This week Royal.IO @join_royal just changed the music industry forever. Royal gives artists a platform for fans to invest in their success. This means an artist can sell a digital asset, NFT, which can act like a smart contract between artists and their fans. This contract can be a percentage of royalties, tickets to a show or vip meetups. There are infinite offers that can be made. One of the first artist to take this leap of shared ownership is NAS. NAS offered 3 different tiers of NFT’s, Gold, Platinum and Diamond. The Gold is 0.0133% streaming ownership royalties of his new song Rare, Platinum is 0.0658% streaming ownership royalties and Diamond is 1.5789% streaming. This sale raised $369k for NAS with a small percentage going to Royal. NAS already made is money but for the people who invested in these NFT’s need this song to be streamed million of times to make their money back. These change in the industry provides upside for both fans and artists. @royal.
Tag: Music
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noiz viol8ion blog #404 – Mental Challenge
Writing and producing music is a mental challenge. The blank DAW (digital audio workstation) is exciting and intimidating at the same time. Infinite ideas flow through my mind. Internal dialogue is all questions. Where do I even start?
After I get started it opens doors to completely different universes. Does this work or should I go back?
Doubt sets in if you sit for too long that is why its best to keep on moving. Don’t think and just go with your instincts.
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Blog #35 – Start a wave!
Waves are caused by energy. There is a push on one side and a pull on the other. The most common type of wave is in the ocean. The wind blows the water causing friction with one side rising and the other falling. The stronger the wind, the greater the friction and the bigger the wave will be. This is why hurricanes will create tsunamis. Waves so big and powerful that it will destroy giant cities.
What other types of waves are there?
Heatwaves, radio waves, microwaves, hair waves, internet waves
The same rules apply to making all waves.
Waves are caused by an external energy that goes against the grain.
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Blog #34 – The Hole that Gets Deeper
DEBT
Definition of debt
1: SIN, TRESPASS
Forgive us our debts
2: something owed : OBLIGATION
unable to pay off his debts
merriam-websterDebt has a certain feeling when you hear it. It makes your skin crawl like spiders walking up your legs. Debt is darkness and pure evil. Money is the first thing most people think of when they hear debt but there are other kinds as well. Money is just the easiest to keep track of. It’s a number and has an equation that can be mapped out over time with an interest rate. You can do the math and know exactly how much money you need to pay off your debt. The math is easy but people are hard.
The other kind of debt is social debts. Every time we have an interaction with someone are we giving or taking. Do we leave an impression or are forgotten. This feeling that we owe someone something and don’t know why. This invisible love that some people keep track of and some people don’t. This kind of debt is not a number and each person keeps the score different. When deep in this kind of debt you become untrustworthy, a liar, cheater, despicable. To get out of social debt there is no number or equation to calculate payments. The other person is not even receiving the payments because they are unaware of the debt in the first place. But even these debts can be payed once set terms are made.
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Blog #33 – Noticing the Release
Life happens everyday and it keeps happening. More and more gets added to the to-do list causing more and more stress. Your calendar is full of fast approaching deadlines. Tension builds up throughout your body and you never realize it. Your jaw is clinched and the tongue is pressed up hard against the roof of your mouth. Eventually there is so much tension built up in the body and mind that it cannot take it any longer and you eventually snap. You explode on the innocent cashier or waiter who caught you on the wrong day. Or your body breaks down and you get injured.
No matter what tension is constantly added to our lives. It can be self induced or through circumstance. We can be unconscious of all of it building then we can be unconscious of when it’s going to be released. If we take a step back and notice how we feel then we are more prepared to notice when it is arising and how to release it. We relax our jaw, lower our shoulders, take a deep breath and let go.
When we notice when we are releasing the tension we are free.
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Blog #32 – Priorities or nah
If you do not set your own priorities then someone else will do it for you.
If you do not make yourself a priority then no one else will.
Think of all your priorities. There are so many that it is hard to keep track of them all unless your write them down. Once they are written down then you will notice some similarities between them. These similarities are the higher order similarities. For example if you have on your list: 1. Lose 10 pounds. 2. Eat better 3. Excercise. These are all health related.
I think there are 4 priorities that are universal to everyone. These are:
- Health
- Wealth
- Happiness
- Love
Maximizing these 4 categorize should be the reason things make your to-do list.
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Blog #31 – My Hero’s Journey
The Hero’s Journey is a analysis of all the stories ever told by Joseph Campbell. In these most famous stories there are characteristics that they all share.
All of the stories are focused around one hero. This hero is living in his/her everyday life when all of a sudden there is a divine call to action. This call to action challenges the hero to leave behind everything they are comfortable with and go on a journey to the scary unknown. Once on this path there are many obstacles, enemies, fears and self doubt that must be conquered. Then after the quest the hero returns home a new person and shares the experience, wealth and knowledge gained from the trails and tribulations.
This is the basic format to all good stories.
You are the hero. Accept the call to action. Conquer the villians. Come home and share the wealth.
To learn more about the Hero’s Journey I suggest reading Joeseph Campbell’s The Hero with A Thousand Faces.
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Blog #30 – Are you an Amateur or Professional?
You choose!
Everyone starts out as an amateur but few people have the mindset to be a professional.
Amateur and professional have two completely different mindsets.
The amateur does it for fun. The amateur does it when they feel like it. The amateur is not consistent. The amateur will get around to it. The amateur has an excuse for why it didn’t work out. The amateur has something else going on that is more important. The amateur does not have a deadline. The amateur doesn’t know their worth. The amateur does it as a hobby.
There is only one way to turn professional you must decide. You must decide that you are a professional and are willing to accept the responsibilities of being a professional.
The professional does it because they have to. The professional is consistent. The professional does not have a choice. The professional shows up to work everyday whether they feel like it or not. The professional has deadlines they must meet. The professional knows their worth
The list continues but the key is to create professional habits and leave the amateur habits behind
“Do you remember where you were on 9/11? You’ll remember where you were when you turn pro.”
Steven Pressfield – Turning ProI suggest reading Steven Pressfield’s Turning Pro
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Blog #29 – Stuck in Life?
The reason you are stuck is because you believe you are stuck. If you believe you are stuck then you are not willing to take the same action as if you where growing towards something.
Everything you do should be in preparation for where you want to go and who you want to be. You must position yourself as the person you want to be. You must be willing to sacrifice some now for more later. If your looking for that beach body then you know you can’t have all the sugar you want. You must follow your diet. If your looking for that dream job then you can’t go party every weekend. You must educate yourself and develop the talents necessary to succeed at that position.
Only you know what you want and where you want to go. And if you don’t know what you want or where you want to go then that is the first step to figuring out how to get unstuck.
What is the perfect day?
What is the perfect job?
What is the perfect life?
What is the perfect amount of money?
