What's in a name?

[A E J O T Z]

I play to please myself. I most enjoy the creative process. But it's also nice to have other people hear my music. So I try not to alienate my potential audience too much.

The name AEJOTZ is a bit confusing for some but I like it and it fits what I'm doing. It might attract as much interest as it deters. We'll see.

Another obstacle and/or inducement is the titles of individual pieces. A "bad" title will assure that your piece is overlooked, whereas a "cool" title will get even the worst song clicked on.

I've uploaded 16 pieces to electro-music.com and observed how quickly or slowly they were downloaded. Only 28 people have downloaded "univac" but 150 people have downloaded "inferno." And "univac" has been on the site nine days longer! "Inferno" was also the most rapidly DLed tune to date.

Apparently more people were interested in hellish themes than in geeky retro computer references.

Another slow performer has been "gigue" which is named for a baroque era dance beat. Can you say "obscure?" Actually, "obscure" would probably have been a better performing title!

None of this is very important but I thought it was interesting.

[Octahedra]

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