Funk Volume’s Damien Ritter – HuffPost 5.1.14

Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists?

Damien Ritter: Pay attention to the numbers! The fortunate thing about the Internet is that we can get instant and quantifiable feedback that will give you a REALISTIC picture of where you are. BUT you have to be willing to listen to them. If you release a video today and it gets 100 views, and you release a video next year and it still only gets 100 views, then you need to figure out what is wrong. Either 1) you aren’t getting your music in front of the right people OR 2) your music just doesn’t resonate with people. Those are the only two options. Use the numbers to help make decisions so that you don’t spend your life going down a path that maybe wasn’t meant for you.