So, I have been thinking about something lately and I want to know what everyone's thoughts are about my theory.
Between the dates of August 20th and November 30th of this year, I have released 16 tracks (arguably 15 if you exclude the remastered track). I'm not sure exactly how I managed to do it, but I still pulled it off. Some of the work I did, I thought was pretty decent. I did release a few tracks that I didn't like though. Some of the tracks of my from my album, for example, really suffered. Partly, what I was hoping, was that lots of music would bring lots of exposure. But now I am wondering if the opposite is true.
The other day, I was listening to a few songs by Glaze, when the old rule of supply and demand came to mind. I think we are all aware that Glaze doesn't release a whole lot of music. Since May 6, 2011 he has released only 18 songs. When I thought about it, I realized how excited I get when he releases something new. I mean, I don't act like Rainbow Dash waiting for the next Daring Do book, but I do have this "ah finally!" moment.
As I continued to ponder on this, I began to compare this with Aviators. Aviators, in my mind, also makes some really good music. But, unlike Glaze, Aviators produces a LOT of music. His YouTube channel alone has 83 videos and that dose not count some of the music in his albums. What I noticed was that I don't get nearly as excited about Aviators music as I do Glaze's. When Aviator's releases a new track my thoughts are usually more like, "oh ok, another thing from Aviators."
Then I applied this to my own music. I said before that I released 16 tracks in the past three months. But out of all of those tracks, I have a hard time pointing to one that I think is excellent. A lot of them are just "ok" in my mind. Out of all of my music, the song that I think is my best is a track that I have been working on for a year now and still haven't released. I have taken the time to perfect the track and pay attention to small details that I would normally ignore.
I pretty much came to the conclusion that the rule of supply and demand applies to the release of music. If I am constantly pushing out new tracks, I'm not really spending the time to make them excellent track. Plus, its hard for people to get excited about someone's work when they constantly release new material. I have nothing against Aviators, its simply the sheer amount of his content that can disinterest me sometimes.
Anyway, those have been my thoughts for the last few days. I'm sure it's not true in every situation, but it seems to be the case for me. What do you guys think?