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# Half A Million Downloads & 500,000 Dilemmas
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/half-a-million-downloads-and-500000-dilemmas/
- Published: 2012-07-18T09:56:00.000Z
- Updated: 2012-07-18T09:56:00.000Z
- Description: Earlier, Musician Wages posted about how he was building a career as a songwriter. On Music Think Tank, he talks about his experiences as he continues on his songwriting journey. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/07/half-a-million-downloads-and-500000-dilemmas.html]
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- Tags: Music Think Tank, musician, Musician Wages, Natalie Cheng, Ringtones, songwriter, songwriting, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:49

[![Ringtone](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20177436f1d6c970d-150wi "Ringtone")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20177436f1d6c970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Earlier, **Musician Wages** posted about how he was building a career as a [songwriter](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/how-im-building-a-career-as-a-songwriter.html?ref=hypebot.com). On [Music Think Tank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/half-a-million-downloads-and-500000-dilemmas.html?ref=hypebot.com), he talks about his experiences as he continues on his songwriting journey and what happened when he created a side project that took off. Read the [post on MTT](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/half-a-million-downloads-and-500000-dilemmas.html?ref=hypebot.com) to see what happened and after reading, think about what you would do in a similar situation.

“This is essentially a story about a side project that took off. And it’s about the state of the music industry today. And it’s about fart jokes. Well, not fart jokes, but whatever the musical equivalent of fart jokes is. Which is: **Ringtones**.”

[read on](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/half-a-million-downloads-and-500000-dilemmas.html?ref=hypebot.com)