I read that Van Gogh sold just two paintings in his lifetime. Google AI puts that number at just one. In actuality there were probably a few more.
My original Spotify account was deleted early on in 2015 taking my 15,000 listeners with it. Since opening the Current Account (pictured below) I have put ZERO time and money into gaming my music into playlists for hits, enlisting services or using bots to increase my #'s (same strategy for instagram).
The time that you have is the real currency, and to put so much time into something that can disappear at the whim of the tech landlords is in my opinion fruitless.
If you want to follow me on any of the platforms I welcome you to do so but I won't open a bottle of champagne when it skyrockets or feel anxious when it drops. I'm indifferent. I only care about writing great music. History will be the judge.
A rose is just as beautiful if no one notices it.
There is something darkly amusing about the fact that selling victimhood to the most privileged people in history has become such a lucrative and big business.
When I was on tour with @jordanbpeterson he talked about many things, but probably the most common recurring theme was the "Spirit of Cain". It seems our ancient and sacred texts tell these stories for a reason: victimhood is easy, seductive and addictive. And now profitable too.
We are living through a perpetual victimhood escalation battle where people (and groups) now compete not on merit, but on the supposed disadvantages they face. Which makes perfect sense since this is the incentive structure our societies have been encouraged and forced to adopt.