Ai is getting so much better, but I can still tell this is AI but now I’m not sure why. Something’s off and I can’t quite put my finger on it.

It wasn’t until the invention of the skateboard and baseball cap that pizza delivery could even become a thing at all

Finally saw a VW Buzz on the streets- I fell in love instantly. Not sure of the specs but I think she’s mighty pretty and it makes me want to load up my band and do a cross country trip with a fun montage sequence.

Lol fair

You mean Russian Oligarch and President of The United States Donald Trump works with Putin? I never./s

Well that wasn’t very Mr. Rogers of you, please be kind here.

Ah, still this wouldn’t really apply because the workers/ people don’t own this mode of production because, so they can’t give it up.

The people you are thinking of are the ~400 individuals who own the means of product, and you are correct that they won’t willingly give that up.

Also “Does that mean the people want to give up the means of production?” assumes the people own the means of production which would be communism and/or anarchism. Not sure what they think the means of production is or if it’s just a buzzword they hoped to toss in there.

Can’t trust people. People listen to Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. Can’t trust em.

Yea, I made a post to my people to come to the fediverse. While we have capitalist and communist forums, ultimately the fediverse sits in the anarchist camp.

I like it because I’m suspicious of tankies and hate musk fucks. A nice 3rd option.

I was a band kid in school, so I do have a lot of mileage there, but I played horns and learned guitar on the side.

The thing with music directing is you need to be proficient in piano. I’m not a pianist, but when my friend invited me to shadow him at a show just a year and a half ago, I told him “I can read a keyboard but I don’t really play piano”. He said “neither did I”.

It’s amazing how fast you can learn an instrument when you are paid to do so. I can now play most any jazz standard and through teaching small children the basics, I’m able to sorta sight read melodies.

Oooof working for a friend can be tough. You think you’re going to have a boss who’s your friend but then your friend becomes your boss. If you need to leave that situation, remember to frame it as “I love our friendship and I don’t want this to hurt it”.

As far as ball size, I guess I think I’ve been stupid so many times I Jacques Clueseau’d my way to where I am, but also I have a personality that tends to downplay risk.

Here’s a story on that:

I worked in Seattle for a start up in “chemical distribution”. It sucked. Everyone was jaded. There was no culture. I was selling something I didn’t know, but the military seemed to want a lot of it. I was there for 2 months, 26 days, and 4 hours.

On my way out, one of the charismatic smiley hot shot salesmen invited me for a farewell drink, just me and him. When we sat down, his demeanor completely changed. He slumped and stared into his glass and said “I don’t have the balls to do what you do. I wanted to be a brewer, but the market is too risky. I’m afraid if never make it so I do this instead. Maybe when I’m old I could make it happen…”

I thought “damn. I don’t have the balls to do what you do”. I mean, putting your life on hold for ~35 years!? I can die so many different ways in that time. Then I get a small window to finally live, but for how long? If you ask me, that’s a MUCH bigger risk. Like be smart, but don’t throw away your passions.

Personally I decided I don’t want to retire. I want to build a life where if I knew I’d die tomorrow I’d do nothing different about my routine.

I’m a musician in Chicago, so I have the benefit of a vibrant industry with relatively low cost of living (compared to LA or NYC). My revenue is essentially 3 streams - education, gigs, and composition/ director work.

I have several private students and after school group lessons that make up 45% of my income. Gigs with my band and as a “hired gun” make up 25%, and working with theaters and film producers makes up 30%, and that sector is growing fast.

Since I have experience as an improv comedian and know my way around a keyboard, I’ve been able to get booked for improv shows to underscore the cast with either the right vibe for the scene or some sound effects that hit with good timing. Those pay anywhere between $50-$200 for an hour set. Those are the most fun too.

Side note: my degree was in political science, and I had a decade in marketing and sales roles. I just loved learning new instruments, writing music, and watching music theory YouTube videos. I’m not the best musician, but among musicians I’m the best comedian, and among comedians I’m the best musician.

This was me.

I now am free lance, so I don’t get any PTO.

I am seeing my family for 2 and a half weeks, went on a few vacations to Vegas, Seattle, Portland, Milwaukee, and Nashville this year, and I work <30 hrs a week.

I’m just a fucking musician.

Just gonna say it, the “stability” of full time employment is a lie. I learned that “fuck you” money isn’t a lot of money, it’s a lot of revenue streams. When money is freedom, letting one person control your money is letting one person control your freedom.

I’ve never made more money in my life, and even though I need to do my own taxes, contribute to my own Roth IRA, and have my own insurance, the freedom is so worth it.

Follow your skills and follow your passions- you can burn the midnight oil and do the things others won’t. Find a schedule or a method that works for you, and you will never have to send in a PTO request to “HR” ever again.

Employers only lie to you and underpay you. You do have skills. They are underutilized and undervalued. Employers will try to convince you that those aren’t your way out. They are.

Fuck it AMA

“my politics are fiscally liberal, socially terrifying”

Latex is a left wing kink (restriction of rights)

Custard pies are right wing (impurity)

Smoking is left wing unless it’s American Spirits

Being trod in with stilettos is right wing (fem Dom)

Wearing a diaper is right wing if a man does it, left wing if a woman does it (gender infantalization)

Last night I whispered “supply side economics” into her ear and she said “you’re a fucking freak”

No obviously meant Calvin Harris. His music is what this nation needs now more than ever.

!cartographyanarchy@lemm.ee

It is, and I think the novel thing about it is that it was a cyclone. Wind storms do happen out there and it’s normal to see a few trees go down, but a bomb Cyclone is a completely different story.