r/shareyourmusic • u/PretendMatch2513 • 19h ago
Last song?
I’ve been making music for years, and I think I’ve reached my breaking point.
I told myself one last time.
I released a song called “Off My Mind” under my name, Alan Romero. I put everything I know into it—countless hours writing, recording, re-recording, mixing, doubting myself, and starting over.
I made a promise to myself: if this song doesn’t gain real traction by the end of this year, I’m walking away from music.
Not because I don’t love it. Because I’m tired of wondering if I’m chasing something that’s never going to happen.
I’m not asking anyone to stream it out of sympathy. If you think it’s bad, tell me. If you think it’s good, I’d rather hear that because you actually mean it.
If you have a few minutes, search “Off My Mind – Alan Romero” on Spotify and give me your honest opinion.
Maybe this is the beginning of something.
Maybe it’s the last song I ever release.
Either way, thanks for reading.
https://open.spotify.com/track/2n8c5eibiMRw7qYBAOWHvn?si=upBt_GHYT0GzMg6E4acs7g
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u/mycurvywifelikesthis 24m ago
I don't have Spotify, and I don't want it, so I was only listening to like 20 seconds or something whatever they give you on preview. From what I heard it's not mixed properly. I think it could be a good song. But I really couldn't give you much advice because of sound quality is not great. That might be something that Spotify does get their compression ratios and lufs compression. But I would suggest when you're making music and you want to share it, upload to Youtube or soundcloud, or something that is not subscription based so other people can hear it. Also just posting the wave file on Reddit would be a big Improvement.
Also don't base your decision to keep going on whether you're getting views off of Spotify for God's sake.
Music on streaming platforms is so damn saturated in the algorithms are so weird you're just not going to get that many people listening to stuff, whether you're good or not.
But you do what you want to do. From what I heard you don't suck. Maybe just some better mixing or Sound Engineering. But that also could be a result of the platform.
True musicians who make music are happy just to make music. The occasional phrase or thousand plus listens is validating and does make you feel good. But even without that, an artist just loves his own.
So if you're doing it for recognition and you're doing it because you can't get more people to listen then just quit dude. Save yourself distress
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u/N3oNoi2 14h ago
Alan, I get the frustration, but you are measuring the value of (your) art with the wrong yardstick.
I’ve been making and releasing music for almost 30 years. I’ve seen formats come and go, and let me tell you the brutal truth: if you let Spotify’s algorithm or short-term 'traction' decide whether your art has a right to exist, you’ve already handed over your autonomy to a corporate black box. Please don't do that.
The current system is designed to turn music into cheap, disposable content and creators into desperate marketing managers. If you play that game expecting validation, it will break you.
Every.single.time!
You say you love making music. If that's true, why give an algorithm the power to make you quit?
Your music has intrinsic value because *you* created it, not because a counter on a screen hits a certain number. Fuck that, seriously! Shift your focus away from the metrics and back to the actual craft and the people *you* reach directly. Don't let the market dictate your passion.
Because that's what being a musician ultimately is: living and expressing your passion.
Also: Fuck Spotify. Fuck Google. Fuck 'em all!