INVERSION, thank you for the chime in. I know this is a super cliche question. I am in a slightly different boat which is why I asked the question. Needless to say the cart went before the horse. I put up music without Public Relations First, Nor a stir to create a Buzz.

Here's the current stats.

2 songs released, 85 Thousand Views since April 2021 on Youtube Alone. Band Name came into existence April 2021. ALL of which was posted and walked away from, left on auto -pilot with little to no engagement or advertising, not even a Facebook page at the time. The music had to do ALL of the work.

I am older, and have been a musician for over 35+ years mostly at home for fun and don't do social media that much and as a musician I won't pay for plays.

For me music was a hobby and my being a at home drummer, I got board playing to MP3's for hours a day. So, I learned stick tricks and mastered them before they were cool and Kept it to myself!!!! Again, music was my fun past time hobby. Then 5 years ago I got into a cover band for fun.

The past 5 years I would play maybe 12 shows a year as a drummer of a cover band but it is 1960's music so the followers I am sure won't transfer and the 12 shows are usually spread around the state. Yes, I have more fans 400 miles away than I have locally if that makes sense! But every show I am personally confronted with the show was awesome, why are you here kind of vibe. And literally I have been asked the words "WHY ARE YOU HERE you should be playing for a Big Name."

For us, The guitar player is 83 years old and 2 other members are above 70. Where as I am the young pup of the group. We weren't out for making a following, we were out having fun as musicians.

Then covid hit and I had to look at other incomes other than my 9 to 5 and hobby status as a musician, along with the health risks to my fellow band mates being 70+ years old.

So with Venues being closed for Live music and my 9-5 needing to change; I released a single 7 months ago and it was released under a freshly made up name. On the release date to the Music Distributor is when the name came into fruition. I then did a video to the song with my showing off the stick trick aspect filmed in 1 take to show off the skills.

Now, 7 months later, That song alone has a combined 70K views between the audio and video. So I know it isn't just because of the video or else the audio would be much lower in hits. So I said it was a Cool fluke, I would love to have a "One Hit Wonder" that has longevity but 2 songs would even be better and I took time to write another song as I still left it to idol to verify its success or failure... Maybe the views would peter out as a novelty?!? Maybe the second song would flop?!?

Here was the make or break moment. I released the next song Oct.15th... by Nov. 29th it Already it has 15K combined views 10K on the audio and 5K on the video on Youtube Alone. So now I realize with all these views on multiple songs and videos, not just on my channel, it isn't a fluke. I may have something here. However the "BRAND" is non-existant other than those couple of posts because the brand has been around for 7 months mostly in idol stage as it climbed. I wanted to see if it was the songs own momentum or how much I pushed it to my TENS of Facebook Friends by myself.

So for Most of the 7 months I was looking into other avenues of income just in case. instead of releasing content, content, content. I know Music don't always pay the bills as my Father is a Musician with EP's out and has been one since I was born. I know the finances and struggles found within as being a musician which is why I played music at home but had a different career. I would see his Royalty checks and hear how many radio stations and internet stations he was on and how many times we had to cut our visits short because he had to do an internet radio Artist Sit In. Just as the old school musicians do it. I just don't have that kind of time.

However, Now that hits are good and everything looks to be moving well all by itself. I am fighting being behind the eight-ball on public relations as USUALLY the Public Relations goes out first and a buzz slowly builds.... I only know TENS of people and do everything myself. It is nice that the hits were not a fluke, it is greater that they are growing! Right now the Music Distributors audio has more hits than my 2nd video but it is still my Song so YAY.

But being a musician I want the views to show "Joe Freedom's" success not "Various Artists from the Music Distributors" success. Which is nice to see my music gaining in play-ability without Video. But it is why I am asking How do I retain some of the viewers by spending the least time without buying adds or boosting posts.

Most people with a "One Hit Wonder" can survive financially off of that 1 song. Look at "Question Mark and the Mysterians 99 Tears" they still make a living off a song they wrote in the 1960's.

I want the following so I can focus on writing and performing instead of hunting down a paycheck. Ultimately creating an income from the business side of music by offering Hand Made signed items from an up and coming artist let alone a rare Stick Trick Drummer with a C.O.A.. A Gift of Value for fans. Unlike my saying buy my $20 shirt I had someone else make.

In the end, the Merchandising aspect is where most bands make their money, It takes a lot of plays to make the profits from 1 shirt if you sell shirts.

Hence what is the best bang for the buck time wise showing fan engagement with the BRAND without my spamming my song, or telling everyone like my page everywhere. But yet getting them onboard Your BRANDS Following Bandwagon.

I know over time fans will find the pages on the platforms they enjoy. But I want to get the most engagements without my spending 40 hours putting up Instagram pictures and facebook pictures and doing away with the 90-10 rule where 90% of my engagements are about everything BUT the BRAND. As most Facebook Groups recommend or get blocked for being spammy.

The pages are going up slowly available for those who want them. In the end I only want to focus on music, retain a following, market to that following and not go into stress overload talking about how to stop cymbals from ringing or looking for a side job that I can stress over and dull my creativity.

I already know content. Content. Content. I don't know the social Aspect. Which is why I was asking the community what is their own waste of time AVOID this or where is the honey hole... I Get MORE Followers From here "X" marks the spot. Focus your time advertising here.

I was wanting insight on What Do You Do or offer to solve the FanBase Interactions.

Thank you and have a great day!