AlphaStormMusic 2025-06-21 21:36:21

I dunno if you're just being funny, so I'm going to respond as if you aren't. I've been there, I'm currently in that situation. For the longest time I would get hundreds of listens on my songs (sometimes thousands), and pretty decent reviews. And something shifted, and now what used to be hundreds in the first couple weeks became tens. And that is okay, in fact I welcome it.

This is a mentality you have to work toward, but think about 25 people in a room. Imagine performing a song for 25 people in a room; this isn't a classroom situation, they all chose to be there. That alone to me sounds a little intimidating. Now imagine that as 10 people, 6 people. Imagine that as one other person. One person who made the conscious choice to be in that room with you and listen to you perform this song. That should be celebrated. Rather than be upset at what you perceive as a "low" listen count, think of that as the people who chose to click on your song, because that is 25 people who chose to take time out of their days to stop and listen to something you created.

Beyond that, your listen count is not an indication of your quality. You didn't fall off; people are sleeping on your music and it's not hit an audience yet. If what you make is good enough--which from listening to your stuff, you have some really solid music and really good ideas--then it will find its audience. You just have to keep pushing.

I would say you're better off not even looking at the listens count, because that's how you wind up burning yourself out; your songs aren't getting the listens you think they should get for the time spent, so it demotivates you. Make your music for the love of making music, not for an arbitrary view count. Celebrate when that listen count hits ten, anything else beyond that is a bonus.

And to be honest with you, your music is really good! You have a very liberal attitude to the genres you label your songs as (some songs you're really pushing those definitions, though I'd agree that the confines of genre boundaries have always been blurred, so they're useless distinctions), but you have a very good understanding of chord theory and rhythm. If I heard your music on the radio, I'd honestly call you a very underrated, if niche musician. Though I would say... try to stick to one genre for a while, that'll give you a distinct sound, rather than tens of sounds that are worlds apart from each other. You can be a universal beat architect all you want, it's not going to yield success long term just yet, unless you're willing to make your music as royalty-free stock music like Kevin MacLeod.

I'll summarise this for you: you have very good music, it's just not found its audience yet. I'd attribute this to your insistence to diversify your music, when you really should find your voice first. What I see in your music is not someone who wants to diversify, it's someone who doesn't have their voice yet and is having a hard time finding it. Make several really solid tracks in one style. But don't do it for a view count, do it for the love of music. You have a great future based on what I heard, I just think you're taking your attitude with it in the wrong direction.

Be excited about music first, be passionate. Only then will you find your audience.

I wish you all the best, and good luck!
Take care!
~AlphaStorm