🥳🎊 Today I turned 40 years old. I always told myself since I was a kid that by the time I turned 40 I would be my own boss. And then I spent decades struggling to find my purpose, and of course busy with raising a family, and failed to reach that goal.
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@ELDENRING I think it's pretty lame to announce the additional network test to make up for the one that was messed up yesterday an hour before the test is supposed to happen, at 6 AM here in NA.
I couldn't possibly have seen the announcement, and didn't learn of it until it was over.
@ELDENRING I've been trying for two hours to even get into a game with no success. Constantly booted back to the title screen, or can't even log in. Will you extend the windows of time people can play?
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@pastelETH It is sad, but the truth is the crypto space is full of predatory assholes, same as the music biz. It's why I never put a lot of faith in some of these web3 "solutions" to paying artists. Most are rugs I would wager.
I'm working on a place for artists that I hope will help!
Artists have been beaten down by the narrative of the last however many decades of corruption and corporate influence.
But now, today, there are so many more tools at an artist's disposal for creating, releasing, and getting their music into the hands of their audience. There's no excuse NOT to be DIY, unless you really are after that label contract.
It's time to take the power away from the people who have NO involvement in the creation of the music, and put that power back into the hands of the artists.
Let's prioritize building tools and communities to reinforce and strengthen this idea, and let's NOT fall victim to the same trap of greed and predatory behaviors. Let's build up artists and empower them to make the best art they can.
@Don2nd3 It's a struggle to keep my kids informed of this fact. When you're inside, I think it's easy to believe these things WILL help you, and it's not all useless trivia.
But that feeling is wrong, sadly.
@AmarMonroe This is the conversation I'm here for. I would love to see more indie musicians come together to disrupt the music biz.
I know they're divisive examples, but look at what Psychopathic Records and Strange Music have accomplished by uniting under an independent label.
@UMAW_@MassiveAttackUK Too often artists are forced to choose between their morals and a paycheck. While I'm sad that trend continues, good on them for standing up for what is right.
@dan_djfnd ChatGPT is fine for certain things, but I've found the Github Copilot to be way more helpful as a pair programmer, I think MS has one available as well but I haven't tried it.
Good on you for learning and building something!