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Another response to Eurobeat's post. This one from Sethisto himself.

"Sethisto Scootaloo May 17, 2014 at 3:45 PM

I do miss the old days. As someone who has to dig through 10-20 of these newer tracks for review forwarding a day, there is a definite sense that people are just busting as many songs as possible in the hopes that they can flood their way to horse fame. Very few new people really take time on their music, and it shows. A couple of them submit songs daily or twice daily, and they are never any good. The originality has died, replaced by “how many pre-made wubs can I layer on top of Generosity to make it look like I did something?!”, followed by angry twitter/tumblr messages when they aren’t added to the already incredibly lax Music of the Day post for their 400 views. I don’t think these guys realize that even if they do improve, people will see their names and jump ship based on experience with that particular musician before even trying their new stuff.

There is also the issue of the audience as a whole sticking to what they know. It has been a while since we have seen a Glaze or Tombstone pop up, and that may be due in part to the general lack of interest growing among the listeners when it comes to trusting new people. 4everfreebrony for example dropped a song that was at the very pinnacle of pretty much every top 100 at the beginning of the year, and most of his newer stuff is really good in comparison to everything else, yet people just aren’t swarming like they used to. EQD was always a good initial burst, but word of mouth was what really drove those early songs to the 1 million + views range, and it just isn’t happening much anymore.

People are picky these days, and the “absorb everything” activity is much lower than the pony prime of 2011/2012. I’d recommend these newer guys put forth more of an effort to not just copy whatever samples they can get their hands on, and try to create something original. It’s alright to fail, it’s not alright to throw the same exact thing at the wall 30 more times hoping it will eventually stick.