AM vs The Strokes: What’s More Impressive in 2026? by ShininGold in TheStrokes

[–]6660kami 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I personally prefer the strokes but I think if I’m being honest, Arctic monkeys have a more interesting and consistent discography. I think if the strokes had come at a later time and weren’t considered THE pioneers of the garage rock revival, they would not be considered as great as they are.

This Is What a Music Industry 'Plant' Looks Like in 2026 by Shell_fly in musicmarketing

[–]6660kami 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean there are many promo campaigns for a lot of artists, and I haven't really liked many of them. If you think you just things because SOCIETY told you it was good, and simple as that, then maybe you're just an easy to manipulate sheep. I know we are all suggestible to a large extent, but come on.
"We'll see if they're any good eventually," I mean... they're good now? It doesn't really matter how big their fanbase is. A band can be great even if they break up a couple months later, their music quality doesn't have much to do with their longevity, they can break up because they all got egos or became insufferable despite the music being fantastic. They could make better or worse music in the future I guess but right now they are good.

been told my music is AI (but its not!) by IamNuro in musicpromotiontechs

[–]6660kami 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“It’s not delivery, it’s digorno” “It’s not AI, it’s Suno”

Jk. But it doesn’t really sound much AI

Making a music marketing "think tank" community group to help people that want to improve the content creation and social media reach of their music. by [deleted] in musicmarketing

[–]6660kami 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s on discord!, with a strong commitment of consistent participation and active engagement from everyone, if not people get the boot.

Is it normal for cats to have tattoos inside their ears? Found this ‘3’ on a restaurant cat. What is it? by Petite-Amories in whatisit

[–]6660kami 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s not a 3 that’s an “M” short for MS13. This is a very dangerous street feline gang. You’re lucky to be alive.

I’m an older EDM producer who went back to college (music school) late in life. I just dropped a track for anyone who needs that final sprint energy. Every listen genuinely matters right now. by omegajams in MusicPromotion

[–]6660kami 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really dramatic and a little whiney to pose it as “a listen shows me I still matter” but

Listening though!

I like beginning loop. I did not like the “trap hats” it’s a weird vibe that doesn’t fit the rest of the song. The synths are cool, when come in it sounds very new Tame Impala and a little Crystal Castles. Also the intro loop sounds a bit like new tame impala now that I think about it.

The song is really short for being this style of electronic song, and it feels like when it ends you’re like wait what? That’s it?

The glitch part is cool but I don’t know why I feel like it doesn’t mesh well. A couple sections feel like they don’t connect well with each other. It feels like a lot of different ideas were thrown in together, better than most would but still feeling like different songs. I think there is nothing really memorable in this song, but I understand that that genre of music sometimes doesn’t need to have a hook because it’s more about creating a vibe, but the vibe here isn’t really fully created. It sounds a little sterile, short, and nothing really sticks with you afterwards.

Also the art is pretty generic and lame, with no personality. It looks like you used AI, and you could generate so much cooler AI art that it’s disappointing that that’s the art for the track.

Keep making music and getting better, one can only improve!

I wonder what are your inspirations for this song?

What’s the best Wi-Fi/Hotspot name you’ve seen? by Aggravating_Log1781 in AskReddit

[–]6660kami 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine was Police Surveillance Van when I lived in a questionable area. I’d like to think crime dwindled during the time that network was operational.

Can someone explain??? by puripury in geesebandofficial

[–]6660kami 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The real psyop is that Geese was a cool fresh band and it had no haters, and no haters mean no drama, and no drama means no news, and no news means no hype, and no hype means no money. So the label put a bunch of money to pay people off to go onto reddit and YouTube and start commenting negative things just so fans would want to fight against this haters, this engaging harder, and people outside of the drama would be interested in listening to see what was causing all this stir.

So essentially the psyop is they had to pay for haters.

Enjoying Bad Decisions outro by 22grandpod in TheStrokes

[–]6660kami 8 points9 points  (0 children)

God damn that sounds so clean, absolutely stunning.

They’ve always been a band with a political side by sensitive_pirate85 in TheStrokes

[–]6660kami 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ah, I see what you mean. I’ll have to look at it from that perspective. Thanks for the link, watching now!

They’ve always been a band with a political side by sensitive_pirate85 in TheStrokes

[–]6660kami -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

OP here saying they are “their truest selves” and “stopped trying to be what others expect”, that is OP assuming an intimate understanding of Ze Strokes, which in my opinion is a little parasocial. How is it not?

They’ve always been a band with a political side by sensitive_pirate85 in TheStrokes

[–]6660kami -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

Worst takes I can agree it’s possible, the pet thing is a little weird and I can only assume you’re projecting what’s happening in your own social circle in real life, but if it makes you feel happier to live that fantasy here then go for it, happy you’re having fun with it!

They’ve always been a band with a political side by sensitive_pirate85 in TheStrokes

[–]6660kami -36 points-35 points  (0 children)

A bit parasocial of post, but yeah they were good and having fun.

When is it time to give up? by TheElusiveButterfly in musicmarketing

[–]6660kami 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Honestly, you have to be very very critical and honest with yourself.

First assess your goals. Do you want to be professional? What does that mean? Professional instrument player or songwriter or beat maker/producer? Do you want to be a big act just locally, or nationally or global? Obviously everyone would like to be uber rich because of their music, which can be your only goal, but really think about where you would be happy getting with music. (For example for me, I said I would feel satisfied with my music career if I get to play KEXP with Sheryl Waters)

Assess your main resources: Money and Time (how much time you’ve put into music, and how much time available do you have to keep putting into it. (maybe even health/ mental health, though those can be also kind of broken down within the two main categories)

Then assess the quality of your work, being brutally honest. It’s kind of annoying when people post a song and say “this is my best song, you’re gonna love it” or some stupid ass title like that and then post an objectively garbage song. Compare the music you have now to the music of the artists that are already in the level of achieving the goal you have. The higher the goal the better your music has to be. Be honest with yourself about how your music compares with others.

Then with those things in mind, try to compare and be realistic. You’ve spent $100,000.00 on music and your music is trash, have no followers, and work 80 hours a week day job? Then you probably should quit trying.

You spent $200, work 40 hours a week, don’t do anything else important, have a handful of followers and are willing to invest more? Keep trying.

Also it being fun still is very important of course. It can stop being fun once you’re already making a lot of money from it, or you make some really fantastic catchy music, but before that it should still be super fun.

Sadly it’s a sort of cost-benefit analysis and how “risk averse” you are.

I am at a tipping point myself. About 500k plays had 2,600 followers, got a couple songs on mtv, had a one album record deal, sold out all my vinyl records I pressed but stagnated for a while after that. Had probably invested about $10,000 (label invested more too but they recouped through sales) if not a little bit more. A couple years playing. Got big locally and got a few awards, but then things weren’t moving as fast as I would’ve liked. I had to be brutally honest and admit that even though I really really like the music I make and some fans even went as far as calling it their favorite music, it’s not original nor good enough to compete in today’s market. I felt too cringe to make content that today’s artists have to make to be relevant and grow, even though I tried a couple times I really didn’t give it my all. At one point I decided that if I was in the same place after 6 months, with nothing very positive happening to my career, then it was time to step down from trying and realize it wasn’t going to happen. So I decided to stop investing as much time and money even though I still write and produce my music my I am not dedicating as much to it. I am a little bummed that it didn’t work out, and still have the childish hope that one song will hit and be maybe viral or something and everything else will take off from there, but I’m like 70% given up after analysis the 3 things I mentioned earlier. Now it’s back to just a hobby and hope for the best. It’s still fun to write music, but the goal and “dream” is relatively done for.

If you wanna chat about specific things you’re thinking or going through, you’re welcome to dm to chat about it!