I think I’ve reached a point I once thought impossible. More than 3,000 streams for Evanescent Horizons, over 1,300 listeners, and almost 270 saves.
For a moment, I honestly don’t know what to say. It’s not about the numbers. It’s about knowing that something I poured so much of myself into has resonated with so many people.
I’m genuinely grateful.
Thank you, friends. I don’t know who you are or where you are, but please know this: for a brief moment in time, our souls found each other. ❤️
If you haven’t discovered Evanescent Horizons yet, perhaps now is a good time to step into its world.
Give it a listen — and maybe let it find you, too.
I recently took a look at how the tracks from my latest album Horror Sacri performed on RepostExchange — a platform where independent artists can share and promote each other’s music, and where listener engagement shapes the Pop/Rock and overall Top 40 charts.
Here’s how the songs did:
Ego Mortuus Sum reached #1 on both the Pop/Rock Top 40 and the Re-Ex Top 40 — the highest position any of my songs has ever achieved there.
Soul Hunt stayed on the charts for 10 days, making it the longest-lasting track from the album.
Messiah of Shrinking Shores, Secreta, Soul Hunt and, somewhat surprisingly for an instrumental, Miserere, also made it to the Re-Ex Top 40 — with Miserere climbing all the way up to #5.
I’m deeply grateful for all the support, plays, and feedback. These numbers aren’t just statistics — they’re echoes of connection, and I’m truly thankful to everyone who helped Horror Sacri find its audience.
OK, I know that SoundCloud doesn’t own the philosopher’s stone, and it’s a rather closed community of music enthusiasts, but at least it offers reasonable amount of useful feedback resources. I was just checking my statistics and look, what I found. Below you can see the average ratings of all my songs (from 0 – 10), together with the total number of ratings per each songs.
Hexapla
Average rating
Total number of ratings
Hebrew
8.9
42
Secunda
8.7
39
Aquila
8.5
45
Symmachus
8.8
45
Septuagint
8.8
44
Theodotion
8.3
33
Hexapla – The Remasters
Average rating
Total number of ratings
Hebrew
8.8
44
Secunda
8.9
38
Aquila
9.0
44
Symmachus
8.7
34
Septuagint
8.8
40
Theodotion
8.7
35
Missa Innominata
Average rating
Total number of ratings
Introitus
8.7
52
Kyrie
8.6
50
Gloria
8.4
58
Sanctus
8.7
50
Agnus Dei
8.7
46
Postcommunio
8.5
54
What does it all mean?
First of all it means that the average ratings of my albums are high and uniform (8.7/10, 8.8/10 and 8.6/10 for Hexapla, Hexapla – The Remasters and Missa Innominata, respectively). Also, the songs of each albums were scored by 34-58 people, which is really a huge amount of feedback!
I am more than aware of the importance of the feedback and support I constantly receive from you guys, no matter which platform you use to listen to my songs or to communicate with me. Still, the fact that you valued my tracks so high and gave them such incredible scores is heartwarming – and pleasantly unexpected (!) – to me. Thank you for the feedback – this is exactly, what gives me motivation and inspiration to carry on on this long and windy road of making independent music totally by myself! (Btw, I would have said the same if the feedback hadn’t been so positive. I really appreciate the time you spent with listening and scoring – and eventually even commenting! – my songs.)
Well, this is (more or less) the naked truth: I had approximately 18.500 streams in one year, which – I think – is not that bad at all. Let’s see what 2023 holds for all of us!
