RE: First Test of The New Camera and 9 minutes of a Hardware Techno Jam
I’m running a super slimed down computer compared to my old set up. This one is just a 128GB solid state. I’m real hesitant on inviting a ton of video editing programs that will soak up hard drive space.
Personally, this sort of speaks to something in Electronic music that I hate which is how many hats you have to wear. It’s not enough to be just a good DJ or producer. You have to be a good social media director, photoshop expert, mixer, party promoter, mastering professional, and video editor. It’s exhausting and really pulls away from the actual product, but your product never gets any traction unless you can afford to have someone handle those aspects or you get some proficiency at them yourself to keep costs down. It’s created a generation of amateurs in my opinion. It’s not my ideal way of working, but I’ve slowly resigned myself to having to do what I need to do to get by. Maybe I’m just jaded, but it’s hard to balance all of them personally and still made music I enjoy.
That’s one of the things I like about this community so far. There is a certain genuine aspect to this platform that I love. It makes me feel like doing all these things is worth it for the first time in a while and it’s breathing some life back into what I do.
Brother, you took words from my mouth! The whole promotion thing has never been my strongest suite and video stuff isn't something I genuinely enjoy doing anymore, so, like you said, it becomes these things you force on yourself just because you wanna share something you're actually passionate about.
From one point of view, why bother, just do what you like doing and don't worry about traction. But the opposite side of that, it can become demotivating to be a tree in a forest, it's nice to have support and good words and even criticisms to your work, that's how you grow.
I do agree that there is much goodness here on steemit and for me this sort of rustic, organic feeling to a lot of content is only a good thing, sometimes stuff too polished can become off-putting.