Just A Trace
Written for exactly the listener this page is addressed to: not askin' for permanence, just proof that a line lands clean — if one mind shifts off a couple of words.
From Christopher, directly
Every number here is measured
Listener Data.
This site measures everything. So here is the most important measurement on it: the people who chose to listen.
Most artist pages talk about their audience in thousands and round up. This one can count its audience, name what each part of it did, and mean it when it says thanks. That's not a weakness of the project. It's the part worth protecting.
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Who this page is for
These are the smallest numbers on this site, and they get the largest type — because every one of them is a person who chose this music on purpose.
100
Engaged fans — Spotify's own count, as of August 3, 2026. The platform's own tally of listeners with meaningful repeat engagement — one hundred people. If you're reading this page, there's a real chance you're one of them — and this whole site is addressed to you.
20
Shazams — Apple Music, lifetime, as of August 3, 2026. Twenty times, a stranger heard one of these songs out in the wild and reached for their phone to find out what it was. Nobody Shazams music they were told to like. Thank you, whoever you are.
34
People listening every month on Spotify. Each of you averages 10.7 streams a month — double what you did 28 days before. You didn't stumble in: 83% of all listening here comes from people choosing the music themselves, from their own libraries and playlists. The algorithm hasn't found this catalog. You did, first.
6
Super-listeners, at 50.5 streams apiece in 28 days. Six people who walk the albums end to end and come back. The catalog was built with 321 mapped connections designed to reward exactly that kind of listening — you're the ones it was built for.
1
One listener on SoundCloud played these songs 710 times. Whoever you are — the catalog had only been up a matter of months when that was counted, so those plays landed fast. Songs written alone around factory shifts were part of someone's daily life. There's no marketing number worth more than that. Thank you.
97%
Of the audience stays active month over month. Almost no one who found this music put it down. Saves are up 423%. You are why the honest numbers keep being worth printing.
And beyond the dashboards: the 65,601 SoundCloud plays in the year before this site existed — with "Synchronization" alone near 3,082 — came from real people too, before a single press mention. You proved the demand first.
Zoom all the way out and the circle is bigger than Michigan: on SoundCloud's all-time filter — every play on record, counted as plays rather than listeners — these songs have drawn plays from six continents, led by 11,164 plays from the United States, 6,910 from Ukraine, 4,533 from Vietnam, 3,518 from South Korea, and 3,279 from Brazil — a factory catalog from Muskegon, played around the world, with zero ad spend. To everyone listening from somewhere this music has never physically been: thank you.
This catalog was written around factory shifts for whoever would listen. Right now, that's you — and at 34 people, "you" is not a crowd — it's a room small enough that every single listener registers. You're not early to the story. You're in it.
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The humans who went first
Before any algorithm moved, people did.
In July 2026, John Sinkevics at Local Spins — West Michigan's music press of record — named "Dirt Crown" among the fresh tracks featured on the Michigan Music Showcase, which airs on WYCE 88.1 FM in Grand Rapids and repeats on Interlochen Public Radio. Thank you, John.
To the friends and family who checked in, listened to rough mixes, and kept showing up through the whole rebuild — some of you were there long before there was anything to play you. You know who you are. The little girl in the photo in the bio section on the story page didn't know she was holding me up; a lot of you did it knowingly. Thank you.
At 34 listeners, nobody here is an audience segment. You're the people this was for.
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What you get in return
Gratitude that's only words is cheap. Here's the working version.
Every song in this catalog has been measured on the same phone it was written on, against the true-peak gate the lab publishes — you can read exactly what that gate is on the process page. A full remaster is underway now, and the corrected audio will replace what's on the platforms as it finishes. The catalog keeps its promises — 150 songs built as one connected work, with the next singles already dated: Steady State on August 21, Last Mile on September 11, and the album Vile Spiral on October 9, 2026. You will never be told a number on this site that wasn't measured, and the small ones will keep being printed alongside the big ones. That's the deal.
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If you ever ask "what helps?"
People do ask. So, plainly — after the thank-you, never instead of it:
The listening already counts. If you want to do more, the three signals that matter most cost nothing: follow the artist profile, save a favorite track, add one song to a playlist you actually use. Those are the signals platforms read as sustained interest. Sharing "Dirt Crown" with one person who'd get it does more than any ad. That's it. No donation ask.