Just gonna leave this here. @Aalasteir and I did our little interview jig on Thursday and got SO carried away chatting, we'll have to hit it again! So, new deadline for questions! And since I don't want to ruin my Front Page capability for the music prod mag, I'll drop a list of @'s below of everyone who commented/reacted to my last post. Ask me anything!

Besides the interview and trying to catch up on much needed sleep, I'm still alive. Slowly getting back to commissions. Think I just burned myself out working on several big projects at once, to the point it was getting in the way of my sleep. And sleep is something I realized I very much needed after completely crashing after work today lol.

Ofc, imposter syndrome kicks in when you overbook yourself and feel like you aren't getting enough done, but I'll live. Despite being tired all the time, I gotta say I recommend taking up at least a part-time as a music artist. It's a great way to get out of the house and feel like you're doing something (to fight depression), and it's WAY better than trying to make enough money for rent on commissions alone. Comms only amounts to lots of hours at less than minimum wage, and often no wage if you don't have a network of supporters already. Day job is the way to go.

TLDR, AMA before Thursday, and if you're an internet musician, don't be afraid to get a "real" job!

For real yall, I fooled myself into thinking you weren't a "real" musician if you weren't living off of what you love for years. You remember those days if you've seen my discography. So much stress. So much hustle, and for what? I went to school for music and basically lived off of scholarships I earned, or in mommy's basement, that is, until 2019.

Let me tell you a little story, about how once upon a time and probably against my will, I became a chicken wizard at Popeye's. Soon after I joined the military, where I realized I could afford all the software I wanted which was GREAT. I retired semi-gracefully; turns out the military is a great choice in terms of workers' compensation. But it sucks for reintegration. I went for a year without work. Job market sucked where I lived and I didn't have a car.

I almost forgot about how nice it was to work. Then I became a dishwasher and discovered all over how standing for several hours and constantly being tired sucks, but the lack of mental effort required to earn $$$ as opposed to spending all day on a beat someone might not pay for and still being tired is fire.