Friendly Foil Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Hello watmms. We had a thread on here a while back, regarding quality control on released material, which was pretty interesting, and made me consider how much stuff I actually put up on the internet. I see loads of other people in the YLC forum on here, who puts up multiple tracks each week, and whose threads I enter every time there's any new stuff, which is pretty cool. How much is too much though? I've put up A LOT of stuff on my bandcamp and soundcloud accounts. Old and new stuff, collabs etc. On one hand, everything is 100% free and I never bump my threads. I just kinda throw it out there, and if people feel like listening to it, they can. On the other hand, I guess it can seem kinda desperate and like I just throw up every little crappy thing I do. Which is not the case. I'm confused.. Does this even make sense?! tl;dr: When does one put up too much stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Durv Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 You can't...I think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I only share/upload music that I feel like is worth sharing/uploading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th555 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 For me there's a difference between tracks that I actually intend to complete as a track, and just experiments to try out different stuff/techniques/sounds/anything. The latter I never really upload. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergeantk Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 i only upload a fraction of my completed work, simply cause of quality control... it's only an issue if you're putting out a ton of mediocre output (at least relative to your best stuff) edit. squee said it better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I only share/upload music that I feel like is worth sharing/uploading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnus Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 what you should do is make your own site (easy,free) to showcase the material and use the soundcloud API to play the tracks i'm all about presentation , so i think things can appear kind of same-ish and low quality when it directly resembles everything else thats available. not that i am judging the value of anything... but u should def make your own website and design it and present your stuff there. at least you wouldn't have to "bump" it and constantly create new threads.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Foil Posted September 25, 2012 Author Share Posted September 25, 2012 what you should do is make your own site (easy,free) to showcase the material and use the soundcloud API to play the tracks i'm all about presentation , so i think things can appear kind of same-ish and low quality when it directly resembles everything else thats available. not that i am judging the value of anything... but u should def make your own website and design it and present your stuff there. at least you wouldn't have to "bump" it and constantly create new threads.. I've considered that more than once, but who would even know that site existed? Sure, it's cool when you're a well known musician, but when you're just doing it as a hobby, I don't consider it worth the trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnus Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I've considered that more than once, but who would even know that site existed? Sure, it's cool when you're a well known musician, but when you're just doing it as a hobby, I don't consider it worth the trouble. promote the link to your friends, get in touch with DJ's and other producers and share tracks/mixes with them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I put tracks up for share when I want to stop working on them, lol. Kind of like reaching closure and moving on to the next track. Otherwise I'll be indefinitely twiddling with it and not get anything new done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SampleScience Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 I don't think there's too much music. A good track for me might seems worthless for someone else. The opposite is true too, so I think the democratic system of the internet is a step foward because now I can listen to music I truly enjoy instead of being stuck with what the record store has to offer like it was 20 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hma Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Yeah, liking shit music is really advantage these days... I don`t know, maybe by not calling shit a shit we are encouraging people(artists) to forget about quality control, because "somebody will like it". But maybe that`s just the way things are now. But I do care a little bit because large part of my bandwidth goes to previewing crap that I wish I never clicked on in the first place. I`m still clicking though but for how long? Definitely too much musicians. But maybe after 10 years we gonna have amazing music by the same people who today wastes everybody`s time with their kindergarten level compositions all over soundcloud/youtube. This shit is too new so it still can find a way to regulate/censor itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptowen Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 large part of my bandwidth goes to previewing crap that I wish I never clicked on in the first place you poor man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o00o Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 @Friendly Foil look at the comic guys online(oatmeal, xkcd,cyanide and happiness) . It took them 10-15 years to get to real fame by releasing comics every day /week. Same with the people on rephlex now. It took wisp / EOD forever to get on the label even so their stuff was excellent. Just keep going and build a big plattform with stuff. Same with aphex, autechre and plaid. They just keept releasing stuff for 20 years until they got this kind of fame they have today. Just don't delete the old stuff and build a big back catalogue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hma Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 large part of my bandwidth goes to previewing crap that I wish I never clicked on in the first place you poor man Hmm, I am actually. I have a monthly quota. So fuck off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptowen Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Hmm, I am actually. I have a monthly quota. So fuck off. Go to the library or something. People uploading music to the internet have no obligation to entertain you & it's your choice how you spend your virtual data gold. I mean, you also have the right to criticize things however you wish so fair nuff I assume most people aren't trying to get famous off this stuff (because it quickly becomes clear in the heavily saturated online indie media marketplace that even getting someone to give you well thought out feedback is like finding arsehair from a sasquatch). Maybe they share their music because to them it expresses something they couldn't adequately put into words, & maybe just maybe there's someone out there who'll feel the same way. And they'll say "lush pads man reminds me of BoC chek my trax thx" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Foil Posted September 29, 2012 Author Share Posted September 29, 2012 @Friendly Foil look at the comic guys online(oatmeal, xkcd,cyanide and happiness) . It took them 10-15 years to get to real fame by releasing comics every day /week. Same with the people on rephlex now. It took wisp / EOD forever to get on the label even so their stuff was excellent. Just keep going and build a big plattform with stuff. Same with aphex, autechre and plaid. They just keept releasing stuff for 20 years until they got this kind of fame they have today. Just don't delete the old stuff and build a big back catalogue Oh don't get me wrong, this is not about getting famous or being signed to some silly label. I was just wondering when a lot of music becomes too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hma Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Hmm, I am actually. I have a monthly quota. So fuck off. Go to the library or something. People uploading music to the internet have no obligation to entertain you & it's your choice how you spend your virtual data gold. I mean, you also have the right to criticize things however you wish so fair nuff I assume most people aren't trying to get famous off this stuff (because it quickly becomes clear in the heavily saturated online indie media marketplace that even getting someone to give you well thought out feedback is like finding arsehair from a sasquatch). Maybe they share their music because to them it expresses something they couldn't adequately put into words, & maybe just maybe there's someone out there who'll feel the same way. And they'll say "lush pads man reminds me of BoC chek my trax thx" Damn girl, what is your problem? Is your music such a shit that you feel personally responsible for my bandwith problems? I am going to library when I need to download something bigger than 10mb, but why do you care? What is this "People uploading music to the internet have no obligation to entertain you" bullshit? Where are you getting these ideas from? Yes, I do honestly believe that there are way too much bad music on internet and I don`t care about all this "freedom of expression" stuff, It is besides the point, if the art is uninspired, clicche-ridden, amateur as opposite to articulate and thought out, if the artists doesn`t have a vision, then it`s shit, I don`t care if he/she is a good person and if he/she has unicorns living in the head or whatever, there are art critics for a reason- it is possible to evaluate art`s artistic value and when such an filter doesn`t exist, the shit takes over, because taste of the most people are absolutely not reliable, just check out where popular demand has gotten american pop music and movie industry, it`s certainly is not getting better, right? So be subjective, objective, whatever, but be fucking real, the shit is shit and that`s it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Foil Posted September 29, 2012 Author Share Posted September 29, 2012 If you think someone's stuff is shit, tell them. Whining about it on some internet forum won't change anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adieu Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 I think you guys are over thinking this a bit. If you spend too much time thinking about what other people think in regards to anything you are not going to be successful. Just focus on doing what you do and try to do it as best you can. You already are one step ahead of the game because you compulsively make music. Just enjoy yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergeantk Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 large part of my bandwidth goes to previewing crap that I wish I never clicked on in the first place you poor man Hmm, I am actually. I have a monthly quota. So fuck off. No one gives a shit about your monthly quota i only say this cause i think its kind of redundant to tell musicians what they should or shouldn't do... make your own art and do whatever you want but let us go about our business Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hma Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Ok, checked out some of your threads in YLC, sorry guys, didn`t know I interrupted a circle-jerk of such a rich tradition. Thought there is discussion going on. Carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Foil Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 Why do all my threads end up like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergeantk Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Ok, checked out some of your threads in YLC, sorry guys, didn`t know I interrupted a circle-jerk of such a rich tradition. Thought there is discussion going on. Carry on. I wish I was as cool as you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptowen Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 With the internet you don't really have to worry about things "taking over". There will always be an outlet for whatever weird niche music you're into. Different people like different things than you. Let them listen to their stuff & you listen to your stuff & if critiquing their stuff makes your body feel nice then go for it. it's just music it really doesn't matter any Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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