[andai]

> bands that never charted anywhere but made interesting music… bands that never knew their music made it to an iPod in South Africa.

I've been thinking lately about the effect I'm having on the world.

Most people who read or watch something never subscribe. Most people who subscribe never comment.

Your work can be changing the lives of dozens of people but you still feel like you're shouting into a void.

Of the people whose work has changed my life I have reached out to approximately none of them.

And I often do try to make an effort to reach out! But for the most part I, too appreciate things invisibly.

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P.S. You can just email people, regardless of how legendary they are, and a surprising number of them actually do reply!

[Forgeties79]

A year or so ago I emailed a composer just to tell him how much I enjoyed his arrangements of a great OST. He sent a very kind, thorough response and mentioned that feeling of “shouting into the void.@ He said once he releases a record he doesn’t really tour so he never gets to speak to people or see the emotional response, so the occasional message means a lot.