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#sometimes I feel like more recent fandom and whatnot doesn’t completely grasp that while charts and sales and all the numbers on that end
bandsanitizer · 2 years
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#/nbh#to be deleted#alison speaks?#sometimes I feel like more recent fandom and whatnot doesn’t completely grasp that while charts and sales and all the numbers on that end#showcase a certain level of impact etc to music and how far they’ve reached or whatever#i think a lot of what makes an artist good or what showcases their impact is how the influence the genre or medium or whatever#that they are a part of that ultimately sure you can set all the records but records can be broken and beaten all the time#hell even fandoms try to outdo their previous selves#but i do that in the end that’s not what defines an artist’s legacy or how they end up remember#that charts and streams and sales sure make for a good artist and often go in hand with other impacts#but i see people be like why are X so nervous of meeting less famous X? and it’s like#they’re meeting the people that came before them in the industry#people that shaped sound or writing or some other approach#perhaps people that influenced themselves as artists#and when it comes to stuff like that? the impact of artists on those levels? it’s not about who had the most no1s or the fastest to x views#it’s how you change things. it’s the impact. the footprint that you make#and i think idk sometimes it important to recognize that? that yay they got x million views or streams or no.’s but it’s like#what are they doing as artists to be great artists? what are they doing to grow art? to change it?#i’m not saying all art needs to be some political or social whatever#or that streams and numbers aren’t a large part of success in current industries#but sometimes i think people overlook the impacts artists have and how it’ll end up being less about break number records#with some quantity that will probably be broken and taking a step back to look at the impact on people. the messages they’ve had.#what they attempt to do with their art.
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