[thriftwy]

Still weird that they could not identify it. I often listen to recordings where I am an unique likely listener for years, as well as my own bootlegs. But it is never a problem to identify music or even find much more knowledgeable people to ask for pointers.

[seanhunter]

Not really. Stuff gets played on the radio all the time by obscure musicians.

Example: I played (along with a few others) a tune once on BBC Radio 3 for a program about the blues. Since I just gave the lead sheet to my fellow musicians before the recording and none of us (or the song) were ever credited, there's absolutely no way that anyone could track down what that song was, who wrote it, who the musicians on it were etc.

I mean: I literally couldn't do it myself and it was my song and I played on it.

[brightlancer]

Were you invited on the show? Did they have your names? Did they make a list of who performed in what order?

I've been amazed at how obscure recordings are often identified because someone kept a notebook or other recordings. It's not going to be 100%, but it's enough that it surprises/ intrigues folks when something can't be identified.

[seanhunter]

It happened while I was at music college. One of our lecturers was invited to speak and they wanted some background music so asked us to play. Noone made a list of who was playing which is why I can remember that I was there and maaaaaaybe know who the drummer was and that’s about it. Anyhow I’m not trying to identify anything I was just using it as an example of the kind of obscure nonsense that happens a lot.