Subliminal Talk

(01-31-2019, 05:34 PM)mat422 Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-31-2019, 05:00 PM)Shannon Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-29-2019, 07:39 PM)mat422 Wrote: [ -> ]So either I'm processing more fears due to USLM3 or TID from LTU is kicking this fear removal into overdrive. Last night I was laying in bed listening to USLM3 and I had this feeling that something evil was watching me. I didn't hallucinate, but at the same time I couldn't shake the feeling that something was going to break through my window and attack me. And when I finally started nodding off I got some intense hypnagogic hallucinations. Whispers, like voices saying "he can't do this", "he'll fail", "it's not going to work", etc.

But I feel like I'm getting closer. I'm able to focus on moving past the fear and ignoring the distraction that try to derail me.

This is most interesting indeed. What did you get the impression the voices were referring to?

I'm pretty sure it was in reference to my desire and goal of breaking free from the typical 9-5 lifestyle most people live. Basically moving away from the safe route and doing things my own way. The way that will make me happy vs only giving me security. I think really what it's about most of all is taking my artistic calling more seriously. I've been in a very strong tug of war these past few months trying to find a balance in my life. It's been going back and forth between "I'll just keep this as a fun hobby, no pressure" to "I want this to be the primary focus in my life". Among that is the very strong fear, that might have been passed on from my parents, that it isn't particularly "safe" to go that route.

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Briefly looked at it. First impression not too great. I'll look at it more when i have free time. But I'm very put off by sales pitches like these. This seems more like what Shannon said about his experience with being told to schmooze people. I'm hesitant to take advice from an artist that primarily makes their money telling other artists how to sell art.

(02-01-2019, 04:49 AM)mat422 Wrote: [ -> ]Briefly looked at it. First impression not too great. I'll look at it more when i have free time. But I'm very put off by sales pitches like these. This seems more like what Shannon said about his experience with being told to schmooze people. I'm hesitant to take advice from an artist that primarily makes their money telling other artists how to sell art.

Fair enough. I remember at Art College the biggest challenge was that we were never taught how to sell our art. This lady after graduating sold $100k worth in her first year, and that, without giving 50% away to gallery owners.

I'm going in a different direction now but I may consider her approach if I get back into art.

(02-01-2019, 05:07 AM)Djinnni Wrote: [ -> ]

(02-01-2019, 04:49 AM)mat422 Wrote: [ -> ]Briefly looked at it. First impression not too great. I'll look at it more when i have free time. But I'm very put off by sales pitches like these. This seems more like what Shannon said about his experience with being told to schmooze people. I'm hesitant to take advice from an artist that primarily makes their money telling other artists how to sell art.

Fair enough. I remember at Art College the biggest challenge was that we were never taught how to sell our art. This lady after graduating sold $100k worth in her first year, and that, without giving 50% away to gallery owners.

I'm going in a different direction now but I may consider her approach if I get back into art.

Yeah like I said I briefly looked at it. I've encountered stuff like this in the past.

I guess what I'd ask is, how much of that art was something she actually wanted to do vs did to generate income. There's a difference between making art that has intrinsic value because it's different and unique vs finding some niche market to cater to and creating content for it. The latter is something I really dislike and reminds me of niche market tactics I used to read about from those guides on the internet that promise passive income.

(02-01-2019, 09:49 AM)mat422 Wrote: [ -> ]

(02-01-2019, 05:07 AM)Djinnni Wrote: [ -> ]

(02-01-2019, 04:49 AM)mat422 Wrote: [ -> ]Briefly looked at it. First impression not too great. I'll look at it more when i have free time. But I'm very put off by sales pitches like these. This seems more like what Shannon said about his experience with being told to schmooze people. I'm hesitant to take advice from an artist that primarily makes their money telling other artists how to sell art.

Fair enough. I remember at Art College the biggest challenge was that we were never taught how to sell our art. This lady after graduating sold $100k worth in her first year, and that, without giving 50% away to gallery owners.

I'm going in a different direction now but I may consider her approach if I get back into art.

Yeah like I said I briefly looked at it. I've encountered stuff like this in the past.

I guess what I'd ask is, how much of that art was something she actually wanted to do vs did to generate income. There's a difference between making art that has intrinsic value because it's different and unique vs finding some niche market to cater to and creating content for it. The latter is something I really dislike and reminds me of niche market tactics I used to read about from those guides on the internet that promise passive income.

Matt do you plan on running USLM4?

(02-01-2019, 09:55 AM)THolt Wrote: [ -> ]

(02-01-2019, 09:49 AM)mat422 Wrote: [ -> ]

(02-01-2019, 05:07 AM)Djinnni Wrote: [ -> ]

(02-01-2019, 04:49 AM)mat422 Wrote: [ -> ]Briefly looked at it. First impression not too great. I'll look at it more when i have free time. But I'm very put off by sales pitches like these. This seems more like what Shannon said about his experience with being told to schmooze people. I'm hesitant to take advice from an artist that primarily makes their money telling other artists how to sell art.

Fair enough. I remember at Art College the biggest challenge was that we were never taught how to sell our art. This lady after graduating sold $100k worth in her first year, and that, without giving 50% away to gallery owners.

I'm going in a different direction now but I may consider her approach if I get back into art.

Yeah like I said I briefly looked at it. I've encountered stuff like this in the past.

I guess what I'd ask is, how much of that art was something she actually wanted to do vs did to generate income. There's a difference between making art that has intrinsic value because it's different and unique vs finding some niche market to cater to and creating content for it. The latter is something I really dislike and reminds me of niche market tactics I used to read about from those guides on the internet that promise passive income.

Matt do you plan on running USLM4?

I do. But I wanted to run LTU first. Get all this nonsense I deal with out of the way then focus purely on success once I'm more stable.

Wooooooo LTU! I'm taking a week of rest then hopping on this badboy. Super pumped for the auric shielding, man I've missed that

Probably gonna be my last post here and then opening a ltu journal soon. Just wanted to write some stuff. I initially jumped on uslm3 because I thought pushing myself towards my goals with music would bring me happiness. I thought success in general would. It's a piece of the happiness equation, but definitely not all of it. That's why I'm going to use LTU. For a long time now I've been very isolated from people, but it's all my doing. Being too afraid to be myself and open up. I've realized that throughout all the subliminals I've used, insight isn't worth shit if you don't put it into actionable steps. So while it's helpful identifying self isolating behavior, there comes a point where you have to stop thinking and start doing because that's the only way it'll change. In my case a lot of my resistance in the past revolved around having these epiphanies but not following through with them. My subconscious would make it seem like all I needed to do was change awareness or perspective and things would fix themselves. But there was an entire piece missing. The actual action that changed my life. Otherwise I'm on a Merry go round of banging my head into the wall at the same problems and figuring out "solutions" that were actually just clever stalling tactics. So long as I had a new discovery, I was convinced I had to know more before I could change. Hence my often repetitive posts throughout the years.

With uslm I saw that pattern shift as I got more comfortable with actually changing vs thinking about changing. I'm sure LTU will be even better for me.

Guess this wasn't my last post. Even though I'm off USLM3 I definitely still feel the success programming kicking in. To be completely honest I've been getting kind of bummed out that I'm still struggling to write music that doesn't just sound like loops stuck together. I think what really frustrates me the most is how I feel as if there's not enough time because of my job. I found myself in the past thinking that maybe I didn't have to try harder, maybe I should just focus on having fun. But it was really just being afraid of improving on aspects of my music. Also being afraid of evaluating my current skill level and being honest with myself. It got to the point where I had trouble listening to new music because I felt bad I couldn't create something like that.

In the end I realized if I want something I have to work for it. So instead of feeling bad about my music, I've been studying other artists and learning to see how I can improve. At times it does feel impossible. It feels like I'll never get there. And then a voice says "Well maybe you won't and that's ok" but I said no. I'm not gonna accept that kind of limiting thinking. That copout that allows me to circumvent a goal by convincing myself that I don't actually want it.

Sometimes I see other people having an easier time with all this music stuff. I think of all the hours I spend sometimes what amounts to trial and error trying to figure stuff out. Maybe I'm still building my skills, but it always sucks wanting to just create a song and then finding myself struggling to finish. But like I said, I'm making sure I'm doing something about it vs just feeling bad I'm not where I want to be