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I wrote this song after doing the math and working out how much I was going to have to spend to get some traction on the internet for some of my videos, songs and sketches. Everyone wants to go viral and, if you have the cash, it can be pretty easy. But if you don’t, gaining access to the digital realm and connecting with the public can be a pretty tough slog. Most of the internet sensations are accidental or heavily financed. Trying to plan a grass roots approach isn’t always going to work unless you have a bazillion hours to sit in front of a computer.

The simple truth is, if you have the cash, technology is your friend, if you don’t then it isn’t.

This is my tribute to all of the You Tube pioneers, past, present and future, who have figured out how to crack a viral sensation without parting with huge sums of cash just because they work that they create is really really good.

I’d like to thank Peter Beck for playing the guitars and piano, Brian Knox McGugan for providing a kicking bass line and Sound Engineer Todd Connell for doing the final mix free of charge. You all rock.

I’d also like to thank my wife and daughter for putting up with me setting up a green screen audio in our dining room so I could shoot this on a shoe string budget.

Yes, I spent some money to promote the song, because that’s what you have to do…right!

lyrics

I'd like to find this song
At the top of the charts
I want to get it into
everyone's hearts

There's only one thing
That gets in my way
All the money to the web
I gotta pay

I have to write my songs
In binary code
So my internal systems
Don't overload

I use keywords
To tighten my SEO
If I get it right
This song might explode

I've written some songs
In rhythm and blues
Pop songs make me sing
Like I'm blowing a fuse
Punk and New wave
give a vintage kind of kick
Sometimes I bang a rhythm
Just with a stick

I've found an algorithm
Right here in my pants
I know it's the right one
Because it makes me want to dance

Join my algorithm
Come and dance with me
If you want to dance
You don't need a degree

They say computer science
Is the way to go
If you study algorithms
You'll be in the know

Buy some Google ad words
Show the world your face
With 3 million views
I could get out of this place

This song is pretty Meta
It's a song about itself
It must be self reflexive
If I want fame and wealth

I need a higher ranking
Back links are what I need
I got a plant that viral
Digital seed

Subscribe to my channel
It will be a lot of fun
Hit the like me button
So This hit is number one

Tell all your friends about it
It is the only way
I need 1 billion views
Because I got high rent to pay

I'd like to find the song
at the top of the charts
I want to get it into
everyone's hearts

I need to get myself
53 billion views
Then my algorithm
will makeInternet news

For my algorithm blues
I need that news
For these voyeuristic, anachronistic, very artistic
Algorithmic blues

credits

from The Yin and Yang of All Things, released April 18, 2020
Music and Lyrics David Cassel
Bass by Brian Knox McGugan
Guitars, Piano and backup Vocals by Peter Beck

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David Cassel Berlin, Germany

Writer, musician, comedian, director and performer. Creator of Space Commander, The Ukulele Bandito, Complainerman, The DCP and a bunch of films and videos that not many people have seen because he has been too busy making stuff and not engaging in advertising. That last part has changed now. ... more

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