Dear Nebula Community,
Can you be famous in the music industry, without being famous? You don’t have to be a big star to make music worth listening to. You just have to move one person.
Fame is relative. In just one day, if you don’t scroll TikTok, you’ll miss a famous song that hit its peak. If you listen to the radio on your commute, you’ll never hear the track from the obscure band on YouTube that just happened to go viral. So what’s the secret formula to fame?
It seemed a lot easier in the eighties: Michael Jackson was a global superstar. Every TV station said so. You couldn’t miss him: I remember seeing him on the front cover of every magazine in the newsagents, three of my closest friends had his haircut – and the fourth told me his parents would buy him the same chimp as a pet. Even my mother knew him.
Today’s media landscape is more fractured, and fame is way more democratized. Communities assemble around their favorite artists to share in the excitement of it all. Whoever you love, there’s a place for you – whether on an obscure Reddit forum, a TikTok account or a blog.
Fame is relative, and it’s perhaps never been easier to achieve. We all hold the tool to success in our pockets. But does it matter more if the artist is widely renowned, or just renowned to your emotions? Here’s the criteria I use:
Has the artist touched me? Does the music resonate with my story? Does it help me deal with unpleasant emotions?
If so, then to me the music really is art – and isn’t that worth investing in? Check out the amazing artists who are on our platform.
Best,
Alessandro
Nebula CEO // Co-Founder