Congrats!

Did you ever post some of your music here on Steemit? Love to hear!

Also great advises you make in your post. I'm generally using the term: persistence. When being persistent, it is for sure possible to grow in Steemit, in terms of Steem Power, but also in reputation (and then I mean not only the parameter we have but also the level of respect from other Steemians). It requires adding value though, hence not easy. Quality post may still go unnoticed though. Getting into conversations is I think by far the best way to get noticed, especially when going into conversation that has some meaning to it whether that be helping others, discussing views of others and bringing forward your own views on specific topics or whatever.

Trust you will have interesting times in front of you!