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Jason: A Musician

From now on when people ask that classic question "So, what do you do?" my answer will be "I'm a musician. I just happen to support that pursuit with a full-time marketing job."

When you meet someone, tell them who you truly are, not what you do to pay the bills.

:spinning_pinwheel: Cosmolant

@killyourfm Absolutely correct. I always was and always will be a game developer no matter what. This is one of the coolest statements I've seen on social media. Kudos! :)

Randy (Bluesbreaker)

@killyourfm A friend of mine always said he was a sculptor (he was) but he'd never made a dime at it, and that's no shame.

Ryuno-Ki

@killyourfm

commitstrip.com/en/2014/11/25/

😸

Alt: CommitStrip comic in several panes depicting plenty of half-finished houses because the engineer got a new idea to test out and left everything to go right away.

GeeAre

@killyourfm
I was literally thumping out rhythms I want on my next album while walking with friends today lol. NO! YOU HAVEN'T EVEN FINISHED THE FIRST ONE YET?

Jason: A Musician

It takes 12,000 plays on Spotify for a band to make the same as you buying one of their T-shirts.

Jfrites

@killyourfm @pauliehedron that’s why I have a drawer full of @goosetheband shrits and an Apple Music library of their @bandcampunited albums!

Jon

@killyourfm Guess we'll need to play the album on repeat 12000 times! 😁

Neff :manjaro:

@killyourfm Wow, so good👍 . Great Job Jason! I love the song, your drumming skills... and your gear (not talking about your mac though😜 )

Jason: A Musician

Happy birthday, Proton!
And a heartfelt thanks to @codeweavers, Valve, and everyone else in the open source community for changing #Linux #gaming forever.

gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/5-ye

TILvids

@killyourfm

Oh come on...they just want to get to know you... 😉

Gnarsif

@killyourfm would you like to add you ssn, bank routing number, and DNA profile for instagram+ features?

Adnan 👦🦀

@killyourfm is that all the categories of data that an app is allowed to collect on iOS ? Did they leave anything out?

Jason: A Musician

Sometimes it's REALLY tough to keep a secret. But now that the secret's out...

Our new logo is designed by @jonhicks, the creator of the original Firefox and Thunderbird logos. It will make its way to you when Thunderbird 115 launches this summer!

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #FreeYourInbox

ilvipero

@killyourfm Yes! It's better when it does not happen but it does happen. 😅

Jason: A Musician

Welcome back to the @Linux4Everyone podcast!

A talk at #LAS2023 about software sustainability -- and the environmental impact of power-hungry code -- was a shocking wake-up call that's too important to ignore. So, please give a warm welcome to the creator of that talk, @kde's Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss

linux4everyone.com/58-software

#Podcast #FOSS #OpenSource #Dev #Software #Environment

Jason: A Musician

For almost 4 decades I have been obsessed with #drums. I air drummed all over everything. I spent a good 8 years playing the crap out of Rock Band's Pro/Expert drum mode and destroying at least 3 of those fake plastic toys. But it DID teach me some fundamentals...

Today, at 47 years old, I finally have the real thing. (Sure, they're digital drums, but you get my meaning.)

This is my drum kit. There are many others like it, but this one is mine.

(Yes, area rug is incoming...)

Jason: A Musician

I hope this song puts me on the map. In any case, I am genuinely proud of how it turned out!

You can stream it now from #Bandcamp, or pay what you want to own it forever.

#Musician #NewMusic #Rock #SingerSongwriter

hurricaneblonde.bandcamp.com/t

Jason: A Musician

Some backstory: I sat with this song in an "almost finished" state for 3 years, because I held this belief that it needed a traditional chorus instead of just 3 verses that built in intensity.

Then I read Rick Rubin's "The Creative Act" and was absolutely convinced that I HAD finished it years ago. Because it moved ME and resonated with ME.

If the artist is happy with the work, then the work is complete. Screw expectations.

So I polished it up, added bass, mixed, and voila!

Jason: A Musician

If you're reading this, please give a small donation to your #Mastodon instance admin for keeping the lights on and helping sustain such an awesome place to hang out.

[Boosts appreciated]

Jason: A Musician

Let me use an #OpenSource project I'm involved in - @thunderbird - to demonstrate the importance of simply asking for donations.

In Dec 2022, for the 1st time, we introduced a one-time, in-app appeal. When our users updated to the newest release, their default browser opened the page I've attached.

They only saw this page ONCE.

We received an astounding $3.5m in donations, doubling our 2022 revenue goal in one month. It was the project's biggest month in history.

#FOSS #Linux #Funding

Jason: A Musician

Awesome! #Mastodon scheduling from #Buffer is out of beta, and I used it to post this.

Nice work @buffer! I'll be using this for @thunderbird!

ResearchBuzz

@killyourfm @buffer @thunderbird

I was so excited to see this -- until I saw I couldn't use it because I have a "legacy account." And you have to "Get in Touch" to upgrade, which is code for "Enterprise only, sod off solos."

I'll probably reach out enough to find out I can't afford it.

Jason: A Musician

When I read this today, it marked the very moment I felt confident I'd missed my true calling in life.

I'm not joking.

#Music #RickRubin

Jason: A Musician

Opinion: Normalize calling #Mastodon a social *network* instead of social media.

(I'm not sure when we as a society switched over to calling platforms like this "social media" but let's take it back!)

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Ernie Smith

@killyourfm Trying hard not to call it a platform. A platform has one surface at the bottom. Mastodon has many

Jacob Moena 🇩🇰

@killyourfm "Media" sounds very commercial. Like New Media from American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
Is Musk Technical Boy, I wonder?

I think I prefer the #Fediverse 😁

Magess :heart_ace:

@killyourfm *Were* the other ones networks? 🤔 The people formed a network. The platform did not. 🤔🤔

Jason: A Musician

I'm putting this behind a CW (which I like to refer to as a "Content Wrapper" now) because not everyone wants to be drowning in #Mastodon talk on Mastodon 😆

But I find this extraordinary, and a clear signal that the #Fediverse will continue to explode in popularity.

This will come with growing pains. Be patient with the new people, because they'll be curious and have tons of questions.

Be patient with your server admins too. They're working REAL hard right now!

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Cilian

@killyourfm hope stux can manage the wave of new users on mstdn.social, can't imagine what it's like

David Jayatillake

@killyourfm woooow over FB Messenger 💪

Ross B from the oaty sea

@killyourfm Hi Jason. I'm one of the noobs here. In the process of migrating from #Twitter and trying to tread lightly and not treat this like a #Twitter clone. It's clearly not, but will take some getting used to.

Jason: A Musician

"If you allow the most intolerant voices to be as loud as they want to, you’re going to shut down voices of different opinions as well. So allowing free speech by just allowing all speech is not actually leading to free speech, it just leads to a cesspit of hate.

I think that is a very uniquely American idea of creating this marketplace of ideas where you can say anything you want completely without limits."

~#Mastodon founder Eugen Rochko

time.com/6229230/mastodon-euge

"If you allow the most intolerant voices to be as loud as they want to, you’re going to shut down voices of different opinions as well. So allowing free speech by just allowing all speech is not actually leading to free speech, it just leads to a cesspit of hate.

I think that is a very uniquely American idea of creating this marketplace of ideas where you can say anything you want completely without limits."

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rjasmin

@killyourfm I wholeheartedly agree. Back in the time I was on BBSes. Moderation was heavy. Environment was amazing.

Alexey Skobkin

@killyourfm
Thank you for reminding me that I wanted to make a similar QSG video myself.
I hope that this will help new users to get more comfortable.
@theexplorographer

Jason: A Musician

A few months ago I stopped crossposting from Twitter to Mastodon.

Why?

I discovered (as many of you have) that it's a completely different vibe here. Different people. Different habits. Different interests.

Zero algorithms.

And people here are more interested in deeper conversations.

Combined with the extra characters and (gasp!) actual editing capabilities, I'm making an effort to post unique content here that isn't just copied from Twitter.

LET'S GO!

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anubis2814
@killyourfm Two rules here, post good stuff and be nice and you will grow. We are all equals and there is no way to jump to the head of the line by gaming the algorithm
Jiří Eischmann :fedora:

@killyourfm I really appreciate this move of yours. I usually stop following people who just cross-post.
Even though a fair share of my posts are the same both on Mastodon and Twitter, I've never done cross-posting. IMO the fact that you're willing to post the message manually is a sign that you're also ready to have interactions with your followers which is the essence for social media.

Mike Rockwell

@killyourfm I think the pro move is to post here exclusively and cross-post to Twitter. ;)

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