MBW Reacts is a series of analytical commentaries from MBW+ subscribers have unlimited access to these articles. The below article originally appeared within Tim Ingham’s latest MBW+ Review email, issued exclusively to MBW+ subscribers.
Well, I’m disgusted.
Seven years ago, I uploaded my musical masterpiece, Pinky Hue, to streaming sites.
You may have assumed that Pinky Hue was merely a cheap journalistic stunt; a tool for prove how simple it was to buy streams on easy peasy!), Spotify’s users completely ignored it.
No one listened. No one cared.
No one wanted Pinky Hue.
For years, I’ve assumed this was because Pinky Hue was a borderline-unlistenable DIY racket made in a few minutes on an iPhone.
But …