Used to be that great art attracts great attention. However I see many bands who are amazing who get something like 2 plays on youtube, or their tweets sink without a trace. I wonder how many of these young kids are gonna give up their artform because of this?
I think the summation most people have is this… Tyler: “Here’s my album!!!” Audience/internet: “Yeahhh!!!” Random independent: “Here’s my music!!” Audience/internet: “Who the hell are you, is this spam??!”
I do wonder if places like Reddit have also given people the impression that self-promotion is bad.