Originally Posted by bennash
As "The Way It Is" by Bruce Hornsby . Echo's thru the minds . would Bruce be heard today with 50 trillion songs ? Hard to say
Hard to say. He would be out playing, which appears to be the only way that music makes money.

For me, I have a specific reason;

There is a microbrewery near my home.
They are expanding.
I am just finishing up the const dox for the owner and it looks like I will manage the construction, because GC bids came in too high.
One of the bartenders is a very good guitarist.
I shared my music hobby with him and told him that he could hear me on Spotify.
He liked NOW I KNOW and it became a little bit of a hit down at the brewery. Got several compliments. They worked my Spotify playlist into their Spotify rotation.
The guitarist and I started getting together with guitars.
I ask him if he wanted to do the electrix for STAY THE HELL AWAY. He did.
I uploaded that song to Spotify and deleted all but 4 songs... so that he could easily feature his guitar playing at the brewery, using Spotify, which he does.
Every time I go down there lately, I get complimented on my voice and the song. The voice part takes some getting used to.
It's nice. We plan to work up a couple of sets and play some wine bar type venues.
The other day I was at a karaoke party at the guitarist's house and I thought that he had put on Willy singing BLUE EYES. It was the guitarist singing.
Something to enjoy for this old guy. Guitarist is 1/2 my age minus one year.

So, regardless of what else Spotify may not be for me...it works at the brewery.

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