I know exactly how I want to improve my marketing and it will be my next album I'll do it. I just knew if I put out one record I could do two so here we are. Thing is I'm a man of science who's basically found himself with a level of skill most others don't have. Now I'm basically this lab that needs to be rebuilt for my process with only random odds and ends to be pieced together and get me started.
It's not that I don't want to make money, it's just that some of this current music is too personal for me and now I'm to a point I feel I could just have a record going in the background at any given time and now that I've kind of learned a bit selling this current album and learning how people will respond I think I have a better ground for doing material that is both all mine from the ground up but still considers the audience that may or may not give it the time of day in the first place. This is how you learn. Getting names on your record is easy when WE ALL NEED MONEY RIGHT NOW. I recognize when I've overstepped my reach and need to learn, so I'm in a faze of learning when it comes to music but that is something I'll always keep going in the background now that I'm at where I am at skillswise. I'm making music for ME first which means my Genre is whatever I'm feeling on each song and sometimes I just like making random noise. I'll ALWAYS be learning though, that never stops. You're only a "MASTER" once you've realized your need for continuous growth in your craft. If you can write and record an album from the ground up though what makes me a musician if not JUST THAT! I played guitar, piano, a Korg, used many different means to capture different types of percussion some of which wasn't done electronically if you can believe it. I mean I literally made production methods up on the spot using just things around me because I liked the sound the things made. My skill CAN NOT be judged by sales/reach alone and in my first week I still made $30 with two preorders at that. That for someone who was selling exactly ZERO albums prior isn't bad at all. All that being said... Immediately I'm working heavily on making Patreon worth $5 and will be doing a lot there mixing art and hardware engineering skills to make a platform that teaches production and hardware integration skills by making content that can be easily followed along with using a DIY type of platform, giving 3D print files, schematics and ultimately detailed instructions on how to use all of it with open source technology to build and customize your own units using the source material on your own. 10X:xx20 is all me with handpicked teams to help when I need it so expect my platform to be as A.D.D. as I am and expect content to always be weird with a touch of darkness. Gotta say the project I'm using to fatten up Patreon will be pretty wholesome though. I'm literally animating Pixel art with my paying audience to build a virtual pet unit of my dog. You will get to see me animate, program, and build this thing all on my own over time with just these two hands and even help give input on development as I go. Then in the end you'll even be able to grab all the source material needed to build and customize your own unit. Then maybe me building custom units, or material kits to do it yourself, making it easier to learn with me without having to shop for components to do so can be a thing. Not to mention I like giving back so once I'm developed all kinds of free shit will get thrown around. Especially on Patreon! Once I have money coming in steady and merch and art laying around on a larger scale it'll be so easy for me to spoil my audience and I will never hesitate to. Really and truly I'm doing A LOT and support means everything right now. The sooner I can dedicate myself to this "platform" the sooner I start turning out some of this stuff faster. I know one thing though it will happen whether I have to pay for it myself or not. The more I do on my own though, the less I care to share with others so it is what it is.
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