Welcoem to posts!!
in the future - u will be able to do some more stuff here,,,!! like pat catgirl- i mean um yeah... for now u can only see others's posts :c
Hey guys, just felt to share an update on where I've been at since slowing down on here and shifting my focus to the album release. For the most part it's just been nose to the grindstone on filming and editing these videos. I've gotten some rough drafts together for a few of them, and have been really loving the progress so far :)
It'll feel great to have them all lined up and ready for release so that I can focus my efforts on distribution and marketing. I find I tend to work best that way—rather than juggling multiple tasks and shifting between contexts, simply concentrating my energy on one major context at a time.
The upside of this approach is that it enables me to gain momentum and learn fast through recurrent exposure, with the downside being less flexibility in the short term. Like how right now I'm not actively producing music (aside from the spontaneous jams), which can feel a bit stagnant at times. But conversely when I'm in music mode, it's all music, which is such an amazing feeling of freedom and potency.
Applying constraints on creative output can sometimes seem counterintuitive, since we naturally want the freedom to express freely as inspiration calls, but without sufficient structure I find the raw creative energy to be a lot harder to wrangle into something concrete and deliverable. So in an interesting way, the right amount of constraint can enable a more impactful application of our creative capacities.
I also find the breaks from the creative grind to help open our minds to different frames of perception, which can be nourishing to our creative force in the long run. For example, in these technical seasons I tend to hear a lot of new musical ideas in my head, which I've gotten pretty good at capturing via voice notes, so that I can later devote my full attention to bringing them to life when music season comes around :)
Anyway I think that's enough rambling for now. Really looking forward to sharing these tracks with you guys! It'll be a fun change from all the short-form content I've been posting over the past year and a half. Finally some full tracks again 😁
Sending much love to all of you. I hope you've been keeping well 🙏💙
109 - 15
Hey guys, felt time for an update :)
The past few months have had quite a few ups and downs on the personal front for both myself and the people close to me, but thankfully, things have started to settle back into a normal and upward-facing groove since then. That's partially the reason for my being less present on here, though there's quite a bit more to it on a professional level as well.
When I first came back to social media after my 5-year break in late 2022, it was mainly for the purpose of reconnecting with my audience to share an album I'd been working on with. My channel ended up getting a lot more attention than I'd anticipated, and so I spent the time since then experimenting with different marketing and creative angles to get a feel for the new landscape I'd found myself in.
At the start of this year, I slowed down on producing shorts, while also taking on some new career opportunities, as well as trying on the monthly song requests to promote my Patreon page. These were all fruitful and fun, though it's become clear to me that in an attempt to clarify the possibilities of my newfound position, I'd also been externalizing a lot of the influence of my productive output, resulting in my original priorities taking the back seat for a time.
This whole journey has really helped to clarify some important gray areas for me, and has taught me a lot about what works, what feels right, and what doesn't. So I've been wrapping up the commitments I've made and have become much more selective about any potential new ones, so that I can refocus my energy on finishing the task I originally set out to accomplish, which is to finally get this album out to you guys :)
I can't make any promises on dates just yet, as for now, I'm carrying out all of the video editing, mixing, mastering, and promotional strategizing/media on my own—though if all goes well with the release, I should be able to reinvest back into what I'm doing to help move me toward a position where most of my energy can be spent on musical elements rather than mechanical and business-related ones.
Thanks for reading guys, I hope you're doing well. Until next time 💙
201 - 20