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This is episode 20 and I welcome you.
For all the first time listeners, I am ThinkTimm and I am here to talk
Why Make Music...
Dot, dot, dot, it could be the question, the statement, the answer.
Why Make Music...
Before I begin, I want to say a huge thank you to
Now this is based upon the information I obtained from Instagram
All the people in the country of India
The reason I say is the last two weeks my social media post has gained a lot of plays and a lot of views
The first week it was 250 plus thousand and within the last week I am getting close to 800,000 views
Now this is on a little one minute reel clip that I posted
And for whatever reason it's doing really well in India
So, I thank you, thank you for listening, thank you for clicking
I must be honest, I know not what it means to me in this social media landscape to receive that amount of interaction
So, I will keep you posted but once again my humble thanks for interacting with my social media
Now with that said, I want to let you all know that I was really planning to have a audio track
That was not as funky as this but I'm going to tell you exactly what happened
So, I was planning to talk over a clip of me working on a song on Logic Pro
So, I recorded everything and I did it and long story short for whatever reason probably my fault
I had no audio, I had me talking but I didn't have the sound from the video source routed in the right way
So, long story short, episode 20, Mistakes, Mistakes Will Happen
So, with that being said, I am going to chit chat, chop it up a bit
But we're not going to run long, I'm just going to update you on my weekly activities
And we'll keep the ball rolling, I promise I will educate myself more and work all the kinks out of my plans
So, we will have smooth running in the future but you never know, maybe I'll make a behind the scenes video
Of the clips from me waiting for the audio to kick in and you hear it lightly in the background from my headphones
But it's not playing and I was trying to be fancy thinking I could kill two birds with one stone
So, my traditional way of recording the audio, I was not doing it that way, so lesson learned, enough said
And like I said, Mistakes, Mistakes, Mistakes will happen
So, what I want to speak on today will be very interesting information
Supposedly, this weekend will be the last weekend of TikTok, how does that affect me? Not really
I don't use TikTok like that, I have an account, there's a few videos on there but it doesn't necessarily yay or nay or move my project forward
Now, I know that there are millions of creators that utilize TikTok for their business needs and for promotion
So, my opinion is you should never get in the way of independent entrepreneurs making money
But I guess the government finds it to be kind of evasive to our freedom, secrets and excess
But I do believe that a lot of the technology we use, we only know the positive side of it
So, TikTok, if it's still around next week, that's what's up, if it's not, no opinion
I hope those who utilize it will be able to still strive and make money
So, that's the end of me, my project is, should I or should I not move on to project number six?
By project number six, I mean I have another 26 tracks ready to be dated for distribution to streaming platforms
Now, am I creating an over saturation?
Because I'm quite sure no one but me has listened to all of these products and projects that I have put online
I am being completely honest, look, a pencil, anywho, I'm being completely honest
I don't really expect everyone to listen to it, who has that much time?
But once again, like I said, the reason behind my intent of putting out so many tracks is the long game of one day
Someone will look back and say, oh, this guy, this producer, this artist who I heard his song on, fill in the blank
Has X amount of songs available and whatever will happen at that point
So, I will update you on my decision because currently the date I'm aiming for is January 31st
I just have a few more things to tighten up and if it's a go, it will be a go
Last week on Why Make Music.., I spoke about self satisfaction
And I mentioned along with the upcoming number 6 project, there are 5 more
26 tracks a piece, a total of 130 put out in the year of 2024, actually starting in August
So, that is a large amount, a large volume of music put out in a short period of time
And I did contact Guinness Book of World Records, but I have not heard anything back as of yet
I will continue to update everyone with the progress of that, do I think it's going anywhere, I don't know
I have to, I guess, make sure someone there reads and contacts me about my email
So, with that, it's out of my hands, I did all I could do, but another project coming and as long as I can
Realistically, you can expect probably 26 tracks per month until I no longer have it in me
So, I think we could rock for a long time, but what do I want to say?
Big thanks to those who listen, those who watch the YouTube, why make music?
Dot dot dot live stream, those who listen, listen, in all honesty, I am a blip on the radar, that's it
I have no large expectations of viewership, those who listen do, those who don't don't
And I do not take it personally, I will continue, but this is a way just to entertain and speak about
The creative process, once again, as always, all the sounds in the background are original tracks by me
No samples, no pre-existing songs created by other people, bass lines, keyboard lines, synth lines, drum programming
All done by ThinkTimm. Now, I will always be as transparent as possible
The reason I say that is because earlier this week I watched a video of how to earn passive income on YouTube
By creating videos using AI, creating music using AI
Now, I'm not going to lie, I followed the instructions and the steps, I put the prompts in and crazy crazy crazy
I created two songs, they were two children's songs because I was just following the prompts
And I kid you not, from the lyrical content, from the title to the music, it was all created by AI
Was it offensively commercial? Yes. Was it a creation that would make a actual music creator cringe? Yes.
But do you have to give credit where credit is due because of technology being at such a point that it can be done?
Yeah, I don't know what I'm going to do with that information
It is interesting and I'm sure if the creation of music and media is something that AI is mastering
Listen, honestly, I think as always, music is important but at the same point, I'm sure AI has so many other uses that I can't be offended by it
Because as I continue to say, there's a large amount of content being created daily with the help of technology
So I can't hate when people utilize it to make shortcuts
It's just something that I'm not going to do but as a person that's attempting to learn and grow, I must know how it works
So, once again, Why Make Music... Mistakes, Mistakes, Mistakes? We must learn from our mistakes
Let that be the theme, the thesis for episode 20
It's a short one, it's a sweet one, it's an episode that's not filled with craziness or me ranting about nonsense
Let me tell you, the West Coast is on fire
We're about to change the political order in America
The world is still spinning and it is what it is
I have no words of wisdom other than be who you are, be true to yourself and live your life and don't hurt anybody
And everything is going to be okay
That's it, there's nothing else we can do
We can put on our favorite song, watch our favorite show
Spend time with our friends and family and take it easy
Listen, realistically
If you are listening to this podcast, if you are watching this video, your life can't be that bad
So, once again, this is ThinkTimm saying
Why Make Music...
Why be true to yourself?
It's the only way
Once again, this is T-H-I-N-K
T-I-M-M saying
Peace and be wild
Why Make Music...
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