my phone. Not to make any decision, but I know that the people who hear my music, usually on Facebook, will be listening on their phone, and I want to have some sort of idea of what they will hear. I've done so for a number of years. Actually, I started checking mixes on the MacBook's speakers years before that. I've also realized in recent years that I tend to factor in the shortened attention span. Whenever I put something online, most of the time, it is a short edit that gets straight to the point. I'm not sure why, because I'm not competing against anything else. I don't need clicks or whatever to generate income. And I write this stuff for myself, not to please others. But paradoxically, it's almost as if I worry that I might be imposing on the good people who are kind enough to check my stuff if I don't cut directly to the chase and give them the abridged version. Maybe I'm too polite. I mean, I am Canadian after all... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rain Posted June 2 Author Share Posted June 2 1 hour ago, craigb said: And then you put a hockey stick in our hands... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulo Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 9 hours ago, Rain said: Maybe I'm too polite. I mean, I am Canadian after all... Don't worry, son of Fidel is working on that for you. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 2 hours ago, paulo said: Don't worry, son of Fidel is working on that for you. ? No kidding! What an idiot! But maybe Rain has given me an idea... How about giving all of the Canadian's he's currently torturing a hockey stick? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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