Hey everyone. As you can see, I've promoted my music here in the
past and was just curious if anyone knows why the song "Clearly" got
so many downloads last week at http://music.download.com/3rdlane . I
haven't done any self-promotion in quite a long time and the
download totals at that site had grinded to a halt prior to this
week. Then out of nowhere I got over 600 downloads of one particular
song.

It's really weird, because in the past when I've done self-promotion
the songs are downloaded more evenly. I know that download.com is
really good about preventing abuse so that the download numbers are
accurate (i.e., one person can't download the same song 600 times
and get away with it because they record your IP address, location,
etc.). I'm wondering if it's possible that I got exposure at some
internet or local radio station or something like that. If anyone
knows what the deal is please let me know. My curiosity is killing
me, lol. I'm not sure when I'll get back to checking the responses
at these sites, so just contact me directly at
riverofdeceit3@... if you know anything. I'd really appreciate
hearing from anyone in the know. Thanks.

Steve a.k.a. '3rd Lane'


--- In clubmudvayne@yahoogroups.com, "riverofdeceit3"
<riverofdeceit3@y...> wrote:
>
> Just wanted to thank everyone that checked out my site for their
> support. I've gotten a great response.
>
> Steve
>
> --- In clubmudvayne@yahoogroups.com, "riverofdeceit3"
> <riverofdeceit3@y...> wrote:
> > How's it going everyone. I've posted here before but it's been
> > awhile. My name is Steve Shere, and I'm the singer/songwriter
known
> > as 3rd Lane. I'm a musician who's kind of reached the end of the
> > line, that point in life that most musicians inevitably reach
where
> > they realize they're never going to make it. Despite that, I
still
> > love playing and listening to music. I've decided that rather
than
> > focus my energy on something that's never going to happen I
should
> > just be happy with having my music getting some exposure. Posting
> > the link to my music at the yahoo groups I belong to in the past
has
> > really helped me get my music out there, so I figured I'd do it
> > again. If you haven't taken a listen before and you like hard
rock,
> > you can check it out at:
> >
> > http://music.download.com/3rdlane
> >
> > This site has 4 songs available for free download. If you already
> > have downloaded it in the past, I want to thank you for your
> > support. It's meant a lot. I've also decided to go ahead and make
> > all of my music available for free, so if you go to the link
above
> > and read the artist description it will tell you where to
download
> > the other 9 songs for free(I would've put it all at the same site
> > but download.com has space limitations). I've always felt like
music
> > should be free, and the thought of charging people for my demo
has
> > never really worked for me. Too many bands are in it for the
wrong
> > reasons nowadays in my opinion, so this is my way of saying fuck
off
> > to the comercialized music industry. Hope you take the time to
check
> > it out, and if you do thanks a lot.
> >
> > Steve a.k.a. '3rd Lane'
>