Now that the Album Has Been Released

After thousands of dollars and over a years worth of work, a dream since childhood came to fruition. I released a music album of spoken word with original music. I went to different music studios and I played the majority of instruments on the tracks. I was fortunate enough to have some excellent musicians even play on most of the songs. ln the end, it was accomplishment to be proud of.

I realized that my music with spoken word was different. It was mostly political. It also didn't follow the typical format of most spoken word tracks. My songs had verses, choruses, bridges, and even solos. It was different than 99.999% of the music that was being released out there. Because of that, I knew that many people would not be interested or even like the album. As an artist, you have to be prepared to take such criticism and it's not always easy.

I've had some people say they really like my work. Most have seem indifferent. Some people had bought CDs from me and probably listened to a few songs, never to play it again. Most of those people were friends, in my opinion, they were being supportive. But most of friends and family have not expressed an interest in owning any of my music. But that's life, deal with it.

There is one category of people though, that I was not prepared for. It has kind of changed the way I look at some of my friends and acquaintances. I'll call them the false promises people.

The false promises people are the ones that tell you they're going to buy your music. I had several people tell me that they were going to go to Itunes or Amazon, and purchase my album and or singles. You could imagine the disappointment, I received when my digital distribution sales from CD Baby for the first two months that the album was released.

One album sold on Itunes.

Now I have had sold several CDs in person. I also know all the individuals that bought my albums through the CDBaby website. The website keeps records that they send you of all the individuals that pay for your work.

However, these false promise people had all heard some of the songs on the CD. One of them even kept on requesting one of the songs at a club before I even released the album. He bragged how he wanted to be the first one to buy it. When I finally got the CDs and had the MP3 files online. No dice.

There were others too. I told everyone, there was no pressure to buy, just listen to the samples. If they didn't want to buy, I would not be offended. They however. insisted they were going to purchase my music. Months later, they either forgot. Or lied to my face.

To people making an album. Beware of the false promises people. They'll tell you they like it, they'll tell you they'll buy it. But in the end, you've been taken for a ride.




You can listen to sound samples at http://www.terrysutton.com

Cynical and Bitter in the U.S. of A. by the Terry Sutton Conspiracy