This isn’t a reason to give up — just the truth every newcomer should know. Understanding the game is the first step to surviving it.

A whole ecosystem thrives around music, earning more than the artists who create it. Musicians produce the content, but those standing between them and the listeners take the profit. That’s the real structure of the industry.

Algorithms won’t push your track without a budget. Platforms charge commissions, subscriptions, paid features, and even sell you access to your own audience. Even telling your followers you released something can require money.

The best thing to do is just forget about it) and not even discuss it )))

It's hardly a rave at all. A typical staged show.

Hypnotic Techno No buts

A track that could logically be classified as ambient, or in rare cases deep techno or dub techno, is labeled “ambient techno” simply because someone decided so.

The problem with the label: it mixes two distinct styles—ambient (meditative, atmospheric, not dance-focused) and techno (rhythmic, driving). It creates a false “sub-style” and can mislead listeners, tagging tracks as “ambient techno” incorrectly.

Criteria often used for “ambient techno”: BPM 110–125; rhythm sometimes 4/4 but often blurred or lacking a driving kick; textures full of reverb, spatial effects, atmospheric synths; structure lacks techno’s peaks, favoring slow, layered evolution.

open.spotify.com/track/7ofw0t...

Mixes help you find something new or immerse yourself in a certain atmosphere for an hour, but I agree that this doesn't support producers. Especially since many don't even publish the track list.

Closer to the second minute, when the synthesizer kicks in, it just blows the roof off.

youtu.be/8VcbynaH5Vg

How about this?
youtu.be/f3VpzdpwxcE

open.spotify.com/album/4X8vTq...

Or Dante's purgatory