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  • Is YouTube a Social Media Platform

    — Daily Journal Entry 041 — I would say yes, that it most definitely, certainly is; however……….. I understand why some put it in another category, and that’s because it works as a search engine as well. Better so than the other social platforms, meaning you can find answers to just about anything you want…

  • Making Musician-Related YouTube Videos Takes Effort

    — Daily Journal Entry 037 — And in my opinion, takes a bit more effort than your typical “talking head” video. Let’s take a really basic beginner guitar tutorial, for example. In order to make a fairly decent engaging video, one needs to film himself playing the guitar in a full, waist-up (or full body…

  • Forgiving Yourself When You Miss Your Goal

    — Daily Journal Entry 035 — OK, I knew this would happen eventually.  I set out on a reasonable and respectable goal to write at least 250+ words per day for the next 365 days, and I’ve already missed a couple of days… twice, so four days in total. I’ve asked myself: should I just…

  • Going “Off Topic”

    — Daily Journal Entry 033 — Will going off topic in a blog really hurt a creator in the short, or even the long, run? On the one hand I could care less, and on the other, I do kind of think about it on occasion. First off, what is, “Going off topic?” That would…

  • I Think Its Time To Get To Know My Camera

    — Daily Journal Entry 030 — I can’ t promise anything, but I think it’s time to dive in and learn a few things about filming videos. Sure, there’s the whole “What am going to talk about” question that must be dealt with first, but there’s also some basic film settings that I think I…

  • Is Writing 250 Words Per Day A Worthy Goal

    — Daily Journal Entry 027 — Having a plan to write 250 words-per-day is (I guess) a respectable goal. I mean, I’m certainly nowhere close to being a professional writer, but I DO like the idea of becoming a better writer. Even that notion seems a bit far off at the moment. But that is…

  • Audio Quality Woes

    — Daily Journal Entry 024 — To be perfectly honest (not that I would normally be dis-honest, on purpose), I have complete faith in my ability to occasionally come up with a pretty good musical idea, whether on guitar, or piddling around on the keys; however, I still worry about the audio quality of any…

  • Early Attempts At Album Art

    — Daily Journal Entry 022 — I wish I would have the same level energy in my would-be home studio as I used to have at creating potential “album art” back in the day. I mean, I had no problem spending time on the things that really just didn’t matter thinking the whole while that…

  • Ideas Are a Dime a Dozen

    — Daily Journal Entry 020 — Ok, so you’re sitting down, playing the guitar and gold strikes.  You have a new idea that you really love and so you ensure that you capture it in voice memos (if you’re using an iPhone), or wherever… That’s fine and dandy, but if you never get to turning…

  • Why Did I Delete My Social Media?

    — Daily Journal Entry 015 — Ya know, I feel safe to say that I had a nack for a few things earlier in life that I just, one day, said, nah… I’m not going do that anymore… Can anyone say, “Quitter!”… In all seriousness though, over ten years ago I started posting a handful…