mr_mark_dollin on Deviant Art
http://markdollin.deviantart.com/
One of my frustrations with networking within the music community, in particular the Renoise community, is that your audience is restricted to a picky bunch of sometimes jaded composers who are still getting a grip on their craft. I sometimes forget that people outside of this world actually are deep music fans, but don’t have an inkling at all to composition. In fact, composers are a distinct minority, and the vast music appreciating population on earth often listens to music with less cynicism. Upon realising this I though I needed to move my work outside of the composer clique, out to rest of the world.
One step in this new direction is to make proper use of my Deviant Art Page. dA is one of the better set out social network systems, focused on visual arts. I though I’d try my hand at bucking the system and releasing my mp3s over there. The method is simple: present an associated image, short composition description and a link to the mp3. This presents amazing new networking opportunities and a chance to share some music with fresh ears. The releases so far have earned warm reception and modest attention. It will be interesting to watch to see how successful this will be over time, as well as what I can do with it as a medium.
