Don’t Be Afraid Of The Work Behind The Process
Holden Stephan Roy
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Today was another weird day of extraneous chores that are going to force me into another work until 11 PM night.
Lately I miss making music. If you have been reading along this year, you’ll know that I’m focusing on fixing my finances so I’m not paying off credit cards and throwing money into the void. This plan has me doing much bigger things in a few years.
Throughout this process I’ve been learning to live within my means and dedicate my time towards profitable endeavours.
If I am unwilling to work, I will not get paid. The more I work, the faster I pay what I need to hit my goals. The downside is there are really no days off anymore.
At the end of the day, as long as you take the time to work on the right things, results will come.
Rest assured, nobody is going to do anything for you, for free.
The gift of time is something not to be squandered
Last year during a transitional period, I really did waste a lot of time.?
Had I put hours into making music instead of Cyberpunk 2077 and other time wastes I’d be farther along.?
I know in my soul my head and heart were all messed up. I needed time to heal but then I ran out of money and had to start hustling for real. This ate up all my time but now I’m not stressing money anymore.
There are new skills being learned and all kinds of value in how my life is playing out.
However there is another path where I put all the energy into music and pushed it so hard I am not sitting here writing this. There’s an argument to be made that I’m not all in on it given my the energy I am throwing into this blog.
To counter that I’d say I can’t afford to do music like I want. This blog is developing other skills to keep my brain sharp. Still I know there’s truth in the fact that the hundred + hours I’ve spent writing this year could have gone into other tasks.?
The blog is a revenue stream, so I don’t write it off, but I miss music so much.
To make music you need to be in a position to invest
Part of my work to become an artist is to get my money up.
Here’s a quick breakdown of what I need to put out a new single, in a modern/appealing way (respecting my skill set):
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Then there are a bunch of time costs. I frame it like that because I can make a solid 20$ in my pocket for every hour I’m out there working. So by actually taking time to invest in other things, I treat time spent like a real cost.
This will include the making promo content, uploading the song for release and a plethora of other tasks.
Then you need to memorize the song to perform live if you really want to push it. Either way you need to memorize it for nice looking promo content. It’s real effort.
I’m not afraid of that work. I know what I need to do. I unfortunately cannot dedicate my life to that until I can get to the point where I don’t face 700$ in minimum payments to pimp daddy Visa and their homie Mastercard.
Part of doing the work is to deal with that.
Because I’m doing the work opportunities are appearing
I owe 3 feature verses at the moment.?
It took me a bit to get my head into the game but I started writing to the beats. Part of me is afraid of writing music while my life feels so frustrated. I do not want to make whiney music anymore.?
On the other hand, it’s a challenge to try and write new things. Or to at least whine in a new way. I still need to write these verses.
I’m learning to play nice with others and expand into new worlds.
All 3 of those verses are for French artists. High key I think that’s a cool accomplishment that I’ve made enough bridges to have friends on the other side of the scene. Just people with big respect for each other.?
I need to remind myself that despite everything the years and years of foundational work have been noticed. As people feel things are right for me, more opportunities will appear. In the meantime I need to buckle up and get the work done.
It helps to write this out, the more I put it out in this capacity the less I feel the need to complain to the people in my life.
Soon I’ll get back to more creative topics.
Live Long and Prosper Everyone
P.S. - This one got me inspired to finish a verse for one of the features I owe while I was writing it.