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For about 15 years, I stage managed the New Folk competition at the Kerrville folk festival. It was pretty impressive to see 24 singer songwriters (selected from a poool of 600-1000 or so) all play over the course of 2 concerts, bringing whatever they thought was their best material.
Even weirder was going to Folk Alliance this year and running into all these folks who are slightly familiar... "oh, yeah, I remember you- I put a mic in from of you for 3 songs, 8 years ago".
Of the 800 or so songs I have heard there over the years most were as good as anything I hear outside these little folk music spots.
I know a solid 100 or so folks who put out an album of good work and then went on to live their lives. It's such a hard thing to make money off it that our time gets spent up doing all of the many, many other things in life that are compelling but pay better.
Still, if you look, you'll find folks who are out there writing songs to play. Even better, they are still alive and get really happy when you give them some cash for a tip.
That's why record companies traditionally did so well.
There are countless incredible works of art out there that almost nobody will ever see or hear. Most of it probably hasn't even been publicly shared.
I just watched a yt video of a guy who goes and looks for YouTube videos with zero views that are old. I thought that would make a great art project. I'm sure someone will eventually do it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAfUXna0N-4
This cover is pretty spectacular:
“I don’t stand in the need of company / with everything I see talkin’ like you”
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/connie-converse-how-sad...