I love bluegrass and the banjo. If you do too, this song is one of my favorites.
If financial freedom is the limitations of your definition of freedom, you wouldn’t understand.
I suspect this more applies to people that came in after 2020, and/or people thinking they’ll get rich off of their podcasts or music ala podcasting 2.0. In the future, sub 100k will be considered an early adopter.
I think the connection is the part I love the most. You guys are my digital friends, you’re my digital tribe. I find a kindred spirit in many of you that I don’t often find in many people. I genuinely care about you guys and desire your well being and find my thoughts drifting to “I haven’t heard from so and so in a while, I should reach out to see how they’re doing”. That’s true value. The community of kindred spirits is far more valuable than sats will ever be.
I suspect a lot of early adopters of BTC don’t actually care about freedom, they just see it as a way to get rich, like it’s finally their opportunity to invest in the next big thing like Apple or Google or Amazon before they became household names. I figure this to be true because when you talk about other technologies that would free them, they talk about how hard it is instead of how exciting it is to actually be free.
But… but… but… some other dude’s node never goes down.
Some people putting and infinitely reproducible digital commodity (song, audiobook, pdf, podcast) and expecting their audience to pay for it are practicing v4v. I would argue they're actually practicing a form of Marxism. Maybe I'm wrong in my assessment of what it is they're saying, but it sounds a whole lot like "Labor is the fundamental source of economic value." There seems to be this idea that "I made an album or podcast, and my listeners should support me." Maybe... if what you're providing is valuable enough to them.
Maybe giving some of their very precious time to understand your ideas is all the value they derive from your work. Maybe it's no more valuable than that to them, and they owe you nothing else. They've already given you their most precious resource, which is their time. Anything else is icing.
If I was to make a mud pie and an apple pie, I could've spent the same amount of time and energy creating both. It could be the most impressive mud pie in the world, the best ever created. I could've spent hours crafting it, many more hours than I spent on my apple pie. I can value my time at $50/hr, and spent 4 hours on this pie, and say it's worth $200. But that doesn't mean the mud pie is more valuable than the apple pie. Only you, the consumer gets to decide it's actual value. Only you get to decide if that mud pie is worth $200, or $2, or nothing.
So what do we do with infinitely reproducible digital commodities that I build once and put out in the world. I give it away for free. I expect nothing in return and I ask people to pay me what they think it's worth, which may just be a listen and nothing more. And I hone my craft to a point that people want what it is I'm building, and would be sad to see me stop creating, and are willing to pay me to continue doing what it is I'm doing because they value my creations. My creations enrich their lives in a way that their day would be less bright if I wasn't creating, they love being part of the community I'm part of and want to grow that community, so they contribute their time, talent, and treasure.
v4v requires faith. Faith that want I'm building is valuable (and for me, my creations are like the Velveteen rabbit. They're real because I love them, it doesn't matter if someone else does, ultimately, they're for me and my enjoyment, your enjoyment is icing), and faith that you'll value what it is I'm putting in the world enough to freely give me some of your very precious time, talent, and treasure. v4v is not for the faint of heart, it's for those with a tremendous amount of faith and courage.
You think someone pulling up your song on LNBeats and playing it for a friend is somehow less valuable than them sending you a 21 sat zap. That exposure is infinitely more valuable. Value is way more than sats.
v4v isn't Field of Dreams. Shoeless Joe ain't going to rescue your farm. If you think putting your song on Wavlake is going to mean automatic passive riches, you're a damn fool, and lazy. v4v is proof of work, and you have to put in the work. That means creating something that's valuable to others, then asking for them to return value; time, talent, treasure. v4v is a grind, and you have to put in the continual work of connecting with your fans.
The LN in LNBeats stands for Lightning Network.
lnbeats.com
Or for you DeGeneres degenerates
ellenbeats.com
You can also set a minimum amount to boost each song after the song ends. Just set it... and forget it. Just like Ron Popeil.
‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’
By not doing the ask, you are denying your audience the blessing of giving. And many are more than happy to share their abundance with you.
It seems like Adam Curry helps create something, like podcasting or v4v, then people start redefining it to mean something other than what he had intended. Let's put audio behind a paywall and call it podcasting, let's redefine v4v to only mean giving money (and enough for the person getting the money to make a living).
You have to take her to a really fancy dinner for that one. Or be her drug dealer.
You're not stupid, you're lazy. Creating and hosting your own RSS feed is no more difficult doing it yourself than it is doing it with a host. You think it's complicated and that you need to outsource it, but there are tools available that do all the heavy lifting for you, you just don't want to take the 30 minutes to learn how to use them... maybe you are stupid... and lazy.
nostr:npub1yvscx9vrmpcmwcmydrm8lauqdpngum4ne8xmkgc2d4rcaxrx7tkswdwzdu has been showing nostr:npub1c8n9qhqzm2x3kzjm84kmdcvm96ezmn257r5xxphv3gsnjq4nz4lqelne96 the ropes. He has some cool music uploaded already.
Pop punk might not be your thing but this is from 2012 and takes me back to my youth. 😂
Nice. My initial impression, reminds of a band I really liked called Tuesday. Was also a big fan of The Alkaline Trio on Asian Man Records, so yeah, you could say pop punk was my thing.
Here's a link to promote all of his stuff.
This is real value. As an app dev, I'm looking at a new feature for weeks. I know all the little gotchas and can get myopic because I'm so familiar with the app. Input from a fresh set of eyes or someone that understands UI/UX better is immensely valuable. And it doesn't cost you a buck o' five.
