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The Groove

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I've been asked a few times to explain why Colby's song "If I Were the Devil" is getting more than 6 times more listens than his second best song "Dying Breed". Likewise, I've wondered why Colby's second album is getting so much more traction than his third or fourth albums, even though the third and fourth cost much more to make and have had the benefit of so much more media funding. The second album cost only $2k to produce and has probably made more than $500,000 in streaming income.  The third cost $20k and only "Honky Tonk Kevin" is in his top ten list of songs currently being listened to.  The fourth album cost around $150k and none of the songs have entered the top 3 on Colby's listens list, even though they have received enormous advertising benefit.   I've contemplated this question for almost two years.  At first, my vanity lead me to believe that it was my input in post production on the second album that made the differe...