Hi everyone, my name is Kent, and I have 340k subscribers on Facebook, 80k on Twitter, and I'm now deciding to go ALL IN for Steemit and DTube.
Over the last two weeks, I've acquainted myself with the platform, gotten to know the #DTubeDaily group really well, connected with my good friends @terrybrock and @harshilpatel here, and gotten through a blockage that I've had for years.
I'm FINALLY recording video regularly. It's not always finessed, but I'm hitting "send" every day. That's all thanks to Steemit. Yes, it's great that this is a decentralized place that values conversation and integrity. I dig that. And it's really cool that content creators are rewarded for their original material. But I'm staying because of what it's doing for ME as a content creator and person.
Thanks, everyone. This is (finally) my official introduction here. I've put 17 fairly random things about myself into an oddball reel with a musical bed of a tune off of one of my recordings ("Good Night" from "Short Life of Trouble", with brilliant musician & producer Dejan Iljiic).
Here are some of the things I cover in this intro video!
- I was born face down, and a doctor shone a flashlight on my head to see if I had a brain.
- I have legitimately lived in 25 different places in my 39 years. That’s an average of a move every year and a half. We’ve been here a year, and I’m hoping it sticks.
- I begged my parents to let me take piano lessons at 3. My teacher’s name was Joy
- The first year of life, my parents couldn’t get me to stop crying. My dad would run around the block in below zero weather to get me to stop for only a few minutes
- My parents dropped me on my head. I’ve never shaved it, so I have yet to see the scars
- My first memories are of Louisiana, where I lived in Shreveport, near a friendly old couple that gave me a dime for fetching their paper
- I have loved real frozen yogurt since I was 4, walking with my parents to a local frozen yogurt place (before it was cool), and sitting in converted Singer sewing machine chairs
- I started school at 4 because I lived in Louisiana at the time, and was just before the cutoff. Therefore, I always appeared the same size as all the other students
- I’m very tall / 2 meters or 6’7”
- My grandmother was an antique salesperson, with a little shop in a little town in Minnesota. I have always loved throw-away treasures
- I won the prize for hucking the most records in a contest during middle school. I think I sold a few hundred bucks worth, and won $20.
- I played “Irish Washerwoman” on the upright bass as a 6th grader, along with 50 other kids, on 50 other kinds of instruments, all in unison, on stage in one big performance.
- I broke the record for juggling the most times without dropping the balls in 7th grade gym class. The teacher had to stop me or I would have juggled all afternoon.
- I have a PhD in classical composition
- I like French fries better than chocolate
- I’m the son of a poet and a pediatrician
- I love dogs, cats, ferrets, rats, and just about every other animal – therefore I’m a vegetarian
Many adventures to you!
— Kent
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WELCOME! WELCOME!! :)
#steemit is actually the best place to be have fun making new connections reading about new experiences and above all making some good cash with original content in blogs n comments :)
Thanks @ligit ! It really is an amazing place here.
Welcome I’m super excited having another well known member join the Steem Nation ! Best of luck and steem on!
Thanks!
I made 75 posts and I only have 38 followers lol. Could someone give me a hug, follow or upvote! I appreciate it everyone!
No worries bro, I just started today! Just made my first post! This is my second comment! lol I'll keep pushing as well!
Now you have one follower more. Be good friend and follow me back @branimir.mihalic
I'm doing my first comment on you :) Please don't give up and influence me badly. Thanks anyway upvoted you.
Keep going!
I voted you and I'm following you, don't give up, buddy!
Upvoted & following!
Donee... I know the pain...
Hugs :)
Hello @crypto-moon! I thought you were the host of Amazing Race Canada.
you´re welcome :D
Followed :)
Welcome to Steemit. People like you are the ones creating the value for the platform. I hope for you that it will be profitable for you as well!
Thanks! I appreciate that :)
I am new here. I hope to find profit in this. Need a tutor
Welcome aboard :)
Welcome, steemit is an awesome platform and I think you will do really well with it. Glad you are on here!
Thanks!
Number 4 was great! The Techchat team wants to thank you for sharing some fun insights about yourself. Keep it up and we'll be tuned in ❤️!
Thank you! Much appreciated! Cheers :)
@drkent Welcome!
Thanks!
welcome to steemit... looking forward for more post from you.
feel free to follow me @greatman4eva
much intrigue. lets see what u got. *does the things
welcome to steemit! upvoted and followed, here here!
Welcome to Steemit!! We are new too here and you motivated us to uploud some videos in Dtube. Thank you very much!!
Aw, thanks y'all! Great to see you here. I dig your posts :) Keep up the awesome work!
Number 4 was incredible! The Techchat group needs to thank you for sharing some fun bits of knowledge about yourself. :P
Did you, sir, just tried to curse?! Besides that, a really interesting life. I like how quite few of us have similar hobbies and passions. Love for music is one of many, but i do think it is one of the important ones! As always very beautiful and soothing video. Cheers
Thanks my friend! We are living parallel lives in a way :) Love the creativity and humor in your stuff.
We are small but we can be real loud :D
All in on Steemit, that's the way to go! Welcome! ;)
Thanks! Great to meet you here
Welcome on steemit, if you need help you can check @steemguide. Wish you all the best for what you are expecting here
Thanks!
Welcome!
You are obviously a very interesting person. I'm definitely following you!
Welcome again.
Thanks!
Hi Kent, I'm with the Steemit Team and would like to extend an official "welcome" to the platform! I started off as a content creator on the platform and agree 100% with what you said you like most about the platform. I had been thinking about shooting videos and writing articles for years but did barely anything before finding steemit. Once I joined I couldn't STOP creating content, and while everything might not have been the greatest, I did get better over time.
What makes me so excited about people like you joining the platform is that you already know what it takes to become a successful content creator and you can help educate our users on how to do that too, thereby increasing the overall quality of the content stored on our blockchain. Would love to chat with you so feel free to message me on steemit.chat (@andrarchy) or e-mail me at [email protected].
Welcome!
We need more as minnows as encouragement from the steemit team. This post gave me a lot of hope....thank you.
As a newbie to Steemit, it is really good to see the friendly interaction between people.....even from the top down. What a great community to be a part of.
awesome, I am looking forward to hearing some music. In fact, I'm gonna go find it now! Welcome aboard!
Hey!! I just wonder why you moved so often? And do you really have swedish blood in you? :)
My dad is 100% Swedish and my mom is 5/8 Swedish. Most of my relatives came to the US in the late 1800s.
We moved a lot growing up / my dad would get different positions.
Then I just bounced around a lot since then!
So nice to get to know you better @drkent! It seems the doctor was mistaken about your brain and clearly it has done wonderful things for you. Always so softly spoken, I love listening to you! Also 25 different homes is insane! I couldn't imagine moving around that much. I'd love to stand next to you a think. I'm 5'2 ish. It would make for a very funny comparison. 💚
Haha! Yes. I will look abnormally large next to you :) Thanks for the nice comments! I have a certain way of speaking / it’s awesome to get “permission” in a way from you guys, to be myself :)
You don't need permission from us! Just know that the love and support is always here for you to reflect whatever resonates with you in your heart. We love you all the same! 💛
Aw, thanks!! You rock :)
As a wanderlust, #2 on your list sounds like my dream-come-true in ten years (hopefully). It probably had its perks and wasn't as glamorous or enticing as it seems to others, but I'm still jealous.
Welcome to steemit, Kent!
There are definite perks to seeing so many places, and living around the world. Good luck to you on that goal! :)
welcome to steemit community
May u achieve great success from here
Thanks! You too.
Nice story @drkent! Enjoy reading your post.
Wow, you ARE tall! You'd tower over me if we were to meet (i'm 6'2")
Damn, you moved 25 times? Jeez! You've been around!
Glad to know we FINALLY get to know you more!
Haha. Yup. And I used to live near TX / in Shreveport, LA / we took school trips to Dallas/FW.
BTW, I used Premiere Pro for the editing of this! Thanks for the advice on that the other day.
HUZZAH! Good on you for this! How does it compare to the previous program(s) you've used?
It’s great! I’ve done a ton of audio editing, and this was very similar to Logic Pro :)
Welcomeee!! I'm new too. I stop doing facebook, love IG but the steemit community is really awesome & with substance. So yeah, let's have fun & make some money along the way too.
Enjoy it, and much success to you!
Can you dunk a basketball?
I used to be able to :) My hands are too small to palm the ball, though. I can get above the rim, but the ball flies out of my hands.
I'm all in with you Kent, and welcome. I left YouTube and Facebook and traded in much of my crypto for STEEM. I truly believe in the future of this platform. ~Cheers
Awesome! Great to hear. Thanks for the note.
It is so nice to have you with us man!! We are building a great community here :) I really want to collaborate with you man! And it will still happen.
Thank you for sharing this with us man!
Winny out...for now ;)
It’s awesome to have the support in comments. It’s a blast! And yes, we will have to collaborate soon :) Check out my new DSound track lol.
Welcome aboard!!
Thanks!
Hey @drkent. It's great to see such talent joining the Steemit community. I’m a music lover, and a sonic artist, and I listen to a bunch of different genres. I’m also a researcher in psychoacoustics, which is all about the perception and psychology of hearing and our response to music. Again, very little knowledge in the visual art, but I do reckon that it all ties together in ways. I didn’t realise how Steemit could actually be such a great platform to showcase artistic talent like this.. My earliest posts on Steemit were all about my music, but I completely gave up hope because they got no views or up votes.. It was really discouraging, so I just began posting more generic blogs about cryptocurrencies etc, whatever was hot on the scene… So, I’m really glad the artsy side of Steemit is working out for you. Maybe some day I’ll get there too! 😅 I understand the discouragement that often comes in the beginning of most people's Steemit journeys. I'd say that realistically, I have ample time to give my music posts another try, but not until I’m really cooking on Steemit. To me, "passion" posts are where the greatest value comes from – even if there's little financial reward, the greater gift is in the creation itself. Here at Steemit it’s important to find the what gives and gives just as much as you give, and more. It's perfect for people who want to express themselves creatively, find their voice and exercise their ideation. I appreciate it as a platform/spotlight/amplifier for expression. Even more rewarding will be the connections we make with other participants in the community. There's a definite feeling of kinship here, and I'm proud to contribute through various roles: songwriter, encourager, appreciator, and sister.
Art and creativity helps me connect to the world emotionally. It’s really so much more than people think.. It’s a journey, and it’s fun to get lost. Anyway, it’s really nice to read that others appreciate it as much as I do.. Happy New Year, and keep up the good content on Steemit.
At the moment I can't seem to get any exposure on Steemit, but I'm inspired and hopeful after seeing how well your "introduceyourself" post is going down... Do let me know if you have any good tips!!! Anyway, welcome to the Steemit community, keep up the good work and Happy blogging!
Hey my friend, this is a beautiful comment. Thanks for your in-depth thoughts, and I'd love to see you succeed here! I'll enjoy out finding more about what you do, and I hope that you interact with more of my posts, and I'll do the exact same! My best tip is to really just be yourself, be playful, look at the people who vote on your posts as actual people, and see what they would like to read & see! Good luck, and please stay in close touch!
I've moved around a lot, but not quite as much as you. I'm also quite tall, but not as tall as you :)
Haha! Nice.
It's good to see great talent switching to Steemit. Advertisement Model is more of a pain in the ass now. Welcome to Steemit.
Thank you!
Welcome to Steemit! I can totally relate on some things u wrote, but definitely not the one with fries and chocolate! :))
Cheers @drkent
Thanks so much, @alexandraioana26 ! :) You're a chocolate lover?
Yes, but now I am trying a new challenge. Don't eat sugar for at least a month. :))
Ah, that makes it harder!
For guy dropped on his head...I'd say you are pretty amazing. You have a very calming sense about you and an extraordinary ability to communicate in a fun but sensible way. It's your style that hooks me. Love it.
Haha! Thanks! I appreciate it.
Welcome to steemit. Follow me for unsaturated money making systems. @darkmillionaire
Good luck for future
P.s. i am also new here
Thank you! And good luck here :)
Thanks man
Quite impressed by your moving experience :D So what was your favourite place to live so far?
Thanks! I think i liked living in Bolzano, Italy the best :)
Welcome to Steemit @drkent. It is great to see a talented person like yourself investing time in Steemit. I wish you all the best here.
It's cool you're a vegetarian, I'm a vegan.
Cool! I’m 80% vegan 🌱
Great content! I followed you. Much appreciated!
hi Kent welcome aboard.
i actually enjoyed your intro post, i feel like i know you already.
enjoy steemit, it is fun.
It is indeed! Thanks so much Catherine!
Hello, very nice to meet you. Bring all your fans and pull up a chair!
Thanks! I will try :)
Thats a fucking awesome
...most descriptive introduction i've ever seen, i can now tell people about, as if we've being friends. Wonderful intro @drkent
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!
Dont mention it.
Welcome to Steemit ! Dreams come true when we believe and work hard for it. I'm looking forward to read your next posts. It's great to have you here in this community.
Thanks! And you're so right.
Hello and welcome to the community. I followed you and would appreciate a follow back. I'm looking forward to see more posts! Have a great day and have fun. Welcome!
Please upvote, comment, resteem and follow @imtiyaz4u
get back to back in touch for upvote
Thanks for the welcome! I appreciate it.
Dude, this is awesome. Im usually posting music related stuff elsewhere and Im glad steemit is receptive to it. Many blessings on your journey.
It’s a great place for it! And thanks. :)
Great to have you on the platform @drkent!
Thank you for that rich introduction, it's exciting to listen, and It really sound's like you had a bumpy start! And I'm so grateful to see a new musician in the #DTubeDaily group!
Much Love,
kemane
Thanks 🙏 It’s great to be in the group together. Thanks for the note!
Hello and welcome to the platform...
14th seems about right for the PhD.
Hahaha. Haha! 🤣
Nice. This takes the prize. Cheers, mate!
Buen tema amigo, saludos desde Veneuela.
Gracias!
Hi Kent, great intro post. I love facts and bullet points even more. Will sure to remember this :-)
Great to meet you! Your intro post is also awesome!
Glad to have such a great personality here. Really hope you make great impact in steemit🙂
Thanks so much!