So, here's the thing. I am a grown-up bloke who has been playing about with homemade digital music for a few years now. But I have written more tunes than I have followers. I can't even force my own children to listen to my stuff.
Having been on Soundcloud for a while now, I have recently found Facebook groups of people who share some of my enthusiasms, and I have started making YouTube videos to accompany my songs; and quite enjoying that too, even if I still have more limbs than subscribers. I can also count my followers on my own fingers and toes (and that's including the Soundcloud bots), so why launch myself onto yet another platform, to yet more resounding silence?
I have seen other homemade music enthusiasts make good use of blog pages to put their music into context, saying more than you can on a YouTube listing. I also enjoy writing, so I though I'd add some dodgy text to go with my dodgy music.I guess that's why they call it vanity publishing. I may be the last person on Earth to start a blog.
For the record, here are my existing musical conversations with an overwhelmingly disinterested world:
Soundcloud: Old Enough To Know Better (surprisingly enough, not the only one)
Youtube Channel: Patrick Martin's Music
I plan to embed YouTube links to my most recent tunes, mixed with unwanted drivel on tech and other guff, until I get bored, or somebody notices. Woohoo.
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