and at the end of the day if someone is promoting their product, then they are promoting their product.
its an issue a lot of artists fail to acknowledge about their own behaviour believing their way is the integral one and shooting down others, and I often feel that is caught up in self-reflection issues more than the reality. All artists want for acknowledgement.

but often it also involves taking swipes at other artists success, while maintaining an aloof drama or playing it cool and holding up their own integrity as the correct one in comparison, while actually they are pushing their product just the same really. creatives are all in the sales business, or they are not but there is no in-between. if your stuff is out there its there for a reason and if it is out there, then by default its in ''the game''. and the old cliche is tired but true enough, if you dont play the game it will play you.

it is often tough to see beahviour in ourselves and this tug of war on opinions often goes with the territory, and to be clear I am not saying that is what is happening in this case, but just that it made me think of it while reading this post.