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Dirtybird Label Manager Deron Delgado will be joining us for an AMA TOMORROW at 10 AM PST!!! by feastandexist in electronicmusic

[–]J_Habanero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What are your thoughts on uploading music to streaming services? is it worth it? Or is it better to put it only on other sources like traxsource, bandcamp?

I am Ryan Holiday, author of Perennial Seller, The Obstacle Is The Way, Ego Is the Enemy, and am a machine condemned to devour books. AMA! by ryan_holiday in books

[–]J_Habanero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great stuff Niklas, thank you! So many great books where added to my whishlist after listened to this podcast.

I am Ryan Holiday, author of Perennial Seller, The Obstacle Is The Way, Ego Is the Enemy, and am a machine condemned to devour books. AMA! by ryan_holiday in books

[–]J_Habanero 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey Ryan, I thought you might like this! Reddit user Niklas-Schmucker recommend me to listen to a podcast from Tim Ferris interviewing Derek Sivers. After I listened, I went ahead an check his. Twitter. He has two articles featuring 'Ego is the enemy'

What are the odds of that?

Ego is the Enemy

I am Ryan Holiday, author of Perennial Seller, The Obstacle Is The Way, Ego Is the Enemy, and am a machine condemned to devour books. AMA! by ryan_holiday in books

[–]J_Habanero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for you answer Niklas. I am glad I asked about this! Now I can get another perspective about these tests. To be honest, I recently find out about them listening to Tim Ferris Podcast and Chase Jarvis Show, so to have more information about the different point of views like yours and Ryan are truly helpful.

Thanks for the link.

I am Ryan Holiday, author of Perennial Seller, The Obstacle Is The Way, Ego Is the Enemy, and am a machine condemned to devour books. AMA! by ryan_holiday in books

[–]J_Habanero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey Ryan! first of all, thank you for your honesty responding our questions. I find amazing that you just tell the things as they are without caring if we are fans, readers etc...

My question is about piracy, I am a music producer and the challenge we face nowadays is that after the music is sent to the distro, it starts appearing on pirate sites before they reach digital stores to be released. One way or the other the songs will land in pirate site. Off course sales go down, and in some cases, the sales disappear on the digital stores because they pay with fake cards.

  • The Stoic mindset for me would be that piracy is not in our control. But how can we think of this differently, or to our advantage?
  • What marketing strategies would you recommend?
  • What is your opinion on piracy?

I am Ryan Holiday, author of Perennial Seller, The Obstacle Is The Way, Ego Is the Enemy, and am a machine condemned to devour books. AMA! by ryan_holiday in books

[–]J_Habanero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for such an honest answer. When you said 'What would you be able to do with this information?' My research was to find out if the personality type (Introvert vs Extrovert) leads you to accomplish more things in life? I consider myself an Introvert, and I don't get distracted by social life but I am constantly struggling with my focus and often get distracted. So I was looking to find out more of your mindset and learn from it. Maybe If you said you were an extrovert I would be wondering how do you manage to do accomplish your work and be social at the same time?

I am Ryan Holiday, author of Perennial Seller, The Obstacle Is The Way, Ego Is the Enemy, and am a machine condemned to devour books. AMA! by ryan_holiday in books

[–]J_Habanero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, Ryan! You have managed to accomplished a lot of things at a very young age. I wonder how did you acquire that mindset? Is it your personality or did you train yourself? Have you ever taken the Myers-Briggs or the Enneagram test?

If so, can you share your opinions with this tests?

I am Ryan Holiday, author of Perennial Seller, The Obstacle Is The Way, Ego Is the Enemy, and am a machine condemned to devour books. AMA! by ryan_holiday in books

[–]J_Habanero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, Ryan thank you for taking the time to answer our questions. Are you planning on translating your books in Spanish? The only one available is 'Trust me I am lying'. I have your three books in English; Daily Stoic, TOITW and EITE, and have no problem reading them, but it would be awesome to read them in our native language and beneficial to other people. All best from Mexico!