The Songwriter's Modern Dilemma
Uniqueness, yes.
Organic growth, nope.
Back when we had records,
they cost money.
They took space.
You chose them carefully.
You lived with them.
You owned ten, maybe twenty albums,
and you knew every crackle,
every skip,
every breath between tracks.
Listening was a decision.
Attention was scarce.
Now everything is here.
All of it.
Every song ever made,
one swipe away.
Access replaced commitment.
Scrolling replaced listening.
When everything is available,
nothing is held.
When nothing is held,
nothing has time to grow.
The market isn’t competitive.
It’s flooded.
Not with bad music,
with too much of everything.
So organic growth doesn’t die
because art got worse.
It dies because patience did.
Uniqueness still exists.
It just doesn’t advertise itself loud enough
to survive a thumb flick.
And maybe that’s the real divide now.
Not talent versus talent,
but depth versus speed.
Some things were never meant to scroll past.
— California Chris
