There is no such thing as obscurity. One man's obscure

Obscurity is relative.

It's like a ripple effect.

In the middle are billboard pol fans.

Then you have r/music in the outer circle.
Then there is /mu/ in the next circle
Then RYM avant-teens in the next
Then trad-folk listeners
Etc

>>71737501
*pol = pop

>>71737450
Yeah I believe it.
That one band on bandcamp I found witch only one buyer is just popular in a different circle, that's all. :^)

>>71737683
His/her friends, bandmates and their friends, family and his dog, Bill.

r/im14andthisisdeep

>>71737705
I don't think you understand what obscurity means if you think that doesn't count as obscure.

>>71737748
nothing on bandcamp counts as obscure if it's readily available to listen to

>>71737705
Compare to the remaining 4 billion people in the world, it's still obscure
>>71737825
readily available to listen to =/= actually being listened to

>>71737867
There are varying levels of obscurity.

Most of /mu/ have no idea who Ben UFO is but /bleep/ and every clubber in Europe does, for example.

>>71737911
Compare to the remaining 4 billion people in the world, it's still obscure

>>71737940
That's why I said "varying levels".

>>71737867
nah that doesn't cut it anymore. compare bandcamp releases that are able to be found by a search engine, which automatically appear under new releases on the site, which are required to have tags. then compare that to tapes that have been around for years that haven't made it onto a search engine yet, or anywhere on the internet. even if they're both listened to by the same amount of people, the accessibility of the music can make one more obscure than the other. obscurity =/= just amount of people that have listened to it

>>71737990
>accessibility
Irrelevant
See >>71737867
>>71737952
five people vs 4 billion as compared to 14 people vs 4 billion? Both obscure.

>>71738122
see >>71737990
don't let little words bother you

>>71737501
>trad-folk
i wish it wasn't that obscure

>>71737683
>caring about shit music

>>71737450
yeah there is, just because you change your frame of reference does not mean obscurity ceases to exist, actually because of the internet i would argue obscurity in music has increased since any jack off can upload music online

>>71738147
Non sequitur

I have 5 followers on souncloud. 3 of them are fake accounts, and no one listened to my last song

>>71738794
cornered
see >>71737990

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>>71737450
>One man's obscure music is another group's cannon.

>>71738841
Does not follow.

"availability" is not relevant to obscurity. Technically ALL music is now available, yet still remains obscure.