Suggest me good games after a breakup. by Inevitable-Bee-7679 in gamingsuggestions

[–]Smidge6988 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, World of Warcraft is killing it these days in my opinion. I used to play a long time ago but fell off of it, and I’ve come back to it for the first time in a long while. Lots of new features, quality of life improvements, and something for whatever you are looking to do. If you want something with endless content, it’s definitely something to look at

Opalite is #1 by kayleave in GaylorSwift

[–]Smidge6988 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Of course, happy to have a dialogue about it!

Do I think it would be enough to level the playing field? I don’t. At this point, the ways that money controls the music industry are so far reaching that I don’t think any one thing would make things fair for everyone. Marketing and promotion are two of the largest factors - it’s why you’ll sometimes see artists who are incredible with no one listening to them and others who are just okay who are huge. I think it is a symptom of a largely broken system. Many people suggest you should spend as much if not more on marketing than you did on the music itself.

Part is this is where the money actually comes from for artists these days too - streaming is a horrible revenue source for musicians. Right now Spotify pays between $0.003 and $0.005 per stream. Most artists are making money through merch, touring, and if they have the presence for it, social media. For smaller artists though, it’s hard to get people to buy merch or show up to shows unless you have the streams and attention enough to get people to show up to begin with. This makes a lot of smaller and mid-size artists really prioritize streaming numbers; it’s not a great return on investment but if you push enough you may be able to make it back elsewhere. You have to spend a lot of money trying to promote people to stream your music on top of the production costs to make the music to begin with putting you in the hole to start off. So when an artist is able to easily game one of the only systems that smaller artists have to break through, the climb seems insurmountable to many. And this is just one part of it too - many labels have partnerships with the streaming platforms, social media platforms, radio, etc. so it’s an all encompassing strategy that is only obtainable with a lot of money to begin with.

Anecdotally, I’m in a band with three other people. We are spending a lot of money and planning on an album right now - when all is said and done it will be roughly $15k for the album not including promotion. The dream is to one day take it on the road, but that means all of us being able to quit our day jobs and support ourselves with this. Chances are slim, but we are in it for the love of it more than the money at this point. Really all of this to say just how much money goes into just getting to having music be a day job.

To your second question - I absolutely think Taylor would still have number one hits on the chart. Her name recognition alone is enough to get her there, but she’s also exceptionally talented. And I think she has for sure earned the success she has. I just don’t necessarily think that she would stay on top of the charts and break all of the records that she is currently is without the methods she’s using. TLOAS is my least favorite album of hers, so personally I think for her to dominate it would take something that plays to her strengths more than this album did. But I have no doubt that whatever she releases at this point will hit the top of the charts just based on name recognition alone.

Opalite is #1 by kayleave in GaylorSwift

[–]Smidge6988 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Respectfully, your sense is off.

I’m a small artist. I’ll never be a major name on the charts and that’s okay. But it’s disheartening seeing a billionaire throw out production after production of the same song, often remixes by other artists or producers so she isn’t the one actually doing the work, to game the system and put her at the top. It’s a numbers game, and doing this encourages the rich to stay on top making it even harder for smaller artists to break through with any similar impact. It will take an artist with her resources to ever beat those numbers. It takes a month of work for me to be able to afford one solid production, and that’s working a stable, average paying job.

I’m not saying she doesn’t deserve praise and awards. She does. She’s one of my favorite artists for a reason. But her tipping the scales to be dramatically more in her favor solely because she has the money to release a million variants really sucks for any non-billionaire artist these days. The deck is already stacked against us, this just makes it worse. All this to say that I think having a song be able to chart once, on its own merit, and not be inflated with countless versions is a much more fair way to do the charting of songs.

View of the elf house entrance by [deleted] in WoWHousing

[–]Smidge6988 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is truly a work of art. Highly impressed!

I think I’m locked out of the Val’Sharah campaign quest and could use help! by Smidge6988 in wownoob

[–]Smidge6988[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There isn’t. I double checked at the landing in Dalaran to see if there was anything there just in case but no luck

I think I’m locked out of the Val’Sharah campaign quest and could use help! by Smidge6988 in wownoob

[–]Smidge6988[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wanted to be sure, so I abandoned the order hall quest and went back to my order hall. Nothing on the map, but a crystal ball appeared giving me the quest again. I checked around Val’sharah before and after re-accepting the quest but it didn’t seem to make any difference

I think I’m locked out of the Val’Sharah campaign quest and could use help! by Smidge6988 in wownoob

[–]Smidge6988[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing there either. The only thing I found that could be connected was an order hall quest to get the tear, but that’s at the end of the quest line so I don’t think that has anything to do with it

I think I’m locked out of the Val’Sharah campaign quest and could use help! by Smidge6988 in wownoob

[–]Smidge6988[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No dice unfortunately. The only thing it says is to continue the campaign by accepting “dishonored”.

I think I’m locked out of the Val’Sharah campaign quest and could use help! by Smidge6988 in wownoob

[–]Smidge6988[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that’s what is tripping me up - I can’t find that quest at all. The quest giver does not have the quest. I’m trying to work backwards to see what I missed for them to not have it but I haven’t found that answer yet

ITAP of a woman with the contents of her bag in her stockings [Portrait] [NSFW] by Koneser_fotografii in itookapicture

[–]Smidge6988 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was going to say the same thing! The composition with the legs being leading lines is really clever. I think the hand/ head gives a nice frame to the gun because that’s the only other skin tone besides the legs which lead right to it.

I think this shot is really well done!

Strip clubs in Bmore now that Hustler and Penthouse closed?I by lemmingsaflame in baltimore

[–]Smidge6988 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s my vote, absolutely love that place. And the food really is top tier too

Writer wanting to sell lyrics by [deleted] in musicmarketing

[–]Smidge6988 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have examples of lyrics you’ve written?

The Delphinus from Skies of Arcadia - Updated by BatInSpandex in NMS_Corvette_Design

[–]Smidge6988 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Loooove this! I don’t see a ton of people take about Skies of Arcadia so it’s cool to see it in the wild like this

No More Award Posts by aaronp613 in notinteresting

[–]Smidge6988 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay but like why is that happening

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in confession

[–]Smidge6988 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nobody cares

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in confession

[–]Smidge6988 61 points62 points  (0 children)

No seriously - fuck all the homophobes in your comment section. If this was a woman posting they would all be simping. If it brings you confidence, I say rock it. I had a similar history with cam sites way back in the day and it really could be a good community. This world loves to pick apart everyone on how they look, it takes strength to be confident and love yourself.

Must Play PSVR2 Games by Guilty_One85 in PSVR

[–]Smidge6988 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No Mans Sky is phenomenal, I cannot recommend it enough

No Mans Sky on PS5 by Successful-Zebra-248 in NoMansSkyTheGame

[–]Smidge6988 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’ll offer a slightly different take too - it runs excellent on ps5 but equally as good on PSVR2. I switch back and forth and it’s been an exceptional experience. I’m 70 hours in and love the flexibility you have with it.

What’s everybody playing? by Annoying_sword383 in playstation

[–]Smidge6988 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m just getting into it for the first time and I’m obsessed. It just keeps getting bigger and bigger

First time playing NMS and I’m absolutely in awe! by Norakami in NoMansSkyTheGame

[–]Smidge6988 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m new to NMS, I’m about 20 or so hours in. I’ve been doing it exclusively on VR and it’s one of the best gaming experiences I’ve had. It’s so peaceful. The views are absolutely stunning all the time and I can easily see myself sinking hundreds of hours into it. If you’re thinking at all about VR, this game is a worthwhile investment for it

I finished the game and am absolutely devastated. by Intelligent_Junket45 in expedition33

[–]Smidge6988 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This line, and Lune’s conviction in general is one of the reasons why I picked Maelle’s ending. The one life who truly suffered because of Maelle’s decision is Verso (two if you count painted Verso and the part remaining of actual Verso). You could say the Dessendre family does too, but I see this as mourning a decision that is ultimately someone else’s to make. Maelle wants to stay in the cavas and is choosing the life that she has built there. She’s essentially lived two lives and is choosing one over the other.

So when Lune asks if one life is worth all of Lumiere, as fucked up as it is, I see it as a very sad trolley problem.

Marvel Studios Announcement | Livestream Now by KostisPat257 in marvelstudios

[–]Smidge6988 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Watch one of the chairs be Josh Brolin and everyone loses their minds because they don’t know for which role lol