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Afro Pop
by Raymond Byabazaire - 10/01/26 12:39 PM
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Afro Pop
by Raymond Byabazaire - 10/01/26 12:38 PM
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Mara Cole
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I've observed in the last few years... that songwriters and songwriting/collaboration sites appear to be dwindling. Additionally, their memberships appear to be shrinking proportionally. Is it caused by a societal change, economics, doors once open and inviting being closed to only a few... or is it something darker or deeper? What are your thoughts? I blame the Internet  Songwriting Message Boards (and many other special interest boards) sprung up around 20 years ago, with a heyday in the early 00's. It's not just songwriting sites that have tailed off. Forums were where it all happened, there was no Facebook, Twitter, Youtube to dilute the pool. With regards to music and songwriting specifically, there are now so many places for people to test out their wares to see how many views or likes they can get. A songwriter forum is turning into quite a niche market, maybe it's because some of the romance has died along with the proliferation good quality (in an aural sense) being produced relatively easily by anyone with a laptop. I also feel that for many there was a dream of writing that killer song that would make a fortune, but then the slow dawning that it's bloody hard work (you need to be prolific, good networker, have good contacts, be resilient etc) and there is no (or probably never was) a big juicy pie to keep you in clover for the rest of your life.
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