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RE: Minnow Support : Where To Turn for Guidance? 🐟
I gave you my upvote, and I'll resteem this. I have my problems here as well.
I am not technologically illiterate, but there are a lot of things in the markdown style that are interesting but very complicated (as you can see I got those two things figured out.) ☺
But as a veteran of tsu, I find that much here is the same as what I disliked so much on tsu; never mind the 'like 4 like, share 4 share, follow 4 follow' crap that is so irksome.
Why is it that my posts, which I hope are quality material (or I wouldn't be posting it) are so dependent on the whims of others for my success?
Thanks for the vote and the resteem. I hope more people can see it and learn a little along the way. It's definitely complicated for sure. I think on any platform, people want to do anything just to get likes.
The funny thing, and difficult thing - is that anything we do is dependent on the whims of others for success. We live in a world with humans, and we depend on them to look at what we offer and determine a VALUE. Without value, there is no price; there is no exchange of goods - since exchange is based solely on what others value toward things.
The spam is really annoying, and that will always exist anywhere I think. But the good thing about steemit is that since higher powered users are more heavily weighted it means that their vote counts more. It's a trust factor - meaning since they are "experienced", their vote counts more. If the people that have that power are good natured, they in turn help others that have non-spammy content and hopefully the system helps get rid of the spam posts etc. I would like to assume that this is the case. :)
I guess what bothers me most (and I'm jumping in the fire here, I know), is that for me to gather status, I have to participate in the 'back scratching'.
If I don't actively go round 'upvoting' and 'resteeming', following the right people (the Whales), my account will flounder (HAH! I made a nautical reference) just like it did in tsu.
There, in 18 months of posting and sharing, I had about $80 built up, when the platform tanked.
I would like to think that, simply because I have material worthy of sharing, it would be resteemed, upvoted and I would get an increasing bank.
Not so it seems. Perhaps I'm missing something.
Thanks for your time @joe01. Didn't you say you live in Atl? If so, perhaps you could come hear me play sometime, or otherwise meet up.
Ya, I totally hear ya. But I think it's hard to get noticed anywhere in life. The only way it works even in the real world is a) know people that have a little power that like your stuff or b) pay for marketing and hope you can convert.
You could say if there was a system that allowed users to look at all new stuff then people could find the gem in all the spam. But most people want things already vetted for them. So they go to trending/popular area and peruse there. It's a difficult problem to address - and I can see both sides.
And I wish that anyone that tried to create value as an "artist" (writing/photos/art/etc) would have an easier time making a living doing it. Maybe things here will make it a bit easier.
I'm not familiar with tsu, but I'll have to check it out. That sucks that that imploded upon itself. Do you see things here that have improved on that?
Ya, I live in ATL. Where do you play out?
I make, (what passes for) my living playing music for Retirement, assisted living and nursing home facilities.
I also create midi files for my own use, and when someone wants to sing a song (for a wedding for instance) and they can't find a karaoke track for it, I'll learn the song enough to create a midi (Musical Instrument Digital Interface, but being a 'tech type' I'm sure you knew that), remove the vocal line, create an MP3, (once I've put it into a key suitable for my customer) and send it on. I work cheap doing that.
I really enjoy what I do for the Seniors, I've been playing piano for 51 yrs now.
BTW...I live in the ruins of NW Atlanta, about 1.6 mi from the Ga Dome and the Merc.
wow that's cool man! I'm sure the Seniors love it. That's unique, haven't heard of that before. And I like you create your own MIDI and build an mp3 from that. Have you ever gotten into using a DAW (ie. Ableton, Cubase, etc)? I'm just starting to play around with Ableton. Actually was thinking about making a video of me just playing around on it. It's fun.
I've toyed with the idea of using Cubase, and I have a cd for Presonus. I bought it several years ago when my music pc was win xp, and I could barely get any functionality out of it. (all my machines are now Win 10)
I got a refund, but they didn't ask for the cd back.
Now, I can't use it without purchasing a new license key, and the software is probably out of date now as well.
I am QUITE low income, and as such I'm very stingy; I don't spend money on stuff at the drop of a hat.
Anvil Studios is a free download midi editing software. They make their money by you having to purchase accessories. I have the ProMix and the Audio accessory. Promix allows you to control the parameters (volume, tempo and more) over time, and with the Audio accessory, I can record my vocals (and/or guitar...which I also play) as an analog track (s) along side the midi, or as a standalone track.
Once I have it all down, I can export the mixed track as a .WAV, then using VLC media player (also free), I can convert the .WAV to several other formats.
Using a DAW would be a whole new learning curve, I've spent about 6 yrs getting to know my way around Anvil (I simply canNOT watch tutorial videos, to glean one or two iotas of data out of a half hour video) so it has been a lot of trial and error, plus their support knows me by name, and I know them (Hi Tom).
I also have "FINALE" which a cousin purchased for me. It is a MASSIVE software, taking up loads of space, hopelessly complex to use, but it WILL create a musically accurate score (sheet music style rendering). I have the 2012 v, it has since been updated, that software cost my cousin close to $500 5 yrs ago.
My main objective for creating the midi's in the first place, is to have files I can put on a flash drive, plugged into my keyboard so that I can either play along with 'the band' or I can just let 'the band' play and I can walk around singing to the ladies (I use a wireless mic, either lapel or headset; keeps my hands free)
I tell people that I am a "One Man Band"...the PA, Keyboard and Wireless systems are 'the band' and I am the 'one man'.
I get paid to haul 'the band' around, I play the ♫music♪♫ for free ☺