I am not "shocked" by the difficulty of having your original music acquired by anyone. That has always been difficult. It is certainly possible, as in the case of Janice, Bud, and thousands of others. Music is everywhere, and none of it is for free.

There are people buying music every day of the week.

What is shocking are the total numbers. I guess with the world population approaching eight billion, that should not be surprising.

There are all sorts of strange questions to ask. How much electricity is consumed in producing the 80,000,000 songs Bud alluded to?...lol

How many of the 80,000,000 were produced by AI, BIAB, for hire studios, both pro and otherwise?

Other stuff I read

"As of 2022, there are approximately 82 million songs according to Spotify, 200 million songs according to Gracenote, and between 97 million to 230 million according to Google."

I guess in the scheme of things, 80 million is not so much. Even if it costs $10 each to produce, that is less than a billion dollars. Even if it is 100 billion. One hundred billion is not a material amount of money basses on the five trillion that gets spent every day worldwide.

The implications of eight billion people are mind-boggling. Three hundred sixty-nine million gallons of gasoline are used only in the United States every day! That is about 1.5 billion dollars spent per day!

We be using up some stuff...lol

Billy

“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”