Everyone sees other music through their own prisms, but for me, the “La Vie Chill” sound, whether it be called “groove-soaked ambient” or just “wonderful downtempo chill”, is your best sound. I think there are worse things that being great in one or two genres, and merely only very good in others.

I think that your issue on sales is not quality but marketing. Your natural customer is a film or a commercial maker who will license your stuff. It’s a matter of viewing listeners and marketing contact generation with a view to that market, because that B2B market is your natural place for sales growth. I never view marketing as “BS” because what could matter more to a creative person than “getting the word out”?

It’s amazing how many genres Loveshadow can do,or. conversely, how ditto ditto can take any source into his genres and make them sound as if his genre is the only right one.

I think you’re making sense here,because I think that while it’s fun to experiment, it’s also very good to say “I can do x so well that people I like want to hear it–and isn’t the goal of my music in part to attract listeners I actually like?”.

I know, call me crazy. Dance music made by live, improvising musicians…ha.

like I said (and teru reiterates) it’s pretty easy to overthink these things.

@john: what is this thing “jamming with other musicians” you speak of?

I like what you do..period..and if it doesn’t have z wah Wa’ on it..I don’t care bout that either. Same goes for another 150 or so people at the Collective..which is another cool thing about it.

I know (o yea I do..) about that feeling when you listen to a master of a genre though..and start to wondering why you EVER had the insane idea to try to make something you don’t have a grounding in..but in the end that’s growth…and you make these things not because you think they will “sell”..but because initially you are attracted to the sound of them..why I play bass ..I think…and the chicks.

OTOH..I just heard Wah Wah Watson on the extended version of “Papa was a rolling stone”..maybe we should play together sometime Victor…same roots.

But to what degree do you let your current album sales dictate your artistic future?

It’s possible your current material just needs more promotion and marketing BS.

I am sure, everyone in the entire history of music who have released 5 albums have at some point noticed dips in sales. Not all of those dips can be attributed to specific reasons.

Just saying.