lowkey stressing about bandcamp friday coming up
my outreach has mostly tanked this year, it's been extremely difficult to find my audience on any alternative social media sites. bluesky has been worthless because nobody shares things there unless it's a horny shitpost, threads is still too much of a discoverability mess, and cohost doesn't really do a lot for musicians as i don't think the general audience is as interested in it. mastodon is the only place where i have grown and built some meaningful friendships and even gotten purchases from people there, but it's still much worse than what i was managing pre-elon twitter
i wish i didn't have to worry about these things, but unfortunately "numbers are brainrot" doesn't really count when the number that matters most is the money i need to survive and grow. i do genuinely agree that higher follower count for the sake of it is pointless, but i do wish i had more people who were able to engage with my work and appreciate it and be able to share that to others who could possibly feel the same way
It' certainly correct that music doesn't seem to be nearly as big on cohost as video games — which is a shame, since I don't play video games but I do listen to a lot of music.
And I very much liked this album in particular. (I like ambient dreamy sort of things, and like to listen to pieces like this while reading cohost). I was about to buy it then and there, before I remembered I should wait for Bandcamp Friday. So I've set a calendar entry for then; if I forget to buy it @listeninggarden is free to post again and remind me :-)
