I won a pretty big competition, but no real promotion done?
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- Banned
- 9890 posts since 14 Nov, 2006
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- KVRAF
- 2169 posts since 7 Dec, 2005
Dude, what are you talking about?cron wrote:And don't waste your time promoting your stuff to other musicians. They're the single worst group you can possibly promote your music to
We're a HUGE help!
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- KVRAF
- 42529 posts since 21 Dec, 2005
Some are.
Personally, I don't have a big problem with the guy posting this. If it was just some guy joining up just to spam us that would be one thing, but he's been a member for a while.
BTW, to the OP, you can lock your own thread! I would.
Personally, I don't have a big problem with the guy posting this. If it was just some guy joining up just to spam us that would be one thing, but he's been a member for a while.
BTW, to the OP, you can lock your own thread! I would.
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- KVRAF
- 2169 posts since 7 Dec, 2005
An example of successful 'commercial' music!
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- KVRAF
- 2169 posts since 7 Dec, 2005
Where's the OP?
Something be amiss, methinks
Something be amiss, methinks
- KVRAF
- 10175 posts since 16 Dec, 2002
Competently produced but had no special sauce, hook or standout feature, just another dance track floating amongst all the other detritus we all click past on the netz.
Maybe thats the problem, it makes this artist seem like another cloned bedroom 'producer' with nothing different or interesting to offer.
Maybe thats the problem, it makes this artist seem like another cloned bedroom 'producer' with nothing different or interesting to offer.
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- KVRAF
- 2169 posts since 7 Dec, 2005
I dunno - IMU(seless)O, some of the advice given to him here is spot-on; those of us that have been into music for a while know all too well that success is usually a combo of working obsessively and lottery-winner-level luck, and even then, a music career can 'still' be short-lived (fashion is the rule!)--- and the successful thing itself might even drive you crazy (or kill you)...hibidy wrote:Likely, since the very first post was an attack, he was smart enough to realize there was no reason to continue and just left.
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- KVRAF
- 42529 posts since 21 Dec, 2005
Possibly. But then again, I feel that way about much of what I hear "on the radio"VariKusBrainZ wrote:Competently produced but had no special sauce, hook or standout feature, just another dance track floating amongst all the other detritus we all click past on the netz.
Maybe thats the problem, it makes this artist seem like another cloned bedroom 'producer' with nothing different or interesting to offer.
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- 10196 posts since 12 Mar, 2012 from the Bavarian Alps to my feet and the globe around my head
Well, if you have some entries in your portfolio "I was winner of this and that remix contest...", then it can support the career.
But more important is that you can learn a lot by making remixes. You learn how successful songs are built! This knowledge you can use to create your own songs...
But more important is that you can learn a lot by making remixes. You learn how successful songs are built! This knowledge you can use to create your own songs...
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- KVRAF
- 42529 posts since 21 Dec, 2005
Maybe some of it was spot on, but mostly it was just a fresh meat thing.goldenanalog wrote:I dunno - IMU(seless)O, some of the advice given to him here is spot-on; those of us that have been into music for a while know all too well that success is usually a combo of working obsessively and lottery-winner-level luck, and even then, a music career can 'still' be short-lived (fashion is the rule!)--- and the successful thing itself might even drive you crazy (or kill you)...hibidy wrote:Likely, since the very first post was an attack, he was smart enough to realize there was no reason to continue and just left.
I'm not saying the OP wasn't w/o flaw, I'm just saying when the very first post is someone taking out their bad day on the guy (and the flood that followed)
So he wanted to vent, I don't think it was "bitching" as much as it's a forum, when you have something that is on your mind you POST. Seems like a difficult concept to a few people. (who think that they own everything AND are supported as such)
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- KVRAF
- 18236 posts since 24 May, 2009 from A galaxy, far far away
Actually, this thread was an attack of sorts. He came here to gather support and sympathy so he could feel justified in his disappointment at how others have let him down. That he bolted the minute it looked like people weren't going to be enablers for his sense of entitlement, is just another symptom of the underlying problemhibidy wrote:Likely, since the very first post was an attack, he was smart enough to realize there was no reason to continue and just left.
There is good advice given over the last few pages, but maybe that's just too much effort
It has been discussed at great length on this forum, how difficult it is to get noticed amidst such a huge amount of collective musical noise. So when someone gets an opportunity to gather some kind of momentum, it is quite understandable for people to get upset when that person aint prepared to put in the necessary legwork to take advantage of that chance
I don't think it will help him to confirm his being some kind of victim
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- KVRAF
- 16977 posts since 23 Jun, 2010 from north of London ON
I would be bouncing on the organization responsible than try to garner support.
After all the contest was theirs not his to promote.
After all the contest was theirs not his to promote.
Barry
If a billion people believe a stupid thing it is still a stupid thing
If a billion people believe a stupid thing it is still a stupid thing
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- Banned
- 9890 posts since 14 Nov, 2006
I congratulated him in my post if you actually read it. But dude is expecting promotion from a record company when the actual promotion was the contest that took place, do you not understand that?hibidy wrote:Maybe some of it was spot on, but mostly it was just a fresh meat thing.goldenanalog wrote:I dunno - IMU(seless)O, some of the advice given to him here is spot-on; those of us that have been into music for a while know all too well that success is usually a combo of working obsessively and lottery-winner-level luck, and even then, a music career can 'still' be short-lived (fashion is the rule!)--- and the successful thing itself might even drive you crazy (or kill you)...hibidy wrote:Likely, since the very first post was an attack, he was smart enough to realize there was no reason to continue and just left.
I'm not saying the OP wasn't w/o flaw, I'm just saying when the very first post is someone taking out their bad day on the guy (and the flood that followed)
So he wanted to vent, I don't think it was "bitching" as much as it's a forum, when you have something that is on your mind you POST. Seems like a difficult concept to a few people. (who think that they own everything AND are supported as such)
Oh, and I forgot, it is you, Mr 40,000 posts, that owns KVR, how awful of us to step on your toes.

