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Ian Rae - the 78 year old musician defying the odds
What are the odds of an independent artist, who without playing a single gig - has gone from zero to 4.4 million streams in just over four years? Or has created & released 17 albums, 1 EP & 12 singles of his own music over the same time period? And who has collected 520K+ followers on TikTok, 165K+ followers on Instagram & 44K+ on Facebooky by playing his own original music “live” on Tik,Tok, Instagram & Twitch concurrently 3 times a day A man whose idea of merchandising is giving away his sheet music free and who has inspired hundreds of young people and adults to take up, or go back to playing piano? Someone who, by giving his earnings from his music, has benefitted charities by £40K in just over 4 years?
Fascinating facts about Ian
He has been playing piano for 68 years having started at the age of 10
Though not a singer, he has been viewed 150 Million times singing his silly songs on TikTok & Instagram
Simple sheet music versions of a number of his compositions are free to be downloaded from the Music page of his website www.IanRae.co.uk
When he started his lives on TikTok he got so fed up being asked by Yiruma’s “The River Flows” that he wrote “The Puddle Outside” which has had 30K streams on Spotify
In the past year his music on Spotify has been listened to by followers in 182 countries worldwide
American Rapper and singer Doja Cat awarded him 11 out of 10 for a video he created on TikTok!
What are the odds of an independent artist, who without playing a single gig - has gone from zero to 4.4 million streams in just over four years? Or has created & released 17 albums, 1 EP & 12 singles of his own music over the same time period? And who has collected 520K+ followers on TikTok, 165K+ followers on Instagram & 44K+ on Facebooky by playing his own original music “live” on Tik,Tok, Instagram & Twitch concurrently 3 times a day A man whose idea of merchandising is giving away his sheet music free and who has inspired hundreds of young people and adults to take up, or go back to playing piano? Someone who, by giving his earnings from his music, has benefitted charities by £40K in just over 4 years?
Fascinating facts about Ian
He has been playing piano for 68 years having started at the age of 10
Though not a singer, he has been viewed 150 Million times singing his silly songs on TikTok & Instagram
Simple sheet music versions of a number of his compositions are free to be downloaded from the Music page of his website www.IanRae.co.uk
When he started his lives on TikTok he got so fed up being asked by Yiruma’s “The River Flows” that he wrote “The Puddle Outside” which has had 30K streams on Spotify
In the past year his music on Spotify has been listened to by followers in 182 countries worldwide
American Rapper and singer Doja Cat awarded him 11 out of 10 for a video he created on TikTok!
Monthly Listeners
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