Let’s examine the world of “Charting”. First, we’ll look at ways to chart, and then we’ll look at the benefits of charting. CHARTING First, let's look at ways of 'charting', other than by 'cheating' (playing a piece oneself): 1. You could take the social route - where you falsely flatter other people on the site in hopes of clicks in return. That should turn your stomach. 2. Then there is the 'ideal' way – where you truly have a piece so good that it creates a buzz, and tons of people begin to listen to it. This assumes that people are social (to create that ‘buzz’) – you shouldn’t rely on that – and let’s face it, there is a lot of trash that gets ‘buzzed’ (popular fare being what it is), so you will still have trash at the top of the charts. You hear it on the radio every day, but then those artists are shamelessly counting their money. Here, you won’t be, you’ll simply have trash at the top of the charts! 3. Let's look at reality. Who comes to Soundclick? Artists do (or wannabe's - those trite people in it for their egos) (or the simply desperate – con-artist trying to find a way to con you out of your money) (and if you fall for their con, what does that make you?) – meaning everyone is here for themselves, they are all after the cliché fame and fortune that the media has fed them (and which their feeble minds cannot see past or think beyond, it is apparent) - people who could care less about 'art' or 'impact'. Another point is competition – it is competitive here, so who is going to honestly help you get your mediocre, copycat fare up the charts, when they have their own which they hope will feed their own short-sighted egos? 4. Let’s not forget about friends in the physical world – classmates, family, neighbors, strangers – you could beg them to click on your horrible piece so it moves up the charts, and when it’s there for a day, you can take a screenshot of it to fawn over for the rest of your life. 5. Speaking of screenshots, if you want to falsely impress someone, you could save the page code, then alter it, placing your hopeful pieces at the top, and save it again, then bring it up, showing your targeted victim how great you're doing and how popular you are, and how bright your future looks as a star (so jump in bed with you, now!). Yes, you would be a complete fraud, but then you are shameless, and when the person figures you out, you won’t care, you’ll just move on to the next sucker. Here is an example of just such a page that I created just for this article with the fictitious artist Numi Who? running the of the charts: http://wpbiro.globat.com/images16/top_of_charts_parody_page_02.html 6. You could build a friend-base on Soundclick (hopefully of 'active' people) and then hope they all click on your newest pieces when you post them. If they don’t, you could spam them, but then you’d be annoying, though they would be polite, and click on it so you will go away (hopefully forever), though this would not be an accurate gauge of how good or bad your piece is, just how polite people are, and how much they want you to go away. 7. Last, you could hit the social sites, presenting yourself as a legitimate music production house with great products, and hope people from there click on your garbage, as you present yourself with illegal images of other artists or models that bear no resemblance to the reality behind your sorry creations (meaning your real self!), and where, if you do make any serious money, you’ll be up for copyright infringement lawsuits by all the irate artists and models that you used to dupe the public with and from whom you profited from (I’m looking at you, Beatsters – you are all despicable!).

Next we'll look at the benefits of charting. BENEFITS OF CHARTING 1. Number 1 - is personal ego, of course. You can sit back and admire yourself, and your handiwork. 2. More innocently, it is just plain fun, so you will have fun doing it. 3. It is competitive, so if you are a competitive person, you will satisfy that urge. Are there any benefits that relate to “fame and fortune” (the whole reason most people are here)? 4. Let’s look at marketing yourself. Do you think that Soundclick is the right tool for that? I mean, look at the company you've surrounded with! So, do you really think that a terrible piece at the top of a Soundclick chart will impress a legitimate A&R Director (and I emphasize ‘legitimate’, for the world is full of frauds)? First, Soundclick is rarely mentioned in articles covering music hosting sites, not like Myspace Music or Reverb Nation, for example (or a dozen others); so it is not an impressive thing being here. Second, your piece will still get listened to and evaluated (as well as you as a potentiality as a ‘star’), and if you and your pieces are horrible, it will only give Soundclick a bad reputation (if it doesn’t have one already – after all, it is a vanity site that preys on our egos). 5. Let’s say you do fool an A&R Director. Do you really want to do business with such a fool? Let’s say you go ahead and do it, and then you succeed, selling your wares to an audience of fools. Do you really want to do that – to be playing to such crowds, to be surrounded by such people, to immerse yourself in such mindsets? You'd commit suicide in two months. (unless you can self-justify taking their money!) 6. That covered ‘fortune’ (or selling your soul for fortune). Now let’s look at 'fame'. Such a popularity-driven crowd follows you BECAUSE of your fame (because they too want to be popular, and more immediate, accepted by their ‘in’ crowd), or for other non-musical factors, like your looks (you see it in every ‘click’ on a female artist from a male here on Soundclick - it might as well be called 'Photo Click'). The A&R Director knows about 'pre-fame', hence they use false packaging and marketing – they’ll make you out as ALREADY being famous (and sexy – but they won’t go as far as fake images like the deplorable beatsters here to). Fame and sex also drives ticket sales (no surprise there) – the attendees are there to experience your fame and/or their sexual fantasies. Regarding fame, they then think it will rub off on them – as if a mystical camera representing the eyes of the world (which is there because you are famous) will be turned on them, and they will then raise their arms and bask in the limelight. So they are really there form themselves! This is the main frustration for popular artists who suddenly want to be taken as serious artists. A good example is Justin Bieber, when he whined, “You should take me seriously!” Riiiiiiight... for what? I think I’ve covered everything. If I missed some points I’ll be back to add them, just to fill-out the article.