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read The Tipping Point by Malcolm Goldstein. If it's an anomoly (spelling?) I'll be anxious for the detective reports... congratulations, Ted todd On 2/12/03 11:54 AM, "ArsOcarina@aol.com" <ArsOcarina@aol.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have an interesting puzzle. This might seem a little off topic > but my music falls solidly in the loop category so I hope no one > will take particular offense. > > My CD, "Flux Aeterna," has been out for 18 month now. It's gotten > some pretty good press (which I have shared with you from time > to time). Many of you have said nice things about it too -- for > which I am very grateful. > > I even did a little advertising in Guitar Player magazine back in June > of 2002, which resulted in a little "bump" in sales and MP3 play and > download activity -- respectable but nothing grand. It was an > experiment to see what would happen. > > Now . . . suddenly without having done anything with it or about it > in a long time I am experiencing a phenomenal (for me) rise in > MP3 activity that I am finding more than a little bit baffling. > > In the first 2 weeks of February (actually only 12 days) there have > been 627 plays/downloads of "Flux" tracks from my page. This > may not seem like a lot to a few of you. But to some, who like > myself view themselves as pretty "small potatoes" (and darn > near unmarketable in most respects) this is huge. It was played > or downloaded 247 times in one day alone!!! > > I can't quite get my head around why this might be. Is any body > else experiencing anything similar? Could it have something to do > with any of the changes taking place at MP3.com? I know some > of you also have pages up there too. Do you have any ideas? > > Again, sorry if this is viewed as being too terribly off topic. My > music is built around my use of EDPs, guitars and samplers (and > occasionally the computer). Who knows? An answer, if there is > one, may be useful, or at least instructive, to all of us. > > Best, > > tEd ® kiLLiAn > > ArsOcarina@aol.com > http://www.mp3s.com/tedkillian > http://www.pfmentum.com/flux.html > http://www.mp3.com/Ophelia_Pancake >