As a creative, you pour your heart and soul into everything you make, hoping to make some form of impact, somewhere… For anyone. But what if I told you that your music had been listened to over half a million times without you even knowing it?
That’s exactly what happened to me recently. Every couple of years, I revisit my old Newgrounds music page to read the comments and relive some memories. This time, I noticed a massive spike in people commenting with the word ‘B E P I S‘. I had no idea what it meant, I assumed it was just Gen Z slang for rubbish music.
But as I dug deeper, I found out that an influencer named Wulzy had used my track ‘A Day on the Sun‘ in a custom-made level for the popular game Geometry Dash. This discovery was a game-changer for me.
As I delved further into what the game was and its fandom on YouTube, I found out that my track had been used in several Geometry Dash levels, including ‘B E P I S by Wulz‘, ‘Sunburn by Pocke‘, and ‘Chaos Game by Wless‘, to name a few. Additionally, fan pages across the web had been hosting my song, In total I counted over half a million plays.
What was surprising was that none of this viewership had found its way back to me in any meaningful way, other than the comments on my Newgrounds page. I had stopped producing music as ‘Pomp Yin‘ and had started using a new name, ‘Alias Here‘, about a month before the original track blew up… Which is just my luck really. This was partly my fault, as I hadn’t kept up with promoting my music under the new name.
At first, I was a little salty about it. But then, I came to appreciate the fact that there were people that actually enjoyed the music at all. I had always assumed that it had maybe only reached a couple of hundred people. However, this experience showed me that my music had touched the lives of so many more people than I had ever imagined. Although in a really rage baity video game kind of way where the player is forced to listen over and over again.
So in light of all this, what did I do? I decided to relaunch the album on YouTube and Spotify, hoping to reach a wider audience. It’s never too late to promote your music and reach out to new fans.
If you’re a music producer, remember that your music can reach unexpected places, and you never know who might be listening. So, keep creating, and don’t be afraid to promote your work. Who knows, you might be surprised at the impact you make.
