First of all, this:
I’ve hardly played music in the last three years because I felt like any free time I had should be spent writing.
Uh, I am so GLAD you picked up your guitar late at night and made a new song in ... wait for it... "record time" ;) But I also feel a little responsible that my musings mused you to amuse us and possibly took your attention away from all the "bad and ugly" responsibility things you have to handle and manage every day. Oops!
But reading on I began to think about all the horror stories of famous musicians producing under contract, those tales are timeless, frequent and often crazy. The pressure it causes them, the ridiculous things they do because of it on both sides, and on and on.
( https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/musicians-v-record-labels-famous-feuds/ )
And then I thought about how I am working round the clock, night and day, cranking out this new Hive streaming platform, under my own volition, with the only deadline being those I impose on myself to meet my users requests ASAP, at my own frenetic pace which is far more intense than most (but not all, some were inane hours and deadlines) former software engineering jobs I've ever had required of me. And comparing that to working for even the most demanding of my former "professional" contract and wage paying employers.
Then I thought about how my platform will enable media creatives to have another avenue to do it for themselves without a publisher overlord, without a contract to pay them to make media, how it enables even more people to have another place to try to do things on their own, for themselves and their audiences.
And then I thought about how YOU of all people have been paid to create written content and also paid to make musical content, and as far as I know, you've also made some video media.
You are uniquely positioned to talk astutely about all of them and their pros and cons and we should listen to your wisdom.
Then I remembered five, yes FIVE, years ago, when we made a mini-documentary together backed by the happy background sounds of happy people at a happy Hive (well, steem back then) meetup, sponsored by @enginewitty and @thealliance and then I remembered, what that song and our video were titled. It's hard, but it's worth it. Seems to fit the themes here, all of them, from all angles.
So in summary, I enjoyed this post, all the things it made me think about, the perspective it gave me on how you make your living and how it applies to how I am trying to make MY living with software, and well, how it applies to living in general.
Keep going Katrina-Ariel, You are a Mountain Moving Mountain Mama!
ITS HARD, BUT ITS WORTH IT!
-sincerely one of your biggest fans,
SC
Yes to all of this. Especially this part:
I'm generally the one who pushes myself the hardest. I guess the difference is when I do it to myself I don't feel the extra pressure of having promised someone something and being contractually obligated to fulfill it. I'm not saying the contract is a bad thing, obviously, but it's extra pressure when I'm already really good at putting that pressure on myself.
Contracts in any business can add stress and change the overall outcome from doing what you love to doing what you must. I like the parallel you drew with the music business there.
I really hope the streaming platform takes off! I've never done a live stream of anything, considering how many takes I need to get things right, but I'm guessing any video will work on your platform. I will have to take a look. Can I post there and YouTube/Rumble also I wonder?
I'm so glad you got me to pick up my guitar again. I needed that. I need people who believe in me when I struggle to believe in myself, and I can't tell you how much it means to have you in my corner, and @enginewitty, and @thekittygirl, and @snook, and @bigtom13, and so many others I've connected with through this blockchain who have fueled my creative joy.
Really truly. Thank you!
We're here for you, because we're here for... YOU. You being the incredibly creative, entertaining, lovely, pleasant, real-talkin', love givin', happiness spreading friend that you are to all of us.
I hope all our endeavors take off. As far as they need to fly to take us to where we want to go, short trip or long haul, either way. As long as we get to choose the destinations for ourselves and head toward it.
As for my platform, no, we don't actually "store" videos right now, it's all about the live experience, but I am aware that I need to make it easy to archive things, and I am working on that.
And more on that later as features and functions and capabilities continue to develop, nearly every single day at this early stage on the public stage, while staging priorities.
For now you can upload a limited size and quantity of video clips to promote your live streaming shows like commercials, trailer, teaser clip level stuff, but not long form. I can't afford the storage and bandwidth on this thing right now, building it alone, with no money behind me or in my own back pocket either. No contract for me on this one, it's pro bono work for now with loftier goals down the line.
The "destination" from paragraph one up there above this, for me, so to speak, is an internationally viable income for my dual life in the USA and my place in Costa Rica. A long haul destination, at the moment, the way things are going in the journey toward it.
Keep picking on your guitar, it likes those attacks, (and I like the puns), and sword fighting with your mighty pen. One kills fascism and the other slays demons. Or maybe both do both. So do both. Definitely do more of both!
Gotcha. That's fair. Thanks for explaining!
Here's to all of us pursuing our dreams and making them a reality!
You just got promoted bigly on PYPT by their moderators, showing both your contract work post and your new song post. Many kind things were said and generous utterances uttered. There was much uttering.
Congratulations!
Oh! That's wonderful! Yay for PYPT! 💞
as you are there for me!!!
You need new cloths soon so I can shop through you again soon <3
HUGE HUGS!!
I'm cut off from shopping for a bit as my last major purchase was a new (to me) truck. So. If we're shopping for clothes it's going to have to be at a thrift store right now. Otherwise, let's wait until next year. 🤣 I will DM you pics of my new truck. It's worth it!
well worth the "not getting clothes"
HUGS!!
And we stay connected to each other, that's my favorite part. 💖🪷😘🤗🤗🤗
Definitely! 💖
Yeah, maybe I'm there for you, but I get a lot more than I give. You make me smile all the time. That's a good thing.
You make me smile, too. We're even. 😉
That was a very good experience for those that attended. One from the heart.
It was the best of times!
AND NEVER FORGET SWEATY VELVET ELVIS!