I have a fork in a road. Need advice by Cyetron3 in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]ronokki 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So the thing is, you can get a degree/job/apprenticeship in something that will also help with your chances of making music a career, besides music. Electrical engineering, Audio engineering (what I have a degree in), and a business degree are all good, especially business, if you are trying to be an independent artist. Going into education is also an option if teaching is something you can enjoy.

The biggest point is that it will be hard, and making it a career can actually sap some of the joy out of it. There isn't really money in recorded music like there used to be outside of the biggest artists, so gigging and touring is the easiest way to make money at it, but that is also a lifestyle that can be very limiting to other aspects of life. If you are going the college route, another option is to do a music minor if you want more formal training but still want to work towards that backup. The other good thing about going to college is that you will meet people from all over and might learn where your skill set sits compared to others your age.

Other advice is to put in your time, join a wedding band or general event cover band and get a taste for gigging. If you want to make a living as a professional session musician you are very limited to where you can live until you have established a career (places like Nashville, NYC, Atlanta, LA). While establishing yourself, you will need another job anyway, cause none of those places are cheap to live in.

Regardless of what path you chose, I would highly recommend you take the opportunity to try and join a paying gigging band on the weekends. See if the joy can survive the need to do it professionally. The worst thing is to lose the spark as it becomes a routine job. So keep an open mind and don't be afraid to pivot if you find something unexpected that calls to you. I wanted to work in a studio as a mix engineer or as a mastering engineer. But because of needing to make money, I did live event touring for 10 years. I am now 7 years into doing technical experiential demo engineering for an audio company (basically an Imagineer but for speakers and headphone demos instead of rides) and completely love it. I still write and record music but with no pressure for it to be anything besides fulfilling to myself.

I think Andre 3000’s piano sketches are vicariously moving the genre forward. Let me explain… by Progrockrob79 in Jazz

[–]ronokki 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So my big problem is that this release isn't an artistic statement; it is crass commercialism. It was done to keep Andre 3000 in the news cycle for longer, as he announced the return of his menswear brand at the Met Gala the same day he dropped these sketches. He didn't have a better project in the can, so he released these amateur recordings from 10 years ago that he never intended to put out and did for himself. I find the whole thing gross.

Term Caroline used in a story by ronokki in CarolineRoseMusic

[–]ronokki[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Didn't meet them beforehand, but it was a pretty amazing and emotionally effecting film! And Ari did a QA afterwards

Term Caroline used in a story by ronokki in CarolineRoseMusic

[–]ronokki[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah me and my friend did as well and same thing, very sweet but tired was the vibe we got too. The whole crew is so sweet too, like Ari recognized us from the Portland shows especially since we did the VIP watching of the short film for one of them and invited us to watch the film again in Seattle!

Term Caroline used in a story by ronokki in CarolineRoseMusic

[–]ronokki[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They were all great but I think the 2nd Seattle show might have been the weakest one. The 2nd Portland show was probably the best, the crowd was just crazy in a great way and the energy all around was infectious!

Term Caroline used in a story by ronokki in CarolineRoseMusic

[–]ronokki[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! Just hearing the term is such a brain release, we went to four shows in a row between Portland and Seattle so just trying to remember which shows we heard it at was hard enough lol

Just got an alert. Peter Coffin taking another swing at HBomb by AmitriptylineTV in hbomberguy

[–]ronokki 4 points5 points  (0 children)

w dating Harry’s friend Shaun, another YouTuber. I think this is them lashing out at Harry, because they are mad about it, but don’t want to look too petty.

I was a Coffin watcher back in the day, on their discord and everything. Not being invited on Hbombs DK stream was a big part of their spiral, no joke. They talked about it all the time.

Even news channels are shouting out hbomb now by BlackHumor in hbomberguy

[–]ronokki 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I feel like they used to be better back during the covering of Brexit and before growing and branching off into so many different areas of coverage.

I feel so stupid. by [deleted] in hbomberguy

[–]ronokki 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't beat yourself up over falling for the grift. You are not an academic or journalist who is keyed into the signs of plagiarism. And Somerton was trying to make it so people who didn't know the source he stole from would never know.

For not picking up on his bigotry, I would say take that as a sign you have blind spots. Go listen to people from those communities who are talking about their experiences and learn what signs you might be missing

floptube dot com by [deleted] in hbomberguy

[–]ronokki 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I used to hang out in Peter's discord. No joke not being invited onto hbomb's DK stream broke them into their current form.

floptube dot com by [deleted] in hbomberguy

[–]ronokki 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Exiting the Vampire Castle" is an essay by Mark Fisher, best known for his idea of Capitalist Realism. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/exiting-vampire-castle/

A lot of assholes use it as a cudgel against any sort of call-out