accumulative music and collaborations and so on and so forth

A year eh, you've certainly made your mark on our community so far :) Glad we've got you aboard dude.

Good luck to you with the sales etc, but don't forget that many people fall into the trap of cutting off too many opportunities for building a fanbase/following too soon. Danger of that is of course artificially limiting the growth of the following, and really putting a dampener on their progress before it takes off. Theres just so many people making all sorts of music / video / creative content these days, so theres obviously a challenge out there for folks trying to make an impression on new listeners to stand out and retain listeners. Not only that but start the word spreading by itself.... as often happens with acts which take off.

Personally I think what with digital downloads not costing anything to distribute, a lot of home musicians could do better in the mid to long term by building up more and more listeners, and then after the following builds and begins to grow naturally by itself, then consider selling songs.

Totally up to you of course, and I'm not lecturing here lol - just my thoughts on the subject.

Also with these sorts of things it might be wise to try various options, see what works and what doesn't.

No worries man, thats just one thing blogs are very handy for :)

Yup I hear what you're saying. I certainly don't think its anything to take personal - some times in the past I've been discouraged about the odd lull in activity on maketunes, but I'm so glad I kept at it because the community has continued to solidify around us, and will continue to into the future. I will continue to run maketunes and keep it growing for as long as I walk this Earth :)

I think the reality is people stumble around in their lives with so many things distracting them, and requiring their attention, that many things around them get haphazardly focused on for a moment and then they're off again. Persistence and a unique approach/style is the key to many aspects of success in todays bustling world in my opinion. More than 6 billion people scrambling around trying to make their money, feed their kids, love, laugh, live.... and another 75 million people approx added to that before the end of the year.... its tricky to stand out in the crowd.

But hey... only 10 years ago, it was next to impossible to even contact a worldwide audience, without the freedom of communication that the net brought along! So its all good in the hood as they say ;)

HAY BROTHER SOLE ,I FEEL YOU MAN . SOME TIMES YOU JUST DONT NO WHAT TO DO BROTHER . I FEEL THE SAME WAY ALL THE TIME ABOUT ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE TALKEING ABOUT BRO . I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING WHEN IT COMES TO MY DOWNLOADS AND STUFF TO . SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE FEELING THE SAME WAY ON THINGS AND LIFE IT SELF

Musicians of today are very lucky because they have all the sharp tools like loops and samplers and so on.When I started making music I had to do everything manually