SERIES: Beeing A Creative on Hive || #1 Introduction - Personal Background

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Hello guys! 😊

How are you doing today? I hope you have a great weekend with nice weather and can relax! I decided to make a little bicycle tour after I finished work today. 😃

Today I don´t want to show you my music or art, but I want to talk about the "business" site of being an artist on Hive. This will be a series of blog posts, because it is impossible to put all the possibilities in one post...

I love Hive and it changed my life, and so I want to give you as creatives of any kind - no matter if musician, videographist, artist, writer or whatever else - an overview of all the great tools within this universe, and HOPE and FAITH to just go on with your creative stuff!! No matter how disappointing it might have been in the past for you. Cause our destiny is a tough one and sometimes we need someone to give us hope to keep going. And I hope I can be this for you!

Hive is this hope for me and it opened up so many possibilities for me! That´s why I want to show you all the tools I know and use, cause I am sure they can help you as a creative person. No matter if you are new to Hive or not, I am sure, there are ways and tools which you don´t know yet.

I am no financial adviser or adviser in any other form. I will just show up my way of doing things here on the blockchain. If some if this helps you or inspires you, good! 😄

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#1 Introduction - Personal Background

My way to Hive

Let me tell you a little background story real quick.

I entered Hive when it was reaaally new. I was in a big music community called Atom Collector Records which was not crypto, but a normal community back then. We all found our way into the crypto space through Musicoin back in 2017 or 2018 (not sure anymore), and shortly after that, everyone was so infected by the crypto virus, that we were looking for other crypto sites and platforms. This was how we found our way into Steemit back then. Which was a blogging platform in its core, like Hive.

Well, things were not handled really well over at Steemit. We were not the only ones having this feeling, and so some people founded Hive. We were moving over with all our blogging stuff as soon as Hive was there. And I am pretty sure that I speak for many people of our community when I say: This was the best thing that happened for many of us!

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Hive became my home

I love Hive. It is the best platform I could have imagined as a creative. I always thought I might hate blogging, and that I am not good at writing stuff. But I experienced, I was very wrong about this.

As soon as I started writing, I had so much fun. And I experienced, that it had SOOOO many possibilities for me as an artist and musician. And I actually earned with it?!

In the beginning I was like: Wait, no way. It cannot be that easy to earn something just because I wrote the backstory to one of my songs. And people really seemed to listen to my song and even comment on my post? I am a suspicious person when it comes to something like this. So I was cautious at first if this was all just "luck" or "fake".

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Let me explain that.

I think, I am just a little prejudiced and biased because of what I experienced in the "normal", non-crypto world with my music and art. I think I am not telling any secret and you creative people all might agree, when I say that the non-crypto world is a tough one for creatives and you just want to give up from time to time because the frustration overwhelms you. At least that´s what I experienced many times.

I work my ass of to make a quality product - you guys know, I am a perfectionist, and I don´t give up until everything on my songs is "right". The mixing must be good, the mastering perfect, every voice chop needs to be perfectly in time, every drum sound needs to fit into the whole beat perfectly. Sometimes it takes me months to finish one song and that´s ok! Because this is just the way I am.

But the "normal" world does not have any sense for that or appreciates true art that comes from a hard working person.

I spent weeks and weeks promoting my songs, spending my last pennies on payed promotion. Wrote 100 messages each week to DJs, Communities, Radiostations and whatever else. Even put my music on professional CDs and sent them out for promotion.

I changed my job to a parttime job to be able to have more time for my music and promotion. I lived as quite a "poor" person for years, just in the hopes to get my music out there. I had barely money left for food at the end of the month. And I couldn´t afford mastering cost for a long time. Sometimes a song was done but I haven´t been able to master it, cause the money was missing. So I was collecting all of my empty bottles (in Germany you have to pay between 8-25 cents mortgage on bottles and you get this money back when you bring back the bottles - no clue if other countries have that) and saved this money for month until I was able to afford 80 Euros of Mastering costs.

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I am doing this for 8 years now, and got barely my mastering and distribution costs back, no need to talk about all the promotion costs... Needing 1Million plays on Spotify for earning around 1000 Dollars, and Spotify is paying better than most other platforms. How should a small musician get 1Million plays? And you can´t live from 1000 Dollars either. 😂 I think I don´t need to explain any more.

This all got me sooo frustrated! I was at the point of giving up for many times. Cause I thought. Why the hell am I doing all this?

Working my ass off for not having food to eat, for getting shit comments and raging on my songs? Yeah, no! But I believe my destiny is beeing an artist! I cannot do anything else. I tried so often, and I was really good at other things, normal jobs. But I got so frustrated and depressed that I always came back to my art. This is just what I am meant to be: RAVEN.


Why am I telling you all this? Because I think many of you can relate to this frustration and need hope!

Hive (and crypto in general) really gave me the hope I needed at the right time. It showed me a way out of my misery. And that is great! It changed my life. And this is what I want to show you in my next posts. If it only helps one person, then I am happy and achieved my goal!
Sorry for this long backstory here in the beginning of this blog post series, but I think it is important to get a feeling of what I am really talking about.

In part #2 of the series I will talk about your chances of using Hive as a blogging platform.

Other topics to come after this one:

  • Marketing and Social Media Tools
  • Tokenization of Yourself
  • NFTs and WAX
  • Gaming
  • Cooperations and Partnerships
  • Hive Tokens (Staking, Tipping, Delegating, Swap-Pools)

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Thanks alot for reading guys, and I hope to see you on the next post! 😊💜

Best regards,

RAVEN 🐦

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This is a wonderful idea. I look forward to the rest of the series.

You certainly epitomize the concept of "starving artist", literally. I wonder how much of that is on purpose by the different industries.

Nevertheless, it is great you found a home on Hive. Hopefully you are seeing all aspect of your operations improving as a result. Sometimes, the biggest thing that can be given is hope. You now see a way out.

Just like with Listnerds, there is now monetization in the marketing. That is rewarded. Selling your music is obviously the goal but you can get rewarded for bringing exposure to it.

Great post and looking forward to learning about the "business side of music".

Be sure to link this post in the next one and keep doing that as you add to the series. That was all are in the last post when you finally get to it.

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The idea has been forming for a long time. Soon, we will be able to fully integrate our online businesses here.

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Yes I am sure this will be the case! And it is so exciting to see where this will all go!

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Into Hive?

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Into the blockchain, somehow.

Right now, I can build a website, add a payment system, and sell a ware. I can create email lists, and have a community of people to sell to.

I would like to be able to still do all that, but connect it to HIVE, so that when someone buys from me, they can be investing somehow.

Last time I spoke to a developer the price was in the 1000's.

I am hoping that with time in crypto, my 1000's will become more bountiful and therefore easier to spend, and the developers will be able to "copy paste" so they will be able to charge less.

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A few things on that.

  • The Hive Application Framework is coming out with the next hard fork. That will make development tied to Hive easier.

  • Have you checked out Listnerds yet? That is part of the #CTP group. It is a very good project that is taking email marketing to a new level. They combine emails with tokenization.

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Yes, I am loving their network. Especially since I was able to stake 2000 CTP in there to get started.

Still, I want to be able to send mailers to people who are not a part of the hive network. Or even build lite accounts to people who are part of my mailing list and don't know anything about crypto.

I sell tarot readings - my target audience is not on HIVE. Lite accounts - that can translate to free readings would be a great tool - even if any of my customers never realize they are part of the crypto sphere.

What I am asking for will be here sooner or later - let's hope it is sooner.

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Listnerds doesnt have to cater only to Hive. People can sign up with just an email addy there and get mail. So you could pull all your mailing list there as well as send to a wider audience.

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We also have HBD now as a stablecoin to use as a payment token.

That will help greatly since it gives you a built in wallet system, 3 second transaction times, and you are already familiar with it.

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Yes. I agree. If only people on the HIVE network wanted to spend their hard earned crypto for Psychic Tarot Readings.

I charge 5.99 per minute - any takers (lol)

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Thank you! :)
Yes, and I know many many creatives who went through the same as me. Creative minds work very different somehow and don´t fit into the "normal" world with its "normal" system. Most of us just make themselves fit, even though it makes them sick. I think it is very important that there is light at the end of the tunnel here.

Yes, that´s what I want to talk about! In the "normal" world, you only earn when selling a song or when people stream it. But crypto has so many more earning possibilities. You earn on the way of your creative process, not only with your final product. And this is great! And a big chance to express yourself and to really just be yourself as an artist.

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Wow! Great to know that you finally found a way to overcome your past frustrations. Your story too is interesting. It at least gives the setting where are you coming from and I think you're right, many can relate to that. Waiting for your next post. Blessings!

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Thank you very much! :) I am happy that you like it. Yes I know many people who are or were in the same situation as me, so I really hope this can help people.

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It will be good to see the ensuing versions of this series.

I am looking forward to seeing what she has to share about the different aspects of the music industry and how Hive is changing things.

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The business side of small musicians seems to be quite tough and I learned quite a bit about it. I am glad you overcame it and Hive played a good part in doing so.

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Oh yes it is! Most people don´t understand. They think we just "make a little bit of music". But most of us work more hours then other people for getting alot less.
Yes Hive is a very great chance and I am happy to be part of it and excited to see what will come! !PIZZA

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I am glad you found your home.

Happy to share the space with you.

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Thank you so much! =)
I saw on your posts you just came back to Hive kind of? Well cool to have you hear again! I am happy to see your future posts!

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I take a break from HIVE periodically because I can spend a lot of time here, I kind of get sucked in.

But I do enjoy the time I spend here immensely, and I enjoy that I have created a truly passive income stream.

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Oh I totally understand that! :D
That is awesome! =) Yeah for the first time in my life I also have this passive income stream. And right now I am only reinvesting, so that it hopefully gets bigger!

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Yes! I already started with this a month ago. Only 190Dollars in there,BUT it´s a start. :)

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Hang in here. We will make you wealthy soon enough. It is only a matter of a return plus time.

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That sounds great! =)

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I didnt think you would object.

Just like if we offered to make you healthy, I dont think there would be much fight.

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That is true... :D !LUV

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Thanks for the LUV. Coming from you that is especially touching.

Most people prefer to toss tomatoes at me. Alas, such is life.

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Hahaha! :D You should make a Tomato token maybe. :P

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No need to encourage them. They seem incentivized enough without being rewarded for the behavior.

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Oh well, doesn´t sound too good. Well, there are always haters. I don´t know you really well so far, but I cannot say anything bad about you. :D You helped me quite a bit already!!

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I am sure surviving as a musician is tough. Thank you for sharing your background.

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Yeah it is. But I will just keep going. :) It will all pay off! Thanks for supporting! !PIZZA

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Hive is the best, it has given me so much hope as well, and I love it!! Sidenote: You can't in Germany but here I would live like a king if i would get 1000 dollars from spotify each month, lol!!

!PIZZA !HBIT

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Yeah I think it really changed your life too! =) Yes sadly things are crazy expensive in Germany. 1000 Dollars would be enough for paying my rent and car and insurances. No money left for food though. :D

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Incredible journey @ravenmus1c and wonderful and personal look at your story.

I’m sure, it resonates with many creative HIVERS on this ‘chain.

I look forward to your evolving HIVE rise and your rising star; overall.

!CTP

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I enjoy reading your posts, I understand very well how difficult it can be to deal with frustration.

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Thanks alot for reading! :) Yeah, it is difficult. But you just need to keep going. :)

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Your right, I'm sure many can relate to this and have probably experienced something similar, I know I have. My experience was in 'Affiliate Marketing', this is such a broad niche that's it's hard to narrow it down, but is possible. I don't think of myself as an affiliate marketer anymore & don't every think I did. It was just the title to what I was trying to do. Following @jongolson & @blainjones to Hive was the best thing I've done in the online, making money arena.
I've been at this since I first got an computer in the 1980's, around '85 or '86, that's a very long time to be doing something and not having anything to show for it.
Well thanks to Hive things are coming along real nice.

As for the bottle thing, that's different. Here in the States, there are places that actually pay you like 5cents a bottle if you chose to bring them in. We also have recycling and places you can take in drink cans & water bottles as will as other metals (called scraping) and make a little money. I've done that from time to time and occasionally still do. It's just that you need really large amounts of scrape in order to really make a nice amount. I'm looking to get a small pickup truck soon, so I can haul scrap.

Well, that's enough for now, I feel like we both could probably go on & on.

Thanks for sharing, looking forward to part 2.

!CTP

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Hey thanks for sharing your story! Wow, you´ve been doing this for a long time!!
I am happy to hear, that Hive helps you too to make progress! :)

Thanks for reading and always supporting! !PIZZA

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